Archive for June, 2008

Kids love chocolate chip cookies. Actually everyone loves chocolate chip cookies. Give me some cookies and a glass of milk and I am happy. But you do not have to buy the cookies in the store, you can easily make them and bake them right at home. It’s aeasy it’s fun and they taste delicious. All you need is some time and a nice and simple chocolate chip cookie recipe. You can use this simple recipe here or you can visit a site dedicated to chocolate chip cookie recipes.

You will need:
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup melted butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons hot water
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup chopped walnuts

First set the oven to 350 degrees, then mix the butter, white sugar, and brown sugar. Beat in the eggs one by one. Stir in the vanilla. Put baking soda in hot water and add it to the mix. Finish by mixing in the flour, chocolate chips, and nuts. When your batter is done take a spoon and drop large spoonfuls of cookie dough onto a cookie sheet. You should bake your chocolate chip cookies for 8 to 10 minutes, wait for the edges to turn brown. Enjoy this recipe.

If the word ‘fat’ on a label makes you run the other way, stop. Some fats that are good for you, according to author and registered dietician Elizabeth Somer. Here’s how to incorporate the healthy fats into your diet.

Whenever we get too busy or stressed, we all tend to make bad food choices that will actually make us feel more stress and cause other problems. To get the most of your healthy eating and avoid stress, follow these simple tips.

Always eat breakfast in the morning
Even though you don’t feel like you want eat, you need to eat something. Not having breakfast in the morning makes it hard to maintain the right blood and sugar levels during the day, so you should always eat something.

Carry some snacks with you
Keeping some protein heavy snacks in your car, office, or pocket will help you avoid blood sugar level dips, the accompanying mood swings, and the fatigue. Trail mix, granola bars, and energy bars all have the nutrients you need.

Healthy munchies
If you like to munch when you’re stressed out, you can replace chips, sweets or other non healthy foods with carrot sticks, celery sticks..etc

Pack your lunch
Most people prefer to eat fast food for lunch or even dinner, you can save some money and eat healthier if you take a few minutes and take your own lunch. If you do this a few
times a week you’ll see a much better improvement over eating out.

Stock good foods
Get the good food! The best way to do this is to plan a list of healthy meals at the beginning of the week, list the ingedients you need, then go shop for it. This way, you’ll know what you want when you need it and you won’t have to stress over what food to buy and eat.