Oatmeal Cookies!

I bought a huge container of Quaker Oats and wasn't eating nearly enough oatmeal cereal to even make a dent in it...so I decided to make some oatmeal cookies! I got this recipe off of the bottom of the Quaker Oats lid and I only made half of the original recipe. Below is my version. Enjoy!


Ingredients:
1 stick butter (its easier to mix if you put the butter in the microwave for about 10 seconds to soften it)
1/2 cup brown sugar (firmly packed)
1/4 cup white sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract 
3/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. salt (optional)
1 and 1/2 cups Quaker Oats (quick or old fashioned--I used the quick kind)

Ice Cream Cake!

This past weekend was my boyfriends birthday so I decided to make him an ice cream cake! His favorite ice cream flavor is Reese's peanut butter so he naturally voted for that. Enjoy! 


Ingredients: 
any flavor of cake mix (he decided on yellow cake)
1/3 cup of cooking oil
3 eggs 
1 cup water
1 quart ice cream
any flavor of frosting (I chose milk chocolate)

French Toast

This Saturday morning I was going to go to an awesome bagel cafe here in santa barbara but then decided to not spend my money and instead made french toast at home! This is a suuuper simple recipe and I'm sure everyone already knows how to make it...but I just can't help taking out my camera to snap a few macro photos, so I thought I might as well share it on this blog!


Ingredients: 
4 pieces of bread (I just used wheat sandwich bread)
2 eggs
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 cup milk
maple syrup

Chicken and Cheese Enchiladas

This recipe is handed down to me through my cousin who stayed to live with us for a year or so. This is a quick and easy dinner or lunch recipe that only requires a few ingredients. It will serve 2-4 people depending on how hungry you are (my boyfriend came over to help make it and we ended up having left overs). 

Ingredients:

4 chicken breasts (optional) OR you can use pre-cooked/shredded chicken

Tortillas (corn or flour)

shredded cheese (I used "mexican cheese" which is a 4 cheese blend)

canned enchilada sauce (I used the large family size can)

sour cream (optional)