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Recipes, goodies, and games
Cooking with Diana
Ever since I became a PCV in 2000, cooking has been
an important part of my leisure activity. I seem to use
cooking both as a way to relax and as a reward. And,
because I am a “health nut,” I’ve adapted many of the
recipes in traditional cookbooks so that I feel less guilt
about snacking on a regular basis.
Here are a few of my favorite adaptations:
“Healthy” Chocolate Chip Cookies
less than ½ cup sugar (depends on how sweet you like
your cookies)
¼ cup brown sugar (if available): can be purchased in
Skopje
¼ cup olive oil (or any vegetable oil)
1 teaspoon vanilla or vanilla sugar
1 egg
1 cup flour (I usually use ½ cup white flour and ½
whole wheat flour)
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
½ to ¼ cup chocolate chips or broken up dark chocolate
bars
Heat oven to 200 C. Mix sugars, oil, vanilla and egg in
large bowl. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt. Stir in
chocolate. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls on
ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 10-15 minutes
(depending on your oven) until golden brown.
Granola Bars (Good for breakfast too)
¼ cup sugar
¼-1/2 cup honey (depends again on how sweet you like
things)
1-2 tablespoons of peanut butter or olive/vegetable oil
1 egg
1 tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup whole whea