Fiber One Chocolate Cookies

These cookies are so yummy & good for you. What~Yes, I said it. 

Below is a photo of the ingredients.

 3 C Fiber One cereal
12 ounce bag of chocolate chips
1/2 C peanut butter

To make a double broiler, if you don't have one. Put a cup or so of water into a pot. When it comes to a boil, instead of a lid place another pot of equal or greater size. So that is does not fall into the first pan.

To melt chocolate, place the 12 ounces of chips into the top pan and turn off the heat. You don't want to cook the chocolate, just heat it to its melting point.

When the chocolate is completely melted. Stir in the 3C of Fiber One cereal & the 1/2 c peanut butter.

 Stir until cereal is completely covered and peanut butter is combined.

 Spread onto a cookie sheet. I use a reusable baking mat. Very handy for mo mess clean ups and not scratching my cookie sheets when it comes time to cut the cookie into pieces. You can use corningware or glassware. It doesn't matter. Do not grease the pan.

Use a pizza cutter, bench knife, sharp knife to cut this up into bite size pieces once it dries.

Serve. Yum!

 I like these and the fiber one and peanut butter are good choices in snack eating. You can omit the peanut butter for calorie or allergy concerns.

Chicken Paprikash with Homemade Spaetzel

Mmmmm, comfort food anyone? This is my favorite dish.( I'm talking last meal quality.) Walking into my grandma's house and smelling the chicken & the paprika simmering. (Give me a minute, I'm having a warm and fuzzy moment.)

4 boneless skinless chicken breasts 
12 oz. sour cream 
16 oz. chicken broth  (I use water & chicken bouillon)
1 onion 
3-4 tablespoons Hungarian paprika 
2 tablespoon garlic 
1 tablespoon salt 
1 teaspoon ground black pepper 
1/2 teaspoon ginger 
2 tablespoons flour or cornstarch
olive oil 

 Chop up the chicken breasts into small pieces.

Put the chicken and garlic in a pan; sautee in olive oil.

Chop up the onion into small pieces.

Put the onions and some chicken broth into the pan. Use just enough broth to keep everything covered don't over fill the pan. You can add the rest in when you add the flour.

Stir in the other spices (paprika, salt, black pepper, ginger).

Simmer to let the chicken and onions cook thoroughly. 

When the chicken and onions are fully cooked, add the flour. Use a fork to mix in the flour. Remove from heat and let it thicken for 10 minutes.

Add in the sour cream, and it's ready to serve over spaetzel.

Spaetzel (It's like a soft noodle, Grandma referred to them as little dumplings.)

1/2 cups milk
1 1/2 cups flour
3 eggs

Get a pot of water going at a high boil.
Mix the milk, flour, and eggs in a bowl. The batter should be a little thicker than a cake mix: a tiny bit stiff, but definitely not dough.
With a spoon, drop a small amount of batter into the boiling water, and let boil for about 20 minutes. You will watch the little balls sink to the bottom of the pan & gradually float to the top. When they are all at the top, they are done. Use a spatula or a slitted spoon to remove them.

Be advised that you need to keep the water at a high boil for this to work: the surfaces of the dumplings really need to cook as soon as they hit the water. That way they won't stick together.

The dumplings will expand as they cook, so try not to make them very large. You can chop them up with a spatula after you pull them out if you need to.