Peanut No Butter Cookies

So I was home by myself, broke, and craving something sweet with limited ingredients at my disposal. I am not a professional chef or baker by any means just a creative problem solver with too much time on her hands. I was trying to find a way to substitute this ingredient for that with the limited selection I had in my kitchen cabinets, so I came up with a weird start to a delicious chewy gooey cookie recipe. Here it is below:
1. Canola oil 1/4 cup (I only had the spray lol)

2. 1-1 1/2 cup flour 

3. A tablespoon of crunchy peanut butter

4. Honey (squeeze a generous amount 3 tablespoons or so)

5. 2/3 cup sugar (depending on taste)

6. A small piece of fresh ginger (no skin)

7. A few shacks of cinnamon

8. 1/4 cup of dry roasted peanuts 

Blend all ingredients together in a large mixing bowl until consistency is cookie dough like. Add more ingredients depending on the texture and taste that you like the best. Remember, if it doesn’t taste good unbaked it will not taste good after it is baked (I learned this from trial and error experience lol). Preheat oven to 375 degrees for 5 mins before placing cookies inside. Prepare baking pan by spreading a thin layer of canola oil evenly on the bottom, then place a tablespoon dollop of the cookie dough onto the pan. Spread dough dollops by a few inches so the cookies have room to bake flat.

Place cookies in oven and bake for about 10 minutes (maybe a little longer or quicker depending on oven so keep a close watch). After cookies are done baking they will have a soft gooey center with crispy ends, let sit for about 5 minutes then enjoy! 

Cookies came out the best with zero margarine or butter just substitute with canola oil and honey! This was a delicious and surprising recipe experiment that was a great success. Try this out and let me know how your cookies taste. Have fun with it add and subtract make it your own. 

Breakfast for Champs

Being a young woman from one of the most trendy cities in the country right now, Brooklyn, N.Y. It is super tough to stay afloat financially plus satisfying you tastebuds as well. So I came up with my “Breakfast for Champs” which means basically whatever little food I had in the fridge and kitchen cabinets. 

This is what I made to energize my body while awaking my tastebuds. 

Peanut Butter & Banana Shake

1. 2 tablespoons Natural peanut butter 

2. 1 1/2 bananas

3. Crushed ice

4. 8-12oz. Milk or almond milk

Milo my cat loves to help in the clean.

Mix all ingredients into blender until consistency is smooth and creamy.

Pour into your favorite glass and enjoy!

If you are still hungry or you can also have this for lunch, here is another quick and easy meal to make. I call it….

Egg in the Hole

1. A large egg

A slice of bread (I had potato or wheat)

Butter 

Salt & pepper

Ketchup packet 

So first you heat butter in a pan in the stove for several seconds until butter is melted on hot pan. Then you prepare bread slice by cutting hole in the middle. Place on hot buttery pan with hole exposed and hole piece on pan next to holy bread slice. Crack egg in middle of bread slice and cook on low flame.

Then flip over depending on how you usually like you egg cooked. I like my egg cooked medium with yolk slightly running which taste better with the buttery grilled bread. Yum!!

After done cooking to your desire. Place on plate with spachler and top off with sea salt, pepper, and ketchup. Enjoy!

Please share your “the struggle is real” breakfast for champs meals and recipes. I can use some fun and creative ideas. We poor professionals need to stick together and help each other. Stay creative and delicious.