Chocolate Cherry Oatmeal Cookies

Hello all.

Fall is here  so that means baking time!

I had some oatmeal I needed to use up and I didn't have any raisins so I decided to try something new.

I'm not going to lie, these are not the most amazing cookies you have ever had, however the oats > flour ratio makes them far better for you and I'm planning on having these instead of muffins for breakfast. :)

2 sticks of butter or margarine

1 C firmly packed brown sugar

1 C sugar

2 eggs

1 t vanilla

1 t baking soda

2 C flour

1/2 t salt

3 C uncooked oats

1 C dried cherries (I cut the cherries in half since they are larger than raisins)

1/2 C chocolate chips (you can up the amount of chips to your preference)

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Beat butter and sugars until creamy. Then add vanilla, eggs, beat well. Then add the baking soda, salt and flour. Then stir in cherries, chocolate and finally oats. Drop onto ungreased cookie sheet and bake for about 9-11 minutes depending on your oven.

Berry good lemonade!

Hello folks! 

I know it has been a while since I posted anything, but frankly, like I said, it needs to be something I have made before and worth posting. I have tried a couple of recipes that weren't anything special 

so I  didn't waste your time with them either. 

So here you go. 

This is simple and awesome and probably would be super tasty with vodka. 

Berry Lemonade

2 C freeze dried berry mix (available at walmart and I think Trader Joe's) 

OR one bag of frozen berries

Juice from 4-6 lemons depending on how big they are

1 C sugar or honey or splenda. I used sugar.

Ok I have used both the frozen and the freeze dried and surprisingly the freeze dried is a little better. 

Put 6 cups of warm water in a pitcher and let berries soften for about 15-30 minutes. 

Then add lemon juice and sugar and stir well. Allow to chill for a couple of hours so the fruit

flavors the water. Enjoy!