Banana-Oatmeal-Chocolate Chip Cookies

I just came across the most amazing cookie recipe. Ok so I haven't made the actual cookies yet but the dough is amazing!

Banana-Oatmeal-Chocolate Chip Cookies
Makes 16 cookies

1c oat flour (I just wiz regular oats in the blender until they make flour:)
3/4c rolled oats
1/2t baking powder
1/3t baking soda
1/2t salt
1/2c raw sugar
1/3c canola oil
1/3c soy milk
1/2t vanilla
1/2 ripe banana
1/4c walnuts
1/3c semi sweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350. Combine 1st 6 ingredients. Whisk oil, soy milk, vanilla and banana in separate bowl. Add to dry ingredients and stir. Fold in chocolate chips and walnuts. Bake for 25 min or until golden brown.

I found this recipe in a health magazine and it is by a "celebrity natural-foods chef" who owns a bakery in LA. www.bethennybakes.com
She also suggested
* adding 1T ground flax seeds. I just wizzed em with the oats in the blender.
*substituting honey for sugar
*instead of adding banana, walnuts and chocolate chips try:
raisins and a pinch of cinnamon
dried blueberries with raw sugar sprinkled on top
dried cranberries and 1/2t orange extract
slivered almonds and 1/2t almond extract

MMMMM- I'm Lovin' It!

I had to get a picture of this Mc Donald's ad when I saw it on the street. It made me smile to think of how much it showed the difference in the US culture and Asia. In case you can't read the fine print, it is advertising a Fillet of Fish sandwich, with french fries sprinkled with seaweed and green tea to wash it all down. Many people in Asia don't eat beef so I guess they had to change their advertising techniques! McDonald's anyone?

More from Singapore

How about a few more photos from our 4th Anniversary retreat? We spent a lot of time at bus stops trying to figure out how to get where we wanted to go. Inevitably, some precious Asian person would stop and ask if they could help. I love that about Asian culture.

The last night we rode the ferris wheel.

This was built a year ago to commemorate Singapore's birthday. Each car holds 27 people so it was massive!

It gave us gorgeous views of the city at night.


We loved walking around in "Little India" and eating delicious Indian food.

We visited the botanical garden one day.


Isn't this building so cute?

A week in Singapore

We spent the past week in Singapore, celebrating our 4 year anniversary. To celebrate, Jody elected to have LASIK eye surgery, "The better to see you with my dear!"

This is the hospital where he had the surgery.

For two weeks, he has to sleep with patches on his eyes like this.


We enjoyed all the delicious foods that Singapore had to offer. This was a dessert: White fungus broth with red dates on a snow cone! Yummy!

Or soyabean and rainbow dumplings in coconut milk!

These were booths in the food court at the mall.


Then we were off to see a movie!

Here!

And we didn't overlook the shopping malls!

Jody's Parents Come to Town

In July we were blessed to have Jody's parents with us for 3 weeks. We had so much fun catching up after not seeing each other for 2 and a half years!

We visited waterfalls,

Went snorkeling,

Shopped on the beach,

Tried to stay cool in the pool,


Enjoyed the lush, tropical surroundings,


Visited art museums,

Climbed mountains,

Monkeyed around,


Appreciated the architecture,


Visited villages,

Ate the fabulous fruit,

Drank tea,

And acted silly!
We made some great memories.