Clouds are swirling fast above us. The sky changes color from orange to grey to white to purple; sky as kaleidoscope.
Meanwhile, we hunker down inside, beside the shrine of bottled water, having dutifully collected extra flashlights, batteries, and kayaks, and we wait. With board games and snacks. I suppose it’s not unlike the rest of life, right?
So much waiting.
Until Barry takes the power out, I’ll bake. I invented a new protein cookie that should be the perfect DIY “protein bar” for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Hurricane-Strength Peanut Butter Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
Adapted from Cooks Illustrated
1 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
½ tsp baking soda
4 TB butter
1 tsp cinnamon
¾ cup brown sugar
½ cup sugar sugar
½ cup olive oil
1 egg plus one egg yolk
1 tsp vanilla
¾ cup PBfit powder
1 cup Happy Day Superfood Oats Plus (besides oats, so many good ingredients like teff, chia seeds, quinoa, flax, hemp and amaranth!)
2 cups old fashioned rolled oats
½ Enjoy Life Dark chocolate morsels yum!
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment. Melt butter in skillet until it is brown butter. Stir in cinnamon. Add all the sugars and oil to the butter and whisk. Then add egg and yolk and vanilla and whisk again. Then add flour/salt/baking soda mixture (pre-sifted). Then oats and chocolate chunks. Should be a really stiff dough. Bake 8-10 minutes. YUM.
Hurricane snacks.
This Colonel Popper makes great microwave popcorn in an easy-to-clean silicone collapsible bowl. This will work great until the power goes out.
Then you should get going on LivBars. Real ingredients, made in Oregon, lots of gluten free and vegan options.
If the power goes out, we will need to stay cool. This is an easy treat, sweet and refreshing, good for a little caffeine kick!
Coffee Granita
Adapted from Food Network magazine
3 cups Java House Sumatran cold brew
2 ½ cups water
½ cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
Pinch of salt
In a bowl, stir together the cold brew, water, sugar, vanilla and salt until solutes dissolve. Pour into an 8 inch square baking dish and put in freeze for 2 hours. Remove from the freezer, take a fork and scrape the ice that has formed and return to the freezer for another 2 hours. Scrape and repeat until frozen! Serve with whipped cream, or enjoy plain!
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