Home Cooking

By Coast Brothers

Even Santa is watching his waistline this holiday season, so these holiday keto cookies are the perfect dessert to leave with skim milk. There are also many health benefits of dark chocolate and walnuts/ pecans, especially when you replace the sugar or go flourless for your gluten-free friends. A ketogenic diet has many benefits, promoting weight loss, boosting metabolism, and reducing appetite. Make it even healthier by ordering sugar-free Hershey’s chocolate chips or Lily’s semi-sweet chocolate chips online as well as their specialty/health food products including keto, gluten free and Kosher: www.coastbrothers.com/food-beverage/ foods/healthy-foods-specialty-diet

1/4 c. coconut oil 3 tbsp. butter, softened 3 tbsp. granulated Swerve sweetener 1/2 tsp. kosher salt 4 large egg yolks 1 c. sugar-free dark chocolate chips 1 c. coconut flakes 3/4 c. chopped walnuts or pecans

Directions: Preheat oven to 350°F. Line baking sheet with parchment paper. In a large bowl, mix coconut oil, butter, sweetener, salt and egg yolks. Mix in chocolate chips, coconut and walnuts or pecans. Spoon batter on prepared baking sheet. Bake until golden, approx. 15 minutes.

3 c. confectioners’ sugar 3/4 c. Dutch-processed cocoa powder 1/2 tsp. kosher salt 2 large eggs 1 tsp. vanilla extract 1 c. toasted walnuts, chopped 1/2 c. bittersweet or dark chocolate chips, flaky sea salt

Directions: Heat oven to 350°F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper; lightly coat with cooking spray. In a medium bowl, whisk together sugar, cocoa powder, and salt. Using an electric mixer, beat together eggs and vanilla. Add sugar mixture and mix to combine, fold in walnuts and chocolate chips. Spoon batter on prepared baking sheets and sprinkle with flaky sea salt. Bake, rotating positions of pans once, until cookies are puffed and tops begin to crack, 12 to 14 minutes.

Coast Brothers: It’s canned food season, so why not donate food for a needy family? In recent years, Coast has partnered with Charity Works to distribute food, snacks, and FEMA blankets. This year, they are partnering with an organization that packs backpacks for the homeless.

About Coast Brothers: Founded 30 years ago, Coast Brothers is a family-owned business and one of the leading online wholesale sites for more than 1,000 high-quality bulk items like household essentials, food, beverages, and commercial products delivered right to your door. Winner of the Tampa Bay Beaches Chamber of Commerce 2020 Business Impact Award, find all your food, home and office needs at www.coastbrothers.com

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GAME ON Whip up some Sangria, invite friends to bring edible apps and enjoy these trendy board games. While charades and Uno are fun, the hot tickets right now are Cards Against Humanity (not for the faint of heart), Hedbanz (each player puts a card on their headband, then then asks questions that unlock what the card says), Catan (trade/build sheep, brick, stone, straw, lumber to build, a rustic Monopoly) and Code Names (a twisty word game). If you like Pickleball, then you’ll love Rummikub for players 8 to 80. For your theatrical crowd, check out Spontuneous – The Song Game. Did you know that Tampa Bay has a localista themed Monopoly, Tampa-Opoly? And for Bucs’s fans, you can play your NFL team custom logo for tic-tac-toe, cornhole, Jenga, darts and table tennis, including a customized #12 Brady version.

CAR SHOWS/CLUBS It’s the best time of year for flaunting your classic car. Weather permitting, you can bring your motorhead pride and joy to these shows and brag about your ride. For car clubs, be it Mustangs, Corvettes or VW Bugs, visit www.flacarshows.com/west-coast-of-florida Angela’s Car & Truck Show: The Liquid Therapy Bar, 6501 Park Blvd. Every Friday. Trophies, cash to the best vehicles. Club participation award plus cash (five-member minimum). Great food, drinks specials, free pool, and music. Biff Burger: The ultimate cruise-in during season for classic car Friday and motorcycle Wed. and Sat. on 49th St. Dunedin Cruise In: McDonald’s Dunedin, 1645 Main St. Every Saturday. Bring your import or domestic, new or old car, truck, motorcycle, top fuel dragster. OCC Roadhouse: Live music, motorcycles, Paul Teutel’s memorabilia make this the ultimate destination for all your Harley loving friends and visitors in Pinellas Park. Quaker Steak & Lube: Every Thursday. Hot cars of all ages, great food, 50/50, card games and door prizes. Giant lighted parking lot. $5 Registration. Wednesday is bike night. Live music and great deals on food/drink. Tierra Verde 10th Annual Car Show: April 16. Open to all years, makes, and models. 37 classes, Two Best of Shows for each class plus overall Best of Shows. Club participation will receive $100. Music, vendors, 50/50 silent auction, games, food & drink available. Dash plaque and T-shirt to the first 100 entered. Registration 8-11am, judging begins 11am, awards around 3pm. Rain or shine.

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