Happy rainy Thursday everyone! It might not be raining where you are, but let’s just pretend, right Mama Pea? 😉 Today I had 2 pictures I couldn’t decide between for the two things I ate, so I loaded it up for y’all double time!
So this morning I made chocolate chip cookie bars for my office. I always make some sort of treat once a week for the people I work with because I think it’s fun to give stuff like that, bake, and the great news is that I don’t have to eat it all!
And, you know, in case you didn’t see them the first time, here they are again…in their CLOSEUP!
2 1/2 cups flour- 1 cup butter, softened
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2-3 tsp vanilla (I love me some vanilla!!!)
- 1 bag chocolate chips
Preheat the oven to 375. Line a 12 x 17 inch jelly roll pan with parchment paper. In a bowl combine the flour, salt, and baking soda. In another bowl beat together the butter and sugars. Add the eggs and vanilla, and mix until well combined. Add the dry ingredients a little at a time. Fold in the chocolate chips. Spread on the pan and bake for 15-20 minutes, until the center does not jiggle when the pan shakes. And now, my friend, you have made chocolate chip cookie bars!
Lunch was a big salad, fiesta style!
I loaded up a head of chopped romaine with a huge handful of baby carrots, caramelized onions, grilled chicken, Spanish rice, a dollop of sour cream, and a MOUND of salsa:
I really love salsa on salads…I don’t ever want salad dressing as long as there’s some sort of salsa on there! The flavors imparted by the salsa are just so fresh and amazing…mmmmmmmmmm 🙂
Tonight is going to be filled with projects! I’m working on a little series that’s close to my heart, and if I don’t set some time aside to DO it, there’s no way it’s going to get done! I’m hoping to have a post every Monday on this topic, and I’m hoping to start next week! No promises, but I’m going to do what I can. Other than that there is going to be some working out and sleeping involved (must.get.some.rest)!
Fun question: what’s your favorite NON-healthy living/food blog? It could be anything: photography, mommy blog, business blog, random thoughts blog, whatever. Make sure you link back! This could be fun for all of us to branch out 🙂 My favorites are all photography blogs:
- Jessica Claire
- Joseph Mark
- Lauren Clark
- Nate Disarro (yes, he’s my husband, but I think he’s amazing…clearly)
- Rachael Macphee
- Becoming Sarah (this one’s a mommy blog, and probably the best I’ve read. She’s hilarious!)
so cookie bars is the way to go at high altitude… great! I have had flop after flop after cookie flipping flop since moving to Fort Collins!!!!
everyone makes fun of me for putting salsa on my salads… thank you for reassuring me i am not, in fact, insane. 🙂
-r
I love Jessica Claire!
My favorite non-healthy living blogs are…
FASHION:
https://karen-wheredidugetthat.blogspot.com/
https://www.thecherryblossomgirl.com/
https://cupcakesandcashmere.com/
https://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/
ps. I love all your photos. Man, I’m seriously thinking about switching from a Canon to a Nikon now.
pps. wow. at the bars and salad. YUM!
PHOTOGRAPHY:
https://www.jasminestarblog.com/
https://www.viviennemcmaster.com/blog/
INSPIRATION:
https://joannagoddard.blogspot.com/
https://decor8blog.com/
https://heart-of-light.blogspot.com/
https://taza-and-husband.blogspot.com/
Wow, can you please come work at my office? 😀 Pretty please? hehe those look awesome. It was actually bright and sunny yesterday here, but is very rainy today!
One of my favorite non-food blogs is go fug yourself…hilarious!
http://www.gofugyourself.com
That is one of my favorite ways to eat salad! Makes it SO flavorful.
I’m not sure there ARE other kinds of blogs that I read! No wonder I’m hungry all the time… I just look at pictures of food all day 🙂
My favorite non-foodie/health blog is called
https://stuffchristianslike.net/2010/04/the-%e2%80%9cis-that-contestant-on-american-idol-a-christian-scorecard%e2%80%9d/
It’s a spinoff of “stuff white people like,” but about us Christians, by a Christian, for everyone.
It’s satire about the Christian culture and I’ve found myself crying I was laughing so hard.
My favorite is http://www.ornamental.com which is written by Nina Bagley, a pretty famous handmade jewelry designer but the blog is about her life. She is open, honest, emotional, all of it. I love her.
I have to ask- what camera do you use?? Your pictures are incredible!!! That Fiesta Salad made me drool!
XOXO
Barbara
Even though I’m far far from starting a family, I have a secret love of pregnancy/baby blogs (don’t tell John 😉 (but really, not wanting or trying to get preg now lol). That Wife, as someone mentioned above is AMAZING, and OMG I’m a Mom is hilarious.
I have a hard time pulling big cookies out of the oven at the right time/getting them to cook evenly. yours look so great!
Katherine
Those chocolate chip cookie bars sound great! That’s so sweet of you to bake for the office. 🙂
I read a really interesting blog called Sociological Images: https://contexts.org/socimages/
I love salsa on salad! Salsa is my go to topping since it is loaded with veggies. My favorite blog is https://theillustratorblog.blogspot.com/. I am not going to lie, it is my husband’s art blog. He does not post often, but I love seeing what he does!
Hey that’s almost the exact same recipe as the regular chocolate chip cookies I made last night. I could’ve just smooshed them in a pan and made them bars. That’s super cool to know. Sometimes I get lazy and don’t want to make all those little balls of dough.
I love http://www.thatwifeblog.com Jenna is super sweet. It used to be an everything blog, but now she’s just given birth so it will probably be a little more mommy-type for a while.
Ok… I’m drooling over that cookie bars!!
I definitely read my share of mommy blogs! I agree with you… Becoming Sarah is a good one. Her pics are great!
Your bars look soo good! And this may be weird (since I am not getting married anytime soon!) but I LOVE the Southern Weddings magazine blog. My friend works at the magazine and is always telling me about these gorgeous photo shoots they do!
I’ve never tried salsa on salad. I guess I should. It sounds fascinating!
I love http://www.damomma.com. It’s one of those blogs where I had to go back and read the whole history, because the writing was just so sharp and funny!
I also really like http://www.ohdeedoh.com. It’s got lots of great decorating ideas for kids’ rooms, crafts, interesting articles, etc. Fun!
Ahh…I’ve got to go check that funny mommy blog out! I’m not even going to pretend that that’s not what I’m about to do!
OMG.. those bars look AMAZING!!!