(Sugar Free) No Bake Cookies

I'm on a quest to compile a recipe book full of healthy cookies and goodies!!! Is that possible? I made these the other day and they were so good! They don't harden up the way a normal no bake cookie does. They are pretty soft, but so good! Just a bit crumbly.

I took my original recipe and played around a bit with the measurements. I got about 18 cookies out of this patch. The almonds were an after thought, just to make it a little bit healthier! For the most part, I think this is a pretty healthy cookie!!

Sugar Free No Bake Cookies

1/4 cup butter or margarine

2/3 cup Xgave, or could use 1/2 cup splenda brown sugar

1/4 cup milk

2 Tbsp. + 2 Tsp. cocoa powder
1/4 to 1/2 cup peanut butter, depending on taste
2 and 1/2 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup sliced almonds

Melt butter in a pan. Mix in Xagave, milk and cocoa. You will need to whisk it until the cocoa is blended and no lumps are in the sauce. Bring to a boil and boil for 1 minute. Take off burner and stir in peanut butter until smooth. Stir in oatmeal and almonds. Drop by spoonfuls onto waxed paper and let cool.

Eat This, Not That

I saw this today while I was reading the Yahoo news updates. I found this to be very interesting and at the same time entertaining. This wonderful website tells you what to eat at restaurants, fast food joints, and what the reasoning is. It also gives you tips on how to make your trips to the fast food joints healthier. For instance, at Wendys have them give you only four pieces of bacon and not use mayonnaise on the BLT. That will drop over 200 calories off the burger. Also, at Little Caesars, you can ask for bread sticks without the parmesean cheese and that will drop calories off dramatically.
It is really fun to see how and where the calories show up. So, if you are interested go here to check out this cool stuff. There are some places on the site you have to be a member to see, but I spent awhile on the site just looking at the things available for everybody. I now know I will never have a milkshake from McDonalds again!!!!!!