It started with yet another craving for chocolate hazelnut spread. I was thinking Nutella but, you know, the Nutella I grew up with. Not that sorry, trans fatty, overly sweet, where the hell are the hazelnuts and cacao spread that masquerades as Nutella these days. Yes, I’m a little bitter about it. No, I don’t plan to get over it anytime...
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I usually make a tiramisù at Easter. It is a wonderful tiramisù and deservedly popular. I won’t even bother with false modesty on this one. It’s sensational. Those of you who follow the Facebook page would know that I attended a course on French Entremets earlier in the week and that meant I had plenty of Easter dessert action happening...
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You’d be forgiven for wondering why the number of recipes pairing bananas and chocolate on this blog are proliferating. Well, the truth is … I really love bananas with chocolate. But I’ve also found that bananas, like berries, are a fruit that I can eat and enjoy without fear of a nasty GI Jane backlash from my gut. So there is no...
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While most people are trying to eat less, I have put in a super human effort to eat more over the past six months or so. All for a great cause. I’m trying to gain weight. Lean mass, or muscle, to be exact. For a munchkin like me, it’s been an almighty struggle. At the five month mark, I’ve barely shifted my weight. But...
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Ah ha! Just to prove that I don’t get too hung up over the lack of quality of my photos for the blog, here’s a quickie post and two recipes because I promised I would post these over on the CCM Facebook page. They’re just everyday fare, not the sort of thing I would normally think of posting, but hey, they’re really good, so...
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