I disappointed myself today. I had to pick up some eggs and bread on the way home so I popped in to my local Sainsbury's Local - and I thought I'd buy some chocolate as I fancied baking some double chocolate cookies. But when I picked up the chocolate, looked at the price for one bar (fairtrade dark chocolate - £1.05)and realised I also had to buy a bar of white chocolate it all went wrong, as my eyes fell on a packet of Sainsbury's Taste the Difference 'slowbaked all butter cookies - chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate, milk, plan and white'. Yes, that is really what they're called. They were also priced £1.05. Maybe it's because I'd had a long day, or because the clocks had gone back this weekend and it felt much later than it was as it had been dark for hours, but I felt baking-fatigue, and persuaded myself it was much more economical to buy the cookies rather than the ingredients. I hate that - I can't believe I did that - home baking is always worth it. When I got them home and tried them they were quite nice, but not outstanding. Home-made are much better - I'll give you the recipe when I've got the energy to dig it out. Anyway, here's a photo - they've got a layer of milk chocolate underneath each cookie, the occasional chocolate chunk and... that's about it.
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Monday, October 30, 2006
Cookies
I disappointed myself today. I had to pick up some eggs and bread on the way home so I popped in to my local Sainsbury's Local - and I thought I'd buy some chocolate as I fancied baking some double chocolate cookies. But when I picked up the chocolate, looked at the price for one bar (fairtrade dark chocolate - £1.05)and realised I also had to buy a bar of white chocolate it all went wrong, as my eyes fell on a packet of Sainsbury's Taste the Difference 'slowbaked all butter cookies - chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate, milk, plan and white'. Yes, that is really what they're called. They were also priced £1.05. Maybe it's because I'd had a long day, or because the clocks had gone back this weekend and it felt much later than it was as it had been dark for hours, but I felt baking-fatigue, and persuaded myself it was much more economical to buy the cookies rather than the ingredients. I hate that - I can't believe I did that - home baking is always worth it. When I got them home and tried them they were quite nice, but not outstanding. Home-made are much better - I'll give you the recipe when I've got the energy to dig it out. Anyway, here's a photo - they've got a layer of milk chocolate underneath each cookie, the occasional chocolate chunk and... that's about it.
Saturday, October 21, 2006
Salad or double chocolate chip?
04/10/06
It's a difficult choice - can't I have both? It all went wrong last night... Yesterday was a healthy day - admittedly I ate rather a lot, but it was mostly healthy stuff, and when I was desperate for a chocolate fix after lunch I thought I'd try a slimfast chocolate caramel bar (only 99 calories) which was surprisingly nice. It didn't give quite the same hit as a mars bar - it was more a gentle tap - but along with the sweetness of a bottle of smooth tropicana, it lessened my screaming cravings for something sweet and sticky. So, I'd decided to have a nicoise salad for dinner and I needed to grab some green beans on my way home. £25 and two heavy bags of shopping later, I was slumped on my sofa, an enormous Taste the Difference double-chocolate-chip cookie half-demolished in my hand. I was about to grab the tv remote before I remembered I was supposed to be playing netball 40 minutes later. Oh dear. Of course, being a tidy sort of person, I needed to finish the cookie (as half eaten biscuits look so messy lying around), but then I promptly felt sick and, although I was buzzing with energy, I had to drag myself out in the dark to rush to the game. For the record, I did have a nicoise salad. I feel smug as I managed not to eat the whole lot so I've got the leftovers for lunch today. Not so smugly, I also ate the second cookie after my salad...well, my boyfriend had had two and I had done some excercise, it was only fair...
It's a difficult choice - can't I have both? It all went wrong last night... Yesterday was a healthy day - admittedly I ate rather a lot, but it was mostly healthy stuff, and when I was desperate for a chocolate fix after lunch I thought I'd try a slimfast chocolate caramel bar (only 99 calories) which was surprisingly nice. It didn't give quite the same hit as a mars bar - it was more a gentle tap - but along with the sweetness of a bottle of smooth tropicana, it lessened my screaming cravings for something sweet and sticky. So, I'd decided to have a nicoise salad for dinner and I needed to grab some green beans on my way home. £25 and two heavy bags of shopping later, I was slumped on my sofa, an enormous Taste the Difference double-chocolate-chip cookie half-demolished in my hand. I was about to grab the tv remote before I remembered I was supposed to be playing netball 40 minutes later. Oh dear. Of course, being a tidy sort of person, I needed to finish the cookie (as half eaten biscuits look so messy lying around), but then I promptly felt sick and, although I was buzzing with energy, I had to drag myself out in the dark to rush to the game. For the record, I did have a nicoise salad. I feel smug as I managed not to eat the whole lot so I've got the leftovers for lunch today. Not so smugly, I also ate the second cookie after my salad...well, my boyfriend had had two and I had done some excercise, it was only fair...
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