A Pretty Good Sick Day, or, Cookie Love Part 3

We are all a little under the weather here.

I made Andy’s Chicken Soup, which is still my all-time favorite chicken soup.

And while I was at it with the comfort food, I made some fresh-from-the-oven chocolate chip cookies.  No, in my sickened state, I was not slaving away making fresh cookies.  Earlier in the week I was making chocolate chip cookies with the kids, and decided on a whim to mix up a double batch.  I baked up about a third of them, then using my cookie scoop, I placed balls of cookie dough on a wax-paper lined baking sheet, and put it in the freezer.  Once they were frozen, I placed them in a plastic bag.  Today, when we were wishing we had more, I just popped them out of the freezer, put them on a parchment lined baking sheet, let them thaw for a few minutes, then baked them as usual. I am so doing this all the time now.  Not too bad for a girl who said she hated making cookies.

Somehow, despite the fact that the days have been difficult lately, today was a good day.  I suppose when I let go of expectations and just allow the day to unfold, it’s just easier on everyone.  And I’ll have to admit that I like days when everyone is at home, and we are all hunkered down in the house, with nothing to do.