So, once again it has been awhile! I’ve been busy working away at my new job, classes at the gym, and working towards completing my courses in holistic nutrition. I miss being able to cook and bake as much as I did before, so I’m trying to squeeze it in whenever I can. I don’t always have the camera on hand to take pictures, though I try to keep up!

After feeling like something sweet a couple days ago (okay, fine…I was just craving cookie dough) but not wanting to overdo it, I searched through my recipe books, Tastespotting, and some of my favourite food blogs. I settled on some Banana Chocolate Chip cookies from 101 Cookbooks. These cookies were great, and unlike most other healthy cookies I have tried. They were very moist because of the bananas in them and the chocolate chips add just the right punch of sweetness. I would suggest using dark chocolate chips or a dark chocolate bar,chopped. Another great addition would be peanut-butter chips! The texture from the oats and coconut were a nice change to the familiar texture of other cookies.

I also whipped up a batch of blondies. This was my first time making blondies, and vegan ones at that! I loved them!!!!! I made Dreena Burton’s Maple Pecan Sticky Blondies from Eat, Drink, Be Vegan. I barely had time to snap a picture before they were gobbled up! I’m not sure how they compared to VeggieGirl’s blondies (she is the queen!) but I thought they were divine!

You may have noticed that a lot of my baking is vegan- this is due to the fact that I find vegan recipes use ingredients that suit my stomach and my health-conscious mind better. Ie. flax or bananas over eggs, maple syrup or agave nectar over white sugar, and so on.

-Koko