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 Rainy Saturdays are made for cookies.

I'm setting you up with my favourite recipe .... dont'cha be blaming me when you eat the whole batch!

Oh-so soft Chocolate Chip Cookies

1/2 cup margarine
1 cup sugar
1 Tbs maple syrup (or other syrup)
1 Tbs molasses (the secret's ALL in the molasses, baby...)
Ener-G Egg Sub for 1 egg, prepared
1 tsp vanilla
1  3/4 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup chocolate chips

1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 F.

In large bowl, beat together the margarine, sugar, syrup, and molasses.  Add egg sub and vanilla, and mix until smooth.

In a second bowl, combine flour, salt, and baking powder.  

Gradually add flour mixture to margarine mixture;  stir in chocolate chips and walnuts (if using)

Spoon dough onto prepared cookie sheets, and flatten slightly with the back of the spoon.

Bake 8 - 10 minutes, or until edges begin to turn golden.

Cool on pans for a couple of minutes, then move over to cooling racks.  (They will seem VERY VERY soft when they first come from the oven.  Don't fret - - this is how they are supposed to be.  They will firm up as they cool)


Lower-Fat Version:
Substitute applesauce for half the margarine.

Joaquim Phoenix was royally ROBBED at the Oscars this year.

I'm not disparaging Philip Seymour Hoffman's performance, but he's simply not playing in the same Ballpark.

thank you, tracied

Oh man, did this make me laugh.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMH0bHeiRNg

swiped from kris1225

Your #1 Match: INFP

The Idealist You are creative with a great imagination, living in your own inner world. Open minded and accepting, you strive for harmony in your important relationships. It takes a long time for people to get to know you. You are hesitant to let people get close. But once you care for someone, you do everything you can to help them grow and develop. You would make an excellent writer, psychologist, or artist.

Your #2 Match: ENFP

The Inspirer You love being around people, and you are deeply committed to your friends. You are also unconventional, irreverant, and unimpressed by authority and rules. Incredibly perceptive, you can usually sense if someone has hidden motives. You use lots of colorful language and expressions. You're qutie the storyteller! You would make an excellent entrepreneur, politician, or journalist.

Yeaaaaaah baby!

http://www.who.int/childgrowth/standards/chart_catalogue/en/index.html

Oh my.... how much time will I spend *simply* poking through icons?

Any good sources to recommend, fellow icon junkies?

Also, anyone hear tell of a "Six Feet Under" mood theme?

Thank you thank you thank you!!!!   Whoever you are...



I've been anonymously gifted with a paid LJ account. I feel like a kid on Christmas morning!!!!

I can see a LOT of Backyardigans in our future this morning while Mama plays ;p

Hmmmmm.... has anyone had experience, either first-hand or second-hand (i.e. viewing) the new "Sponsored" account LJ? 

I'm tempted to try it out, as I cannot justify a paid account, but *lust* over some of the features.  I just don't want everyone to be bombarded by pop-up's or other nasties.


Just wondering....

Mon - Roasted Veg Pizza

Tues - Quinoa & baked marinate tempeh salad (held over from last week... didn't get to the HFS for tempeh and NOT trusting the grocery store tempeh again)

Wed - yummy lentil burgers & salad

Thurs - tofu "fish" sticks & home fries

Fri - As-you-Please grain & bean salad

Sat - Falafel with tomato salad

Sun - free-for-all / out