Oatmeal Toffee Cookies

These cookies from Cooking Light don't taste light, but they don't taste super buttery / fatty (in a good way) either. My friend called them "hearty", and I agree.

I used chocolate chips, and they turned out ok! Oatmeal is my favorite type of cookie :)

spicy grilled shrimp over shaved fennel slaw

I hate black licorice, so I often am weary of fennel and anise. I am in love with mustard dressings though, and grilled shrimp, so this one caught my eye (I've been carrying around this recipe from cooking light since 2008).

I would probably double the recipe as it's great, and I would up the amount of mint, it really adds something unexpected. Also, I would eat the slaw on it's own it's so good.

Zucchini Muffins

I'm weirdly getting into Zucchini lately, not sure why. We grew them on Leyden street growing up, and they were huge and produced quickly, like weeds. But I think it was later in the summer? I hadn't seen many of them at farmer's markets when I made these, sadly.

I made this Smitten Kitchen recipe and was pleased with it. I told a friend I was going to add chocolate chips to half the batch and she balked at me. However, at the office the next day, they were the first to go!