Loooooong Time No See!

Wow! Did not realize it had been so long since my last post (December 2009). Of course the holiday season was upon us and things get really busy around that time of the year. Then things got really crazy for our family in 2010. The wild ride began when I answered the ringing phone one day in March. Eight months later (November, 2010) my father in-law passed away. Then ten short months later (September, 2011) my mother in-law passed away. The ride hasn't ended just yet. Our daughter was diagnosed with pectus excavatum in November, 2011. Her sternum was dipping in to far and pressing on her heart and lungs. She is now two months post surgery and recovering nicely. Somewhere in all the craziness of life, my husband has started cooking dinner pretty much all the time. Looking back through the posts this evening though has given me the desire to get back in the kitchen again. I think I will talk to him and see if he would like for me to share cooking responsibilities with him. I'd like to get back to experimenting with recipes again.

Actually the two of us were in the kitchen together this afternoon and stirred up some cookies together. They are called "Skinny Chunky Monkey Cookies". The recipe has been going around on Facebook. I suspect you can also find it on Pintrest. This is a healthy version of the "Boiled Chocolate Cookies" that I love so much. We made them with dark chocolate cocoa. My husband commented that they were bitter. Our daughter says they taste weird and that chocolate and bananas don't go together. I seem to be the only one that thinks they aren't half bad. But then again I haven't run into to many things involving chocolate that I don't like.