Cookie Dough Bites

Cookie Dough is one of my favourite things. Since discovering this recipe on Pinterest I have been dying to make them myself. So here goes...! Depending on how large you make them, this recipe should make around 28 cookie dough bites.

INGREDIENTS:

 

8 ounces butter (softened)
1½ cups light brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract or essence
2 cups flour
6 ounces chocolate chips

UTENSILS:
Measuring devices
Large Mixing Bowl
Whisk
Plate

First, the butter and sugar need to be creamed together.

Now the plate is needed. However it is advisable to use a larger one than pictured below, I got rather sticky!

This will make the butter easier to mix with the sugar. Then...

This was when I realised that I needed a larger bowl!

Now you will need to add the remaining ingredients to the mixture.

 Now it's time to get your fingers messy! Knead the mixture until the dough looks smooth, then ...

Leave in the fridge until firm. Should take roughly 30 minutes. Store in the fridge, but keep at room temperature about ten minutes before you serve them. Enjoy!

Too add an extra something, dip them in melted chocolate, or drizzle it on as a topping.

An Easy Healthy Meal: Bean Casserole

Having lived off cookies for several days, I decided it was time to make something healthy. I thought documenting it would help me remember the process, although I can't claim any credit for the recipe!

As a note of pre-warning, my instructions may seem unnecessarily detailed, this is to help out an incompetent person like myself, rather than to insult anyone's intelligence!

The ingredients listed serve six people. If you're feeding fewer you can freeze the sauce for another meal, or just halve the ingredients.

The Bean Casserole could be served and eaten with jacket potatoes, rice, bread, or anything else you have in your cupboard I'm sure would work! The meal outlined below is for a Bean Casserole served with rice. 

Utensils Required:
Measuring device for rice portions (can use a mug)
Two pans
       I used a deep sided sauté pan for the sauce and a small sauce pan for the rice
Sauce pan
Wooden Spoon
Sharp Knife
Chopping Board
Seive

Ingredients*:
Three cans of Tomato

Two cans of Beans

 

Two peppers

Olive Oil

Tomato Paste

Clove of garlic
Red Onion
A White Onion



Mixed Herbs

Black Pepper

Basil

*Note on the ingredients: Onions, Garlic, Tomato paste etc. add flavour but are not vital, so can be mixed out on a budget. The recipe is pretty flexible so you could add courgette, aubergine, or carrots instead. So its a good meal for finishing off left over vegetables.


Preparations:

Peel then chop up your Onions.

 

Chop up your peppers

 

Chop up some basil

Wash the beans


Directions:

First Place the pan on a medium heat.
Medium as in literally between the highest and lowest temperatures 

Then pour a tablespoon of olive oil into the pan.

Pour the onions  into pan and cook gently for about 5 minutes, till soft.

Add a clove (one section) of garlic.

 

Stir for four minutes

 

Add the Chopped peppers and cook for about five minutes; till softened.

 

Toss the vegetables around in the pan, cooking for a couple of minutes

 

Add the tomato sauce

 

Add a teaspoon of tomato paste

 

Add in tins of mixed beans

Add Black pepper and a sprinkling of mixed herbs, using the cap is a good measure.

To make the sauce hotter you could add half teaspoon of mild chilli powder, or half a teaspoon of paprika (milder)
 

Cook for twenty mins, letting it simmer, gently stirring.


Then Enjoy!