I found this recipe for oatmeal cookies in the ivillage Healthy Living Program recipe database. It impresses me when a recipe for homemade cookies can boast 72 calories, 1.06 g fiber, and 1.88 g protein per cookie. So I made these cookies this past weekend and gave them a shot. My review would be that they are great, if you like a very moist and chewy cookie.
My idea of an oatmeal cookie is that they are better when crispy so, I was a bit disappointed. This is not a recipe I will make again, unless my daughter tries them and loves them (she hasn’t done her taste testing yet, and this girl is p-i-c-k-y!). But like I said, if you love a chewy oatmeal cookie, these are for you! So I wanted to paste the recipe just in case you chewy cookie lovers are out there. Here you go and look for the rest of the nutritional info below the recipe!
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Do you know how many calories you eat a day? Do you regularly keep track of them? And if so, how? On paper, in your head, maybe an excel spreadsheet? Well, my Useful Website of the Week, caloriecount.about.com, is a free online calorie counting tool and is very helpful in keeping track of those numbers. Given my recent realization that I wasn’t eating enough calories, I am definitely finding this to be a handy resource.
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The website I have chosen as the Useful Website of the Week is one that I have found to be incredibly informative and, well, useful! The website for iVillage’s Healthy Living Program is what I am referring to. This program is the most comprehensive online weight loss program I have found and the part that surprised me the most is that it’s FREE.
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