My favorite cookie

I have found it....my favorite cookie in the whole, wide world.  Doesn't it seem like we are always looking for that elusive "best cookie ever"??  I have found it.

 Here it is...the Ranger Cookie.  Chocolate chips, coconut, rice krispies, and oats.  The perfect combo with the perfect texture.  Crunchy on edge, soft in the center.

 Look at this perfect cookie.....I will never eat another cookie again, except if it is a Ranger Cookie from Sweet Mandy B's.

Sweet Mandy B's in Chicago - 

1208 W Webster Ave

Chicago, IL 60614

T: (773) 244-1174

Conversion chart

This is a great thing to have on hand.  When I find charts like this in magazines, I take a picture of it with my phone, so I always have it on hand.  I have also been doing this with passages in articles I like.  There is so much good information out there. I hate to read something only to lose it in my head (and I think a lot of you understand that statement all too well!).

From Real Simple magazine November, 2012.

At the dollar store

Look at what I found at the dollar store....what is this world coming to??

ONE YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I HAVE BEEN WRITING MY BLOG FOR EXACTLY ONE YEAR!!

MY HOPES OF WHAT THIS BLOG BRINGS TO YOU:
1)YOU FIND THE JOY IN SHARING MEALS WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY 
2)YOU EAT HEALTHIER 
3)YOU TRY NEW FOODS 
4)YOU EXPERIENCE DIFFERENT CULTURES THROUGH THEIR FOOD


I LOVE WRITING IT AND I HOPE YOU ENJOY READING IT JUST AS MUCH!!

I CANNOT THANK YOU ALL ENOUGH FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT!  

I love roasted vegis!!!!

I made a huge platter of roasted sweet potatoes, yukon gold potatoes and brussel sprouts.  Look how pretty these are!!!

I like to line a baking sheet with non-stick tin foil.  Cut up your vegis (try to make them all around the same size), toss with olive oil, and put them in a 450 degree oven.  Keep an eye on them.  You will need to toss them around 8 minutes into them cooking, to try to get multiple sides brown = crunchy and yummy.  Finish with a toss of kosher salt or sea salt.

Healthy, pretty and yummy.....who could ask for anything more?!?!?

So interesting

Look what I saw the other day.....

On McDonalad's menus at the drive thru, there are calories listed.  I don't know if they are listed inside (since I rarely get out of my car at McD's), but I would assume so.  Really interesting.  I wonder if this will cut into their sales? I know that when I was picking up a soda for our daughter, I was thinking of getting a coffee drink.  All I had to do was look at the calories, I didn't get it.  Would seeing the calories of what you are going to eat influence your choices?  Let me know.....

Wildfish, Deerfield, IL

I went onto my Wedeal account and discovered I had two purchases that were expiring in 1 week.  Both were for Wildfish in Deerfield.  Saturday night I found myself alone....no kids, no husband.  I went there to use at least one of the certificates.  I need to find time to use the other - and soon.

This was a nice place.  Dark but quiet. I went early so that I would be out before the rush and not "waste" a table for one at their high time. The service was perfectly attendant....not pushy at all.

 This was so good.  This was their avocado and tuna salad.  You can see it is served with seaweed salad.  I love seaweed salad.  Don't let the words "seaweed" stop you.  It is so yummy! It is healthy, light and tasty.  It has different crunchy textures due to the seaweed salad, smooth from the avocado and soft with the tuna.  YUM!

This is their Scary Spider roll.  It has black and white rice with soft shell crab avocado and cucumber inside and black and red tobiko outside.  It is a good roll.  Crunchy from the crab and the different rices have two different textures.  The black rice is a bit gummier than the white.  And I love tobiko....snappy and yummy.