Try something new...

I enjoy new things.
New clothes.
New restaurants.
New jobs.
New strange recipes!

I tried these out about 10 minutes ago: Dark Chocolate Avocado cookies...
I tweaked the recipe slightly - used a little less brown sugar, added chopped walnuts, reduced the amount of chocolate chips, added a pinch or two of salt..
They turned out quite tasty! I would definitely add more chocolate chips than I did (trying to be "good" isn't always yummy) - it's not an overly sweet or rich recipe due to the lack of butter, so they wouldn't hurt. They also don't TASTE like avocado. Its a quite mellow flavour and easy to play around with.

Dark Chocolate Avocado Cookies

Makes about 24 1 inch cookies. Adapted from Greatist

Ingredients:

1 cup mashed avocado - make sure it's ripe!

3/4 cup dark brown sugar

4 tsp vanilla extract
2 tsp cider vinegar

1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour (or gluten free flour)
1 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt
2 tsp cinnamon
4 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
 

3 - 4 tbsp semi-sweet chocolate chips (depending on how chocolaty you want em)

4 tbsp chopped walnuts

 

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

"Cream" the avocado and sugar together in a food processor or by hand in a large mixing bowl using a spoon and fork. Blend until well incorporated. Make sure there are no large clumps - avocado wont melt like butter!
Add the vanilla and cider vinegar to the avocado and stir to combine.
In a medium mixing bowl, bring your dry ingredients together: Flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and cocoa powder. Mix to combine.
Add the dry ingredients to the avocado and stir until smooth and well incorporated.
Stir in the final ingredients - chocolate chips and walnuts were my choice but feel free to use white chocolate chunks for a double chocolate variety, or add flax seeds and different nuts.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and spoon out a tablespoon sized scoop of dough. The cookies do not flatten out, so make sure to press them down if you want a more "cookie-like" cookie. I like them messy!
Bake for 10 minutes and allow to cool before stuffing your face!

Enjoy!
K

Another change...

Well, my venture out west didn't exactly go as planned.
It was awful. One of the WORST working experiences to date. I figured I would come home with some really great knowledge and inspiration about running a business and smart horsemanship.
I didn't.
I did learn however that integrity, honesty and safety should be top priorities! Otherwise, your pooched. Up shit creek.
So I guess I can take that with me!
Anyways. Now I'm back home!
I had a fantastic drive back - with some amazing company. Got to see some orca whales and go to the Calgary stampede! Not quite a "vacation", but an unforgettable excursion for sure.
And I've decided to change direction. I'm heading into the culinary world! More specifically, baking. I love it. All aspects of it! I just want to know all about it and learn to perfect it. I got my resumes out asap and luckily landed a job in Toronto at an awesome little bakery. So now I can be in the kitchen quite regularly! I'd like to do some experimenting as well and try out vegan baking. There's a huge market out there for it and I feel like its not being satisfied!
While travelling through Manitoba, we came across a great little burger joint called Boon! Canadas first all vegan burger cafe. We decided to try it out and I was really impressed. The food was to die for! Its a hard switch to vegan (or vegetarian for that matter!) but I love dabbling in different types if cuisine!

Check out their website @ http://www.boonburger.ca/

And if your interested like me, give these cookies a try.

Zucchini Chocolate Chip Cookies!

Totally on my bake list today.

Enjoy!
x
K

**UPDATE: Made those cookies and hot damn! Totally delicious.