Have a Cookie

The world is complicated. You're allowed a little sweetness now and again.

Welcome to Fare Well Friday post #2, where I abandon all pretense at being a health and well-being blogger and just give you a cookie.

Just kidding. Well, about that first part.

Look, friends: the world is a scary, unpredictable place. And while I LOVE my leafy greens (breakfast kale salad? Yes please), I cut my teeth - literally! - on cookies I “helped” bake in the kitchen with my Mom when I was about two years old. Some food provides vitamins and minerals - and some connects us to cherished memories. Both kinds of food nourish us.

While I do plan to devote most of this section to foods that have measurable virtues like protein and fiber (raise your hand if I *haven’t* ranted to you about skyrocketing rates of colorectal cancer, a favorite subject that makes me a hoot at parties), sometimes…you just want a little something sweet. And it is my firm opinion that if you’re going to have something sweet, it should be absolutely delicious.

With that, I invite you to bake up a batch of my sign…