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Breakfast Cookies
Submitted by Angie Rieves

3/4 c. whole wheat pastry flour
1/2 c. all purpose flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 c. canola oil
2 T. butter
1/4 c. brown sugar
3 T. granulated sugar
1 egg
1 small jar of strained carrot baby food
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 c. rolled oats
1/2 c. bran cereal flakes
1/3 c. raisins (i left them out but dried cherries might be good next time)
1/3 c. toasted walnut pieces (left these out too)

Preheat oven to 350.  Whisk together flours, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.  In another bowl combine oil, butter and sugars.  Then add the egg, carrot and vanilla.  Beat in the dry ingredients.  Then add the oatmeal and bran flakes, etc.  Dough will be more sticky than usual.  Spoon 3-4 tablespoons of dough on to cookie sheet lined with parchment and flatten slightly.  Bake for 12 minutes.  The cookies will smell amazing and be a little soft when you take them out. 

From Martha Stewart (blueberry muffins):

http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/healthy-banana-blueberry-muffins?autonomy_kw=banana%20blueberry%20muffins

More submitted by Angie Rieves:

Pecan-Crusted Chicken:
http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/pecan_crusted_chicken.html

Chicken with Mushroom Cream Sauce:
http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/mushroom_cream_chicken.html

Sweet Potato, Red Pepper Pasta (good with cooked chicken or tofu)
http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/sweet_potato_red_pepper_pasta.html

Sweet Potato Casserole (great for Thanksgiving)
http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/sweet_potato_casserole.html

Pesto-Cream Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breast
http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/stuffed_chicken_breast.html

Several simple recipes for sauces/stir fries/etc:

http://www.active.com/nutrition/Articles/50_Ways_to_Feed_Your_Muscles.htm


Multigrain waffles:
http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/multi_grain_waffles.html

Pancakes:

1 and ¼ cups of whole-wheat pastry flour (whole-wheat flour also works)
1 and ½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
1 and ½ cups of milk (I do the light soy milk, but you can do any type of any fat content)
2 tbsp of oil
1 tbsp of maple syrup
1 tsp vanilla extract
 

In a large bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt.  In a medium bowl, combine milk, oil maple syrup and vanilla extract.  Pour the liquid ingredients into the flour mixture and stir until just combined (a few lumps are ok), then cook on the griddle.

For blueberry pancakes: add 1 cup of blueberries into the mix

For banana walnut pancakes: add 1 cup of banana slices into the mix, then ½ cup of chopped walnuts

For CHOCOLATE pancakes: reduce the flour to 1 cup and 2 tbsp.  Add ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder.  Increase the syrup to 2 tbsp.

This makes about 12 good sized pancakes-or about 4 good sized pancakes (for my meal) and 10-12 small pancakes (which I keep in the fridge and then pop in the toaster for a snack for the next few days-which works really well!  Obviously, keeping them for a few days doesn’t work with the banana ones, but the plain and other flavors work well!)