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herzlichen glückwunsch zum geburtstag Oma

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Yesterday would have been the boy’s Urgroßmutter’s (Great Grandmother’s) 90th birthday. Unfortunately my husband has just returned from her memorial service.  She almost made it.  She will surely be missed. We decided that we would honor her with a cake.  There was much debate about which cake should be made.  Most were clamoring for a [...]

plain jane chocolate chip cookies

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comfort food deluxe. I was actually trying to recreate some cookies that I had like 30 years ago, give or take…  I remember, sometime in the 1970′s, eating a cookie, well really like a batch of cookies, that were like nothing I had tasted before.  My Aunt Toni made a batch of chocolate chip cookies [...]

a healthier chocolate muffin

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The whole idea of a healthy chocolate muffin sounds ludicrous.  Doesn’t it? In my head the word muffin is synonymous with healthy, I know that isn’t true but cupcake is supposed to be the bad boy.  However the only chocolate muffins I have ever had are those ginormous Costco versions that must have more calories [...]

roadkill banana chocolate squirrel cakes

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don’t turn up your nose at the idea.  what do you think happens to all those poor things that end up alongside the road after a clear night and a full moon?  we make them into the most delicious cakes you have ever skunk sunk your teeth into. This tradition began years ago when the [...]

chocolate coconut cookie bars

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Sometimes I’m in the mood for cookies, but I hate to make cookies because of the batch process.  The scooping, into the oven, rotate pans, out of oven, cool, start over, etc.  I inevitably burn the last batch.  So bar cookies it is.  This is my version of a chocolate chip cookie.  Great homework helper, [...]

not nutella

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Today is World Nutella Day. What do you mean you’ve never heard of that? Any excuse for chocolate and hazelnuts blended into a creamy deliciousness is a reason to celebrate in my book.  My only problem with Nutella is that it is made with hydrogenated oils and I am a bit of a freak and [...]

no butter – chocolate buttercream frosting

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Who doesn’t love the rich taste and silky texture of buttercream frosting? What if I were to tell you that you can make a healthier version without butter, no margarine either, that is damn tasty? Just hear me out. In many places of the world, namely Asia, avocados are called butter fruit. I have seen [...]

chocolate syrup

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No need to by chocolate syrup for your mocha, hot chocolate or your glass of chocolate milk.  Make it yourself with items in your pantry in no time flat.  The bonus is that you can make as much as you need and you know exactly what is in it.  Make it as chocolaty or sweet [...]

Happy Birthday to You!

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My baby, well technically my oldest, is 12 today.  It doesn’t seem possible that 12 years ago at a small hospital in Pretoria, South Africa my first baby was born.  He had apparently had enough of womb life and wanted out about a month early.  He was teeny tiny, 2.76 kg (just 6 pounds) so [...]

Ugliest, Healthiest Cookies

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Ugly but good. Today my baby boy, who is 10 years old, told me that when he grows up he wants to be like Snuggles.  He wants to be like Snuggles because Snuggles is big, buff and hairy.  Now Snuggles is a player on the University Rugby team that my husband coaches.  Snuggles is also [...]

The Rocky Road

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Craving ice cream when dairy is an issue is not pleasant. It is however, quite pleasant if you are craving sorbet. Oh the juicy bright flavors of citrus,pomegranates, mangoes, I could go on forever. But I digress, we are talking ice cream here. It is National Ice Cream Month, which I knew nothing about until [...]

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