These cookies were great. Made them for a friend who can’t have regular chocolate chip cookies.

White Chocolate Orange Cookies

    Ingredients (makes 2 to 3 dozen)

  • 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 to 3 teaspoons grated orange peel
  • 1 (12-ounce) package white chocolate chips
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts
    Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350*F (175*C).
  2. In medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt together. Set aside.
  3. In large bowl, cream butter and sugars together with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and grated orange peel. Add the flour mixture to butter mixture and stir to just combine. Stir in white chocolate chips and chopped walnuts.
  4. Drop by tablespoonful onto an ungreased baking sheet.
  5. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, turning baking sheet around at the halfway point to ensure even browning. Let stand for 2 minutes than remove to racks to finish cooling.

Miso Soup is one of Mark’s favorite’s! It was extremely tastey.

Miso Soup

    Ingredients (serves 4)

  • 3 cups water
  • 2 T miso
  • 2 green onions, finely minced (optional)
  • 1/2 cake tofu, cut into 1/2 inch cubes (optional)
  • 2-3 fresh mushrooms, thinly sliced (optional)
  • 1/2 tsp. sesame oil
    Directions

  1. Heat oil in bottom of small pot, add green onion (if using) and cook for about 5 minutes stirring frequently.
  2. Add 2 1/2 cups water.
  3. Dissolve miso in 1/2 cup water and add to pot.
  4. Bring to a boil. Lower heat, add mushrooms and tofu if desired.
  5. Serve.

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You Know You Grew Up In The 80’s or Early 90’s If:
1. You’ve ever ended a sentence with the word “SIKE”
2. You watched the Pound Puppies.
3. You can sing the rap to the “Fresh Prince of Belair” and can do the “Carlton”. I can’t sing the rap but FPoB was dope, homeboy!
4. Girls wore biker shorts under their skirts and felt stylishly sexy. I’ve no idea what it flet like but I remember seeing stupid people on TV dress this way.
5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club of your own.
6. You owned those lil’ Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls.
7. You know that “WOAH” comes from Joey on Blossom
8. Two words: Hammer Pants *laugh* At the time, I thought these were the coolest pants. EVER! I wanted a pair so bad, but my Mom would never buy them for me. These days? I think I owe her a bigger Christmas gift because she never got them for me. *grin*
9. If you ever watched “Fraggle Rock”
10. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars and “spokey-dokes” or playing cards on your spokes for that incredible sound effect (more…)