Licensed (costarring Peanut Butter Chocolate Healthy Milkshake!)

Yesterday I had a half day of work. Hello afternoon errands!

Because of all kinds of new city hoops I have to jump through, I got my Oklahoma driver's license yesterday (mostly because I can't get a bank account without one, since I need to be able to prove I actually do, in fact, live in Oklahoma). And let me just say, my picture turned out pretty darn well. That is unheard of.

Good day? I think so.

Also, I created the eighth wonder of the world: the Peanut Butter Chocolate Healthy Milkshake! Let's call it the PBCHM for short... pronounced Pbbchem. Let's see if it will catch on. 

I'm not going to say that this tastes JUST LIKE ice cream, but it is about as close as I can imagine coming with something healthy. And I will say: It is GOOD. Like really good. But I'll let you be the judge of that.

So here's my "recipe," but since I don't ever measure, it's more of a "what to include" list.

Oatmeal (1/3 cup-ish)

Flaxseed (as much as desired)

Cocoa powder (1 tbsp or less)

Agave nectar (about 1 tbsp)

Peanut butter (1.5 tbsp)

Lots of ice

Enough milk to cover most of the ingredients in the blender.

Blend it all up and there you go! If it's too runny for your liking you can always add more ice, or milk if it's too thick.

It is heaven in a Magic Bullet cup. I take it to work for breakfast and I get to feel like I'm having a milkshake, but I know I'm being healthy. If that's not a win-win, I don't know what is.

peace&love,

Jill

I Cooked It: Hootenanny

It has the most awesome name of any food I have ever heard of. And it is delicious.

Do you need any more reason to make it? Okay, it's the easiest thing ever.


I made this for family breakfast on Christmas Eve and everyone ate it, which says something in a family of five very distinct palettes. We ate it variably plain, with salt and pepper, with syrup, and with good old-fashioned butter. You really can't go wrong.

(I tried to hunt down the original source, but the blog that is cited no longer exists. 
Here's the link to the Pinterest page where I discovered it, 
which is also where this picture is from, because I fail at remembering to take pictures of food before we devour it.)

HOOTENANNY (Or Oven Pancake): 

1. Blend up 1 c. white flour, 1 c. milk, 6 eggs, and 1/4 tsp. salt. 
2. Pour batter into greased 9x13 pan. 
3. Then, pour 1/2 cube melted butter over the top (do not mix). 
4. Bake for 25 minutes at 400 degrees. 
5. Cut in pieces, drizzle with Maple Syrup, serve.