Clean Eating Day 6 Whole Wheat Oatmeal Cranberry Chocolate Chip Cookie's and Dinner explosion

So yesterday was sooooooo busy, did not get a chance to take pics of food or blog.
I knew it was going to busy, so I made spaghetti the night before and made my own sauce, I think I put too much seasoning in it, it was awful LOL! So I did the best I could with what was available to me ;)

Today I made some yummy cookies and also exploded our dinner! Read ahead for the cookie recipe and dinner explosion details.....

For the cookies, I took a basic oatmeal cookie recipe and made some healthier alternatives and additions. They turned out really good! Here it is!

Whole Wheat Oatmeal Cranberry Chocolate Chip Cookies

Makes 10 large cookies

1 cup coconut oil, melted
1 cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup stevia
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 large eggs
2 cups old fashioned natural oats
1 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1 1/2 tsp sea salt
1/2 cup organic dried cranberries
3/4 cup 60% cacao chips (you can choose what kind and add more or less to your liking)


Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place an oven rack in the upper third of the oven. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.

Place melted coconut oil and light brown sugar in medium bowl and use mixer on medium-slow speed until very fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. Beat in the vanilla extract, followed by eggs, one at a time.

In a separate bowl, whisk together the oats, flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Pour the dry ingredients into the first bowl gradually. Mix in dried cranberries and cacao chips until just incorporated. Using a large spoon, place dough on prepared baking sheet about 2 inches apart.

Bake one batch at a time in the preheated oven just until the edges are brown, 17 to 18 minutes. Allow to cool on baking sheets for about 5 minutes before removing to finish cooling on wire racks.

I cooked mine around 19 minutes which was a tad too long, so they were slightly dry, but still very good for a "healthy" cookie. I may try again with some applesauce in them.

 

For lunch I had a yummy spinach salad with chopped egg, low fat mozzarella cheese, grape tomatoes with light raspberry vinaigrette and a side of low-fat cottage cheese. Yum!

So here's what you've been probably curious about, my dinner explosion! I was so excited to make this recipe Lemon Garlic Roasted Chicken with Red Potatoes and Green Beans. It looked so pretty and delicious!

 

So I set the timer for 45 minutes. At about 35 minutes it was looking really good! I went downstairs to dry my hair, and then I hear the smoke alarm going off and my husband yelling for me. There was a big BOOM and then smoke pouring out of our oven. I guess maybe glass dishes can't handle being at 450* for that long, or it was just faulty. But I'm now looking to get a baking dish and going to try it again! What a bummer!

 

So, by that time we are starving and the stove is going to be unusable until it cooled off and we can remove everything and clean it. So looked on the fridge and saw Arby's coupons. This market fresh sandwich looked ok, probably not "clean" but not too unhealthy. It was delicious! 

 

 Ahh what a day! Tomorrow should be interesting too. I'm volunteering at a concert all day tomorrow and they are catering lunch and then my cousin's birthday party tomorrow night, so hopefully I can still try to eat as clean as possible! :)