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Sorry about that. I got a little side-tracked.

For those of you in the mood for a little food porn, here you go:

Breaded, seared Ahi tuna with mashed red potatoes and asparagus.

Beef kebabs on the grill (marinated in worchestershire, lemon juice, garlic).

Fried mozzarella sticks.

Last, but not least... the best ever oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.

Recipe:

Ingredients:

8 oz unsalted butter softened

1 cup packed brown sugar

3/4 cup sugar

1 tsp salt

1 1/2 tsp vanilla

2 large eggs

2 cups flour

1/2 cup rolled oats/oatmeal

1 1/4 tsp baking soda

2 cups chopped walnuts (optional)

3 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Directions:

In a large bowl, beat butter, sugars, and salt with an electric stand mixer with whisk attachment until creamy. Beat in eggs, vanilla, oatmeal, baking soda, and 1/2 cup flour until blended.


Stop the mixer, remove the whisk attachment, and replace it with the dough hook.


With the mixer on slow speed, add the remaining flour, then slowly add the walnuts and chocolate chips.


When all is mixed, cover and chill for half hour or so.


When ready, form 2" diameter, 1/2" high "hockey pucks" and place them on ungreased non-stick 12x15-inch baking sheets (lined with parchment, if you desire easy clean-up). Bake at 400F degrees for approximately 8-10 minutes, until the edges are brown, but the middles are still slightly pale. After removed form the oven, the centers will settle to make moist, chewy cookies. This recipe makes about 3-4 dozen, depending on how big you made your cookies.