Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies

This recipe is one of my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipes. I found it one the internet a couple years ago and copied the recipe by hand. So I don't have the website to share. There actually is a story that goes behind these cookies. Two summers ago, while golfing with my husband and parents, we saw 2 boys selling cookies and banana bread at one of the holes. The cookies were homemade. They were soft, cake like, chocolate chip cookies. My mom and I almost drove the golf cart back to find these boys and have them ask their mom for the recipe. Well, we never did. I researched the internet to find "cake like" chocolate chip cookies. Tried a few and this one was my favorite. I'm making them today for our weekend away up at the lake. They are always a hit!

Ingredients:
1 1/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp coarse salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 egg -room temperature
7 tbsp unsalted butter-room temperature
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup light brown sugar
3 tbsp sour cream
3/4 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
3/4 cup milk chocolate chips

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In one bowl, whisk the flour, salt, and baking soda. Set aside. In a second, larger bowl, cream the sugars with butter using a mixer. Mix in egg and vanilla. Reduce speed to low. Then add flour mixture in 3 batches alternating with sour cream and beat until just combined. Stir in the semi sweet and milk chocolate chips by hand. Cover dough and put in freezer for 10 minutes. Then place tbsp sized portions on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 12-14 minutes until centers set and cookies are pale golden brown..

Chicken Caesar Salad

For my first post, I'd like to share a meal I make almost every week. Chicken Caesar Salad. I can't claim it as my own. My sis-in-law Shannon gave me this recipe and it is one of my favs! It is fun to change up the pasta. Sometimes I do bow-tie (Brian's favorite), penne, rotini, or whatever is in my pantry. Sometimes I use wheat pasta and sometimes white.

Ingredients:
romaine lettuce
rotisserie chicken (cooled in fridge)
1/2 a box of pasta noodles of your choice (cooked and cooled in fridge)
fresh Parmesan cheese, shredded
Caesar dressing (I prefer Wish-bone)

Directions:
Chop lettuce and place in a bowl. Add chicken, pasta, Parmesan cheese. Mix with dressing. I like to serve Ciabatta bread by Texas Toast.

Jaime's tips:
I like the salad best when the noodles and chicken have been in the fridge overnight. Brian and I can get two meals each out of this. Bon Appetit!