back from the break..

i've been on a cooking and baking hiatus. i think the stress of maia's birthday got to me so over the holidays i concentrated on eating everyone else's food (as evidenced by my expanded waist line). 

i've started cooking again because i have to make maia food for dinner and i can't be lazy and give her lean cuisine. haha. 

first up, treats for maia's daycare for valentine's day. i wanted to make treats for maia's daycare for the holiday. i made whole wheat chocolate brown sugar sugar cookies (courtesy of joythebaker). i wanted something healthy for the kids..

they tasted.. healthy. 

too healthy. 

matt didn't like them. 

i barely liked them.

 (i'm editing this original post. i tried them again today since i brought them to work and i like them. really like them. i'd even make them again.. but in small batches since i guess it's just me.) 

the kids surely wouldn't like them. they're the kind of cookie only dieters would appreciate. 

healthy cookie fail.

but i still wanted to make something.. at least for matty. so, i threw the calorie count aside and made him ooey, gooey, chocolate oatmeal bars (mom's recipe).. they were good.