WOWZERS.....

WOWZERS is all I can say when I logged on this morning.....well over 80 hits on yesterdays BLOG on Triple Chocolate Cookie Balls. I hope you do try them!!  I believe they are quite simple to make since I made 140 on Friday....I kinda turned into a machine...lol!! I found it interesting that my two kids came running when I started to make each batch...they eagerly watched and commented on the ingredients...of course they wanted a few chocolate chips....but when it came time to rolling the cookies...they took off...I was boring them!! And it understandable...there came a point when I just rolled and glanced out the window...watching the squirrels and birds...I even noticed that the same squirrel was hanging about, he had a patch of fur missing on his right side! Once the cookie tray went into the oven and I washed the dishes, the timer BEEPED...and the kids came back, eagerly awaiting to sample some balls and watched the process all over again, again leaving when it came to roll out the cookies.

I do have other recipes that I have created...tinkering over time, trying to perfect them. I think I will share them with you...weekly. The reason that I do my own stuff, is that I ACTUALLY ENJOY DOING IT and I know what goes into them. I know with three kids it would be easier to just buy a box of cookies, but then you have  ingredients that YOU cant even pronounce and preservatives. I just try to keep things simple, great tastes and appealing...after all you eat with your eyes! Also by baking/cooking you get your kids involved, they get to know ingredients, whats healthy and they actually eat it too....why...cause they helped to create it.

I believe that ANYONE can BAKE/COOK...take a simple recipe, try it out. If you really like it, think of something to add to it or something to take away from it. Tinker with things....kids and husbands are great for testing things out on....kids tell the truth. I know, my six year old commented once that the chicken was not JUICY enough!! Kids can be OUR toughest critics!!  I am always tinkering....I  love Nigella Lawson, Jamie Oliver, Michael Smith and Ina Garten.....I have their books. I took one of Nigella's recipes a bit further. She has in one of her books, a recipe for muffins....in it she has yogurt and oil, I took it a step further and omitted the oil and doubled the yogurt...and they are great...the KIDS love them!!!

So  you never know where your inspirations can come from...get in the kitchen, tinker about......