Jessica's Marshmallow Cloud Cookie By Mrs. Fields

3 cups all purpose flour2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder1/2 tsp. baking soda1 cup granultaed sugar1 cup (packed) light brown sugar2 sticks ( 1 cup) salted butter, softened2 large eggs2 tsp vanilla extract12 ounces mini semisweet chocolate chips ( about 2 cups)8 ounces mini marshmallow, frozen
Preheat oven to 350. Until you are ready to assemble the cookies just prior to baking, keep the marshmallows in the freezer-otherwise they will thaw too rapidly.
In a medium bowl, combine flour, cocoa, and baking soda. Set aside.
Combine sugars in a large bowl. Using an electric mixer, blend in butter, scraping down the sides of the bowl. Add eggs and vanilla and beat at medium speed until light and fluffy.
Add the flour mixture and chocolate chips, and blend at low speed until combined. Batter will be very stiff.
Gather 4 or 5 marshmallows in the palm of your hand and cover them with a heaping tablespoon of dough. Wrap the dough around the marshmallows, completely encassing them and forming a 2-inch-diameter dough ball.
Place balls on ungreased cookie sheets, 2 inches apart. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Cool on sheet 2 minutes, then transfer to a cool flat surface.The recipe is from the Mrs. Fields Best Ever Cookie Book!

Corn Tortilla Chips

To go with our hummus, I fried up some corn tortilla chips. You can bake them but today it was faster to just fry them up. Heat a good amount of oil in the pan till it covers the tortilla. Brown on both sides and drain on paper towels. Season with salt or leave plain.

Chicken Noodle Soup

I make my soup many different ways. Sometimes I use chicken thighs, chicken breast, just plain broth or even a carcass. Today I had a leftover carcass so here is a recipe made from a carcass.

*Heat your pan really hot with olive oil ( or whatever you cook with)

*Roughly shop onion (you can leave the skin on if you like) and drop in your hot pan

* Break your carcass up and drop in a pot with the onion

*Brown it real well until you get all that juice on the bottom of the pot that you can scrape

*Pour water while scraping the bottom of the pan.

*Bring to a boil and add roughly chopped carrots and celery

* Simmer for at least an hour. If you have time, simmer for 3 hours.

*Herbs can be added like thyme, rosemary, parsley, or even lemon

***After the broth is done, scoop all the veggies and carcass out of the pot. Peel the skin off of the carrots and cut them into bite size piece. Pull any leftover chicken off the bone and set aside.

I sometimes saute my vegetables but on a lazy day, I just throw everything in a pot

1. Add 2 stalks of chopped celery. Simmer until a bit tender


2. Add 1 tsp. of cumin, 1 tsp. paprika, salt and pepper


3. Throw in a bag of small brussel sprouts and egg noodles


4. After veggies are done, add your diced chicken and carrots

Peanut Butter Smoothie

1 Cup of cold milk
1 banana
2 Tbps of peanut butter
***Blend and Serve.
You can add flaxseed , wheat germ, chocolate syrup... to this.

Teriyaki Meatballs

I was browsing through Albertsons thinking like always, what's for dinner. I looked at the deli to get ideas and saw a sign and a plate that said Teriyaki Meatballs. I picked up a bottle of teriyaki sauce and could not wait to get home to google the recipe. I came across this
It was made with turkey but I used beef. I had no carrots or green onions as we have not done our major shopping yet. My kids loved it. Very kid friendly recipe. Other than not adding carrots and green onion I followed it exactly. I served a plate of steamed rice, layer of steamed or sauteed cabbage and topped it off with the meatballs.

Apple Toast

My version of Apple Toast: I sprinkled brown sugar on the butter, layed the thinly sliced apples on the toast, and sprinkled more brown sugar on the apples, topped off with cinnamon.

Shrimp Scampi

This Shrimp Scampi was so easy and delicious. The only changes I made was omited the wine and I added sliced avacado on top. You can add any vegetable to this dish. I love zucchini so I sauteed up some zucchini and cherry tomatoes to add in with this dish.