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Cranberry White Chocolate Pistachio Pudding Cookies

Quite a mouthful to say, right?

Every Wednesday is cheat day for my husband and I where we get to cheat on our diet and eat whatever we want for lunch (well, as long as it's reasonable of course). Today we had homemade hamburgers and fries. And I also decided I wanted to bake some cookies since I haven't baked since we started this diet. It's our 8th week on the diet-- the 2 month mark-- so it's cause for celebration, you know?

This recipe is a mix of a couple of recipes I came across on the web. I've never tasted this combination of flavors before and I wanted to give it a try. This is the first time I've ever used pudding mix in my cookies, and let me tell you- I'm a huge fan now!

These cookies taste so good. The flavors of the cranberries, pistachio pudding and white chocolate chips go together really well. It's like a combination made in heaven. The sweetness of the pudding + white chocolate chips + the tartness of the cranberries= really yummy! These cookies are extra soft and the texture is just right- not too cakey and not too dense-- I'm sure the pudding mix has something to do with that.

Yellow Curry Vegetable Soup

Bags of pinakbet veggies we pick up at the market.

We've been on a strict diet for about 8 weeks now, only eating fresh fruit and veggies. Every three days or so we go to the market and pick up our "groceries" which usually consists of fruits, salad veggies (cucumbers, onions, tomatoes, a couple of bags of shredded carrots and sayote mix and and a couple of bags of shredded cabbage & carrots mix), and a couple of bags of pinakbet veggies to steam.

The other day, it was steam vegetable day for lunch, but I wasn't feeling it. I've been getting a bit tired of  eating the same type of stuff everyday, so I decided to switch it up and make a soup. I had two bags of the pinakbet vegetables and looked around to see what things I could use in the soup base.

Now, this isn't completely healthy because I did use a chicken bouillon cube, so it was a semi-cheat day for us. I threw some other things into the soup for more flavoring- and it came out really good! I had two huge servings and my husband had three!