day 2.

due to the copious amounts of sugar i have consumed in the past few weeks,

i decided it needs to stop...

i have decided to cut out "sweets" from my diet.

to go cold turkey...

until turkey day that is!

today is day 2.

this new challenge of mine means...

no desserts

no candy 

no treats

{i guess it's a good thing we didn't go trick-or-treating after all}

no, i am not cutting out all sugar.

i will still eat fruit, and maybe occasionally drink a glass of juice.

my one 'treat' that i am definitely not giving up {yet}:

diet coke.

while i am not going to drink it all the time

{i only occasionally drink it right now}

i feel that keeping a zero calorie, zero sugar, beverage on the menu is just fine by me.

so who's with me?

only 26 days to go until thanksgiving!

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now for those of you who think i am crazy, 

here is a dairy free cookie that is

to.die.for.

they taste like mini brownies.

try adding a little peppermint extract for holiday zest! 

chocolate crinkle cookies:

(from allrecipes.com)

ingredients:

1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

2 cups white sugar

1.2 cup veggie oil

4 eggs

2 tsp vanilla extract

2 cups flour

2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 cup confectioners sugar

Directions:

1. in a medium bowl, mix together cocoa, white sugar, and oil. beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. combine the flour, baking powder, and salt; stir in cocoa mixture. cover dough, and chill for at least 4 hours.

2) preheat oven to 350 degrees F. line cookie sheet with parchment paper. roll dough into one inch balls. coat each ball in confectioners sugar before placing on prepared cookie sheet.

3) bake in preheated oven for 10-12 minutes. let stand on cookie sheet for a minute before transferring to wire racks to cool.

4) eat. eat. eat.

my added two cents: 

*if you don't have 4 hours to let the dough chill, throw it in the freezer for about 25-30 minutes.
*keep dough cool. if it warms up, its terribly hard to work with.

*wet your hands before making dough balls. the dough is very sticky.

*make sure to use enough powdered sugar to get the crinkle effect.

*who has parchment paper lying around? not me, just spray the cookie sheet with pam.