What are you Reading and Cooking Wednesdays? (I blame Pinterest for this)

So I remember once upon a time seeing a Watcha Reading Wednesday's meme but for the life of me can't find it now.  However, my new addiction is pinterest and I use it for books, recipes, the house I will never have, clothing ideas, random things, ect.  I really love cooking almost as much as I love reading so I decided to combo the two on Wednesdays!  Don't worry I will still be doing Book Boyfriends because I love that meme.  I just will be doing this one also!  So the idea is to share a book that I am reading this week with a recipe that I have tried in the last week.  Should be fun right? :) I am also hoping I can talk one of my more talented graphic friends into a better button (hint hint)

Watcha Reading:

I saw this book on one of the blogs I read and now I can't find where (Pinterest fail on my part---I always link to the site that I saw the review)!  It looked really good!  So I picked it up and actually started it last night.  It is different than my normal read but oh so fun!

A smartly-written novel of two women starting at opposite ends of the scale--and finding compromise and friendship in their journey towards 150 pounds In the fast paced life of blogging, two women stand out: Alexis Allbright, of Skinny Chick, and Shoshana Weiner, who writes Fat and Fabulous. Both have over five million loyal readers. Both are hungry for success. But the similarities stop there. 

With over 100 pounds on the scale separating them, weight isn't their only difference. Alexis is a loner who is so bitchy the only person who can stand her company is her gay best friend Billy. She gives neurotic New Yorkers a run for their money with her strict daily workout routine, and weighing of food. Shoshana is Alexis’s opposite. Living in Jersey with rowdy roommates, she is someone who “collects friends,” as her mother puts it; and treasures a life of expanding circles...and waistlines.
 
When both appear as panelists on a popular talk show, their lives intersect in ways neither could have imagined. In turns comedic, heartwarming--and familiar to any woman who's ever stepped on a scale--Alexis and Shoshana realize they have far more in common than either could have possibly imagined, and more importantly, something to offer.

Watcha Cooking:

Chocolate Oatmeal No Bake Cookies
1/2 C Butter
2 C Sugar
1/2 C Milk
4 Tbsp Cocoa
1/2 C Peanut Butter (optional--if you want more of a cocoa taste leave out the peanut butter)
3- 3 1/2 C Quick cooking Oats
2 tsp. Vanilla

Add the first 4 ingredients in a saucepan. Bring to a rolling boil, and boil for 1 minute. Stir in the next 3 ingredients and drop onto wax/foil paper. Let cool until set.

These are DELICIOUS!  I have been making them for years!  You can make them healthier with skim milk but really they aren't bad over all!