Recipe (Re)creation: Oatmeal + Banana + Chocolate Chip Cookies

I bet you can't stop at just one!  Luckily these cookies are super healthy and nutritious and can easily be eaten for breakfast or a snack without feeling too indulgent.  I based these cookies off a recipe from my friend Casey and her blog Pink Brandywine.  She mentioned how much her son loved these cookies and thought they'd be the perfect bite-sized treat for my little one.  Feel free to experiment with adding other ingredients as well- you can't really mess these up!

Makes 12 cookies

Ingredients:

• 2 ripe bananas, mashed
• 1 cup quick oats
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 3/4 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1-2 tbsp. almond butter
• 1-2 tbsp. dark chocolate chips

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease a baking sheet.
Mash the banana and oats in a bowl until they are well blended.
Add the cinnamon, vanilla and almond butter and continue mixing.
Scoop round spoonfuls of dough and place on your baking sheet.
Top each cookie with a sprinkle of chocolate chips.
Bake in the oven for 15 minutes and enjoy!

Recipe (Re)creation: Crispy Brown Sugar Salmon

If you are anything like me, this salmon will quickly become a bi-weekly staple (at the least).  My dear friend and food blogger for Pink Brandywine introduced me to this preparation and I haven't looked back.  Honestly, even the salmon skeptical (like my husband) love this dish!  The key to this recipe is you have to plan ahead a bit.  Ideally, you want to get your salmon the day before, so you can marinate it overnight.  If that isn't in the cards for you, then at least try to marinate it for 2-4 hours before you start cooking it.  The best part about this dish is it tastes buttery, sinful, and delicious, but it is INCREDIBLY healthy.  I would call that a win.

Serves 2

Ingredients

• 3/4 lb- 1 lb salmon fillet
• 3-4 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp mirin rice cooking wine
• 2 tsp vegetable oil
• 1 tbsp brown sugar
• freshly ground pepper

Directions

-Preheat oven to 400 F. 

-Place salmon in a zip-lock bag or tupperware container.

-Pour in the soy sauce and mirin and mix around so the salmon is evenly coated.

-Marinate in the fridge overnight (or 2 hours at the minimum)

-Remove salmon from the fridge & brush off some of the marinade with a paper towel.

-Place salmon on a foil lined baking tray or dish.

-Pour the vegetable oil on the salmon and sprinkle with brown sugar.

-Top with a few twists of ground pepper.

-Place salmon in the preheated oven.

-Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the salmon is crispy and tender.

-Serve immediately!

~Enjoy~