It's just something that I grew out of and realized that there is more to life than counting calories, eating "super clean" and not enjoying going out to eat at restaurants or drinks with your friends. Some people ask me how I overcame orthorexia and I don't know how to answer it really. I know the majority of dietitians out there have had some sort of eating disorder, how can we not have? Going to school and learning about "good" and "bad" foods plants seeds in your brain and sometimes it's hard to shake those thoughts out of your head. It was definitely not a period of my life that I enjoyed, but in hindsight I'm happy I went through it and overcame it. I recently discovered some emails where I would over analyze and stress about every single bite of unhealthy food that I consumed. I realized I had a problem and reached out to a counselor at the campus's health clinic. In college, it was all about healthy desserts, as healthy eating was all the rage and I fell into an eating disorder called, orthorexia. She would whip up a batch of chocolate chip cookies or 7 layer bars before I knew it and the house would smell amazing.Īs I've grown up, I've taken to her ways. Growing up, my mom always had some sort of baked good in the house. They are made with oatmeal and honey and I've also been known to toss in some walnuts! I like to mix cookie dough using an electric mixer, either a hand mixer or a small stand mixer.These chewy oatmeal raisin cookies are a classic at my parents' house. Get this ingredient conversion chart to guide you! How To Make Oatmeal Raisin Cookies Remember that 1 cup of chocolate chips doesn't weigh the same as 1 cup of walnuts, so for some substitutions, you will make cup-for-cup substitutions, while for others, you may make a gram-for-gram swap. cranberry or cherry-replate the raisins with the same weight of dried cranberries or dried cherries.chocolate chip-replace the raisins with the same volume of chocolate chips to make oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. nut-free-replace the walnuts with the same weight of sunflower or pumpkin seeds (my personal preference) to make nut-free oatmeal raisin cookies.You could use pecans or almonds, or even peanuts! Use the same weight of your preferred nut. nuts-replace the walnuts with your favourite chopped nuts.Finer quick-cooking or minute oats will change the texture of these and may lead to dryer cookies, while steel-cut oats are much too hard and coarse for cookies. Tip: use large flake or rolled oats, sometimes called old-fashioned oats. nuts-I prefer walnuts in this recipe, personally.raisins-I like to use sultana or golden raisins.spices-ground cinnamon and ginger work great here.oats-use rolled oats (or large flake oats), also called old-fashioned oats-don't use quick-cooking oats or minute oats, or steel-cut oats which will affect the texture.flour-I bake with bleached all-purpose flour, but in this recipe, unbleached should work fine.If you are unsure why, read about baking soda versus baking powder.
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