Cranberry Breakfast Cookies

I am so so so excited to begin the year 2014 with new pages to write in my book!  This year my book is going to be all about how to be as healthy as possible!  So. . .I have begun searching for recipes that are healthy, and I found Shauna's friend Yvonne who has started changing her food blog to many healthy recipes.
I love her blog, and today I tried this recipe for Cranberry Breakfast Cookies ( so I can take them to work with me) and they are really really good!

Here is the recipe but you can find the pictures and her at this following site:

Cranberry Breakfast Cookies

1 1/2 cups rolled oats
1 cup unsweetened coconut flakes
1 Tblsp ground flaxseed
1/4 cup sunflower seeds
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup coarsely chopped pecans
1/2 cup dried cranberries (or any type dried fruit, apples, blueberry)
3 very ripe bananas mashed
1/4 cup coconut oil, warm enough to be liquid
1 Tblsp honey
1 tsp vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine all dry ingredients. Stir in mashed bananas, oil, honey and vanilla until well combined. Press 2 tablespoons of mixture into a 2 1/2-inch round cookie cutter onto a baking sheet coated with cooking spray or lined with parchment paper or a Silpat. Continue with remaining mixture. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until fragrant and golden. Cool on pan.

These come out on the chewy side.  If you want them a little more crunchy, then cook for 5 minutes longer, but watch that they dont burn!
These are really yummy!  I added chopped almonds and walnuts as well.
Enjoy!

For our thought today:  
I found this on Pinterest:

We are what we repeatedly DO    - aristotle

J Dawg's Hot Dog Sauce

I love a good hot dog every once in a while.  I love to butter the hot dog buns and put them on the griddle until they are toasted. When I saw this hot dog sauce on one of my favorite sites, I had to try it and it was yummy!

You can find a picture of them here

And here is the hot dog sauce recipe!
Homemade J Dawgs Sauce

3/4 cup ketchup
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup honey
1 teaspoon cider vinegar
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon onion powder

Combine all ingredients in a sauce pan and heat until almost boiling.  Remove from heat, cool, and serve on grilled hot dogs.  Make sure to buy good quality buns – none of this wonder bread stuff.  And absolutely don’t forget to make criss cross X’s all down the dog before grilling to make sure you have plenty of surface area for the sauce!

Serve with toppings:
Pickles, onions, jalapeños, banana peppers, sauerkraut, yellow mustard.  (The restaurant also offers ketchup, celery salt, mayo, relish, and spicy brown mustard at special request)

And for a thought for the day:

It is New Years Today, Happy 2014 to you all. my goal for this year is to be the ultimate healthiest I can be, and in order to do that I plan to do the following :

Read Living the Healthy Life by Randi Gerber, I found her at the Family Home Christmas Show and attended one of her nutrition classes.  She has lots of information to share

Read The Daniel Fast by Kristen Feola.  I like her idea and I love that scripture story.

Re Read my Green Smoothie Book and start drinking daily a green smoothie!

Exercise at least 4 times a week 

Drink more water each day

Ha ha, and all this on a post of HOT DOGS! ha ha, possibly the worst thing to eat, however, life is to be enjoyed, so I think throwing in a hot dog like this every once in a while is a wonderful way to celebrate the joys of life.

Happy new year!