Healthy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies and Swimming with Paddles...

I love for my kids to come home from school and tell me about their day. It is one of the highlights of my day. Although sometimes I don't think THEY want to come home and tell me about it, lol!
I know that they are hungry as soon as they walk in the door. I try to keep healthy snack options around the house. Usually its fruit or granola bars. It has to be something quick and easy because we are normally heading out the door to swim team and football practice.

Today my kids wanted cookies so I decided to make my super easy recipe for my flourless oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.


We don't use flour in this house ever. I have found many ways to get around using it. Lately I have been using oat flour. Bob Mills makes a great oat flour but its kind of expensive. So I make my own using good old fashioned oatmeal.

Its pretty simple to make oat flour, just take the oats and put them in a food processor...
NOTE: 1 cup oats makes about 3/4cup oat flour


Blend until you have a powdery "flour" mixture...


Now you have your oat flour made. Here is my recipe...

Healthy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Preheat oven 350 degrees

Ingredients
(dry)
1 1/2 cups oat flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup coconut sugar (or any sugar of your choice)
(You can also sub 1/4 cup of honey)

(wet)
3/4 cup almond milk
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup melted coconut oil

Chocolate chips (choice) I used Ghiradelli 80% cacao chips

Combine all dry ingredients in a large bowl. (you can sift if you want, I don't :)


Then add all wet ingredients into dry and mix until completely mixed. Then fold in chocolate chips...


Place mixture in fridge for about 5-10 minutes to set. Spoon mixture onto cookie sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes or until they are golden brown on the edge. (Yields about 9 good size cookies).
These are perfect healthy snack for kids that love cookies (or adults, heehee).


My kids absolutely love them. Super easy and super clean! You can make a batch of these in under 20 minutes. QUICK!

If you decide to make them, I would love to hear how you like them. Drop me a comment or hit me up on Instagram or Twitter at @0to26point2.

On the training side, I have been hitting the pool pretty heavy this week. I have been training with my new Vortex paddles. It is a killer workout. I would suggest any of you guys doing any kind of swim training to buy a set of paddles. You wont be sorry...


I am really loving the what swim training is doing to my shape. I am not so much about having that "perfect bikini body" however I do want to look and feel good in my own skin...


I hope you guys have a great weekend and make sure to listen to The Fat to Fit Radio Show at 7:30am this Saturday on News Talk Radio 710AM or on IHEARTRADIO.