Doc H, the Oven, and Healthy Snacks

In his continued effort to eat healthier, Doc H has been busy exploring new snacks to replace his old tortilla chip habit. He's learned he is a trail mix type of guy and has been busy trying every different type of trail mix available to man.

I was very surprised the day he brought home a bag of trail mix which was a combination of cashews, almonds, walnuts, and raisins. Up until this point, I had never seen my husband voluntarily eat a raisin.

No worries. We lead a balanced life. I have always enjoyed raisins. I've been knows to eat them as a snack, in cookies, bread, bagels, salads, ice cream... rum. I'm not a discriminatory raisin eater.

Doc H decided the raisins made the bag of trial mix soggy. Since he found the mix expensive, he resorted to a home-remedy type of save rather than throw out the mix. I came downstairs to the kitchen to find the mix spread out neatly over a cookie sheet on the granite counter. Each and every raisin had been carefully removed and thrown in the trash.

I ignored the cookie sheet and went about my business.

Ten minutes later, I walked through the kitchen again, noticing the cookie sheet was missing. I spun a three-sixty and couldn't spot the soggy snack. I opened the lifeless oven. As the light flickered on, the cookie sheet coolly laid there containing Doc H's snacks.

"HONNNN-NEYYYYY!!! You know the oven's not on, right?" I yelled, as he was in another room of the house

"What? Can you turn it on then?"

"Noooooo.... you have to pre-heat the oven first. Whatever is in there during the pre-heat will burn!"

"Well, take them out! DON'T BURN MY NUTS!"





{Okay, honey. I'll try not to burn your nuts}