Cheating on [Real Food]

We cheated. In a big way. White sugar, brown sugar, chocolate chips. And boy was it delicious …

I had had some kind of day. Baby girl threw a fit in the car all the way to the chiropractor and all the way home. She did NOT want to be in her carseat. Then when we finally did get home, she was so stressed out about the car ride that she could never really settle for a nap. And neither could I.

D walked in the door from his first day at a new job and saw me standing … staring aimlessly … into the pantry. Before he could even say hi, I blurted out:

Please make the cookies. I don’t care that it’s cheating. I need them. Now.

Yup – it was total emotional eating – but it hit the spot. We made a whole batch, but they will soon go in the freezer so we don’t eat the whole bag. We’ve been known to do that with these cookies.

But … I guess if we were going to cheat, this was the recipe to use. No flour. Real butter. Whole grain oats and peanut butter. The only *fake* food in it was the sugar … and the chocolate chips. For the recipe, just head to your local Trader Joe’s and pick up their bag of rolled oats. The recipe is on the back.

And hey – give us a break – no one’s perfect. Especially not us …