Back on the Bandwagon

The Octave of Easter is ending (well almost a week ago), and I'm afraid we did a bit too much feasting that  week (and the subsequent one) .  Of course, it's a great reason to celebrate, but between all the Easter candy given us, and goodies we'd made and then Easter parties, I'm afraid our sugar consumption has been through the roof.  The Fairy-Princess has especially been a bit sugar-crazed lately, with the constant asking for candy and sweets.  Coming off a 7 (or 14)-day sugar-fest can be a bit difficult, and I'm afraid our normal, healthy eating habits went to the wayside,

So, today, we are back on the real food bandwagon.......the chocolate candy is gone, the goodies are gone, and we're back to only eating treats/sweets on Sundays.  I feel like we really need that routine and structure, and it helps the kids a lot to know that we don't eat /chocolate/ice cream/candy during the week.  (of course, I make exceptions for my good goodies or special occasions!

In my quest to get more iron-rich foods into Destructo-Boy (and the rest of us), I came across this recipe...chock-full of healthy blackstrap molasses!

Yum...another Good Goodie!

Cry Babies II (the title seems especially apropos for my household)

Ingredients


1/3 cup butter, softened

1 cup turbinado sugar

1 cup blackstrap molasses

4 cups white-whole-wheat flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

1 cup milk

4 cups semisweet chocolate chips

1 cup raisins

Directions

1.Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease cookie sheets.

2.In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Stir in the molasses. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and ginger; stir into the molasses mixture alternately with the milk. Finally, mix in the chocolate chips and raisins. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.

3.Bake for 10 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely