Tuesday, November 09, 2010  Leftovers: Carrot Cake Breakfast
Cookies  Being on such a strict budget, I look at food
differently than I used to. A cup of soup is turned into
burgers, veggie scraps become the base of a flavorful broth and
yesterday, leftover Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal became cookies. Having a
quick something my son can grab before school is a must, so
years back I began making breakfast cookies/bars/muffins with
veggies, beans or protein powder in them. I just wanted my kids
to have sustenance and being able to grab and go was the key to
getting some good food into them.  When I haveleftover oatmeal,
I automatically save it. I usually use it in smoothies, but
decided to make cookies and I'm glad I did. Now, when I say
cookies, I don't mean dessert, I mean breakfast cookies. ( but
they can double as dessert by adding some chocolate peanut
butter frosting which let me tell you only gets BETTER after
it's frozen )  This is a very rough estimate of what I did. I
did not add any fat or sugar to mine, but f