More Success

Did you really think I stopped at cupcakes?  Pssh...no, I kept going.
I found the Eatocracy blog on CNN.com and it's full of material on food, drinks, and a few chef interviews.  A contributor posted her dear grandmother's chocolate chip cookie recipe.  Very sweet.  I took down a copy of it.  Upon further analysis, it's the same as the one on the back of the Nestle bag.  Granny wasn't too original on that one but I'm sure she was a nice lady.
Last night when I was delaying dessert I checked V & Co's blog for some crafty idea or more evidence that Utah is nice in the summer.  She posted her chocolate chip cookie recipe with a secret ingredient.  She uses pudding mix!  I had only heard of that for cake.  Of course she recommended vanilla.  In my cabinet I had chocolate fudge and an unidentified flavor of pudding - the box was missing.  The males around here love chocolate a million times more than I do. 
I tried out this version of cookies.  Chocolate fudge cookie with milk chocolate chips and M&Ms.  The boys loved it.  The cookies aren't as dense which I think is because of the pudding mix.
It's not all about baked goods though.  I found a recipe through the Whole Foods weekly emails for a Kenyan dish with kale and tomatoes.  That didn't sound too complicated.  And maybe it's the secret to why they run so fast.  I got a little nervous about kale so I substituted spinach.  Then I happened to have mushrooms and zucchini already.  Throw it all together and let it simmer for a while.  As a side dish I cooked pearl cous cous.  They are bigger than regular cous cous.  And if you've ever had to clean up after a toddler who can't get all of it in his mouth, you'll appreciate the pearl size.  Adrian loved both dishes and the leftover mysteriously disappeared during the night.  Hmmm.... I guess I'll have to make them again soon.
As a side note, I had a really strong training run this morning.  I'd like to think it's from the Kenyan dish and the cupcakes and cookies I ate yesterday.  And probably nothing to do with the low humidity and temperatures under 75 degrees.  Right?