If I could open a little cafe, it would be called

Nano’s kitchen

Or maybe it’s name would be

cookies and milk,

or, hmmm, perhaps,

Pam’s place.

I just don’t know. The naming of it might be the hardest part.  At the cafe we would serve good old fashioned favourites.  Like Nano’s mac and cheese and Nano’s brownies.  Grilled cheese sandwiches made with the very best cheddar and breaded chicken fingers that are crispy on the outside and moist and delicious on the inside.
Anyway,
until that day comes, I’ll just keep posting my recipes here, for you to try in your own kitchen.
A couple of weeks ago I noticed some people posting breakfast cookie recipes on Instagram. Now, cookies are my fave and you know very well that if I had to choose one dessert for the rest of my life, it would have to be chocolate chip cookies, fresh and warm. Well, not just any chocolate chip cookies. They would need to be a bit crisp and bit cakey and they would have a ton of chocolate chips and they would be thick and chewy.

Well, back to the breakfast cookie idea. I actually tried one of the recipes that seemed to be wildly popular and quite frankly, it left me a bit underwhelmed. It wasn’t quite sweet enough and one of my sons suggested it was maybe just a bit too seedy. It just wasn’t quite right in my opinion so I set out to create my own. Because really, I can’t think of anything better to have with a delicious cappuccino than a yummy and yes, healthy, cookie.

Before you go to the breakfast cookie page though, I wonder if you know the difference between

one cup_(dates)___chopped and one cup of chopped_(dates)__?
Do you?

1/2 cup (of dates) chopped means that you measure one cup and then you chop it.
1/2 cup of chopped (dates) means that you chop first and then measure it.
I’m not kidding.
The amounts are different. Really! Hmmm, let’s try it this way. If the verb (chopped) comes after the noun (dates, apricots, almonds) you measure first, chop second.
If the verb (chopped) comes before the noun (dates, apricots, almonds) you chop first and measure second. It makes a difference to the amounts.  Just a little English lesson!
Clear as mud? Okay, don’t worry about it! The dried fruit and nut amounts in this recipe are not large measurements so it won’t make a huge difference.

Feel free to hop over to the breakfast cookie recipe and if you decide to make them, let me know how it goes.

If you really want to try them and you just don’t have the time or energy to get them made, let me know. I will be happy to make some for you to purchase.

Happy Eating.

♥