Chocolate Peanut butter Oatmeal No Bake Cookies

Ingredients:
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup milk
1 stick of butter
1/4 cup cocoa powder
3 cups oats
1 2/3 cup peanut butter
1 TBS vanilla

Directions:
Cook the sugar, butter, and cocoa powder on high in a pot. When the mixture starts to boil, set a timer for 1 minute and stir constantly. Take the pot off of the heat and add the rest of the ingredients. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and drop no-bake dough onto the cookie sheet. Let no-bakes set up at room temperature, then place in the fridge.

Chocolate, Peanut butter, Banana Protein Shake

Ingredients:

1 cup milk 

1/2 cup plain nonfat Greek yogurt

1 scoop chocolate protein powder

1 Tbs. ground flax seed 

2 Tbs. peanut butter

1 frozen banana

1 cup fresh spinach

6 ice cubes

Directions:

Place all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Serves 2. 

Chocolate Peanut butter Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients

½ cup butter, softened

½ cup shortening

1 cup peanut butter

1 cup brown sugar

½ cup granulated sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp salt

½ Tbs. vanilla

1/4 cup cocoa powder

1 cup all purpose flour

2 ½ cups old fashioned oats

1 tsp baking soda

2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions

Beat together butter, shortening and peanut butter. Add the brown sugar and granulated sugar, beat until creamy.

Add the eggs, one at a time and mixing in between each addition.

Add the salt and the vanilla. Mix well.

Mix in the cocoa powder, flour, oats, and baking soda until dough forms, but don't over mix.

Add the chocolate chips and mix.

Scoop onto a cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 9 minutes, until edges are set. 

Chocolate Bundt Cake

Ingredients

• 1 (18.25 ounce) package devil's food cake mix
• 1 large (5.9 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup warm water
• 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips (12 oz. bag)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
2. In a large bowl, mix together the cake and pudding mixes, sour cream, oil, beaten eggs and water. Stir in the chocolate chips and pour batter into a well greased 12 cup bundt pan.
3. Bake for 45 to 55 minutes (gas oven 45 min.), or until top is springy to the touch and a wooden toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool cake thoroughly in pan at least an hour and a half before inverting onto a plate If desired, dust the cake with powdered sugar.

Alternative Topping

Peanut Butter Frosting

1/2 cup butter (softened)

1 cup peanut butter

1 cup powdered sugar

milk if needed

Mix all ingredients together in a mixer or with beaters adding a little milk to desired consistancy.

*When using a yellow cake mix, cook time is less than chocolate cake (our gas oven takes approx. 38 min. to cook)

Ice cream with Peanut Butter and Oreos

Ingredients:
vanilla ice cream
peanut butter
Oreos
chocolate sauce (optional)

Directions:
Add peanut butter and Oreos to vanilla ice cream. Stir thoroughly while crunching Oreos into bite size pieces. Enjoy!

Lunch Ideas

sandwich ideas

peanut butter and jelly sandwich

meat and cheese sandwich

Nutella and peanutbutter

peanut butter and honey (add bananas if you wish)

egg salad sandwich

tuna fish sandwich

canned chicken sandwich (similar to tuna)

bagel ideas

bagel with cream cheese

bagel with cream cheese and jelly

bagel with cream cheese and meat

bagel with meat and cheese

quick ideas from the store

macaroni and cheese

top ramen

frozen corn dog

frozen burrito

misc.

grilled cheese

casadilla

nachos

crackers, meat and cheese

ideas for bread types

regular bread - white or wheat

bagel

hot dog bun

hoagie roll

buns with seeds

croissant