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• A Cocoa Carrot Cake
  on Nov 22, 2008 in Baking Healthy
  Firstly, sorry for the woeful lack of posts this past week. I have an excuse though: some sort of throat virus that attacks anonymously but leaves its trace for several long, protracted days. Moving from the bed, much less blogging, was completely ou...
• Stomach Pleasing Cookies!
  on Nov 13, 2008 in Baking Childhood Favourites Cookies IBS
  There is nothing that aggrieves me more than being out of biscuits (or cookies, if you will), particularly on a holiday. Instead of having my usual tea and biscuits for breakfast, I have to revert to (gasp!) toast or cereal! I know it sounds unhealth...
• Cocoa Pasta – Experimental Recipe No.1
  on Nov 11, 2008 in Childhood Favourites Miscellaneous On The Shelf Quick and Easy Savoury Cocoa-Pasta Desserts Experimental Hotel Chocolat
  Paul and I went Christmas shopping at the weekend to our local shopping “mall”. We figured it would be sensible to go early and avoid large crowds but we forgot that there’s one thing that malls attract at any time of the year and t...
• Our First Meme!
  on Nov 10, 2008 in Blogging Events Memes Miscellaneous Meme
  We have been tagged for our first Meme, entitled The Commenters Meme. Gemma at Dressing for Dinner tagged us, being one of her last 10 commenters. This is a great idea for a Meme as it connects us to the people that keep us going – that is to s...
• And Is There Such a Thing as a Healthy Chocolate Cake?
  on Nov 7, 2008 in Baking Low Fat chocolate Healthy
  “What’s that? A healthy Chocolate Cake?” I hear you gasp. Well, yes and no. It has no butter in it, so you’re already losing the fat element. It has banana, of course, which we all know is really good for you (high in potassiu...
• Healthy Chocolate Truffles?
  on Nov 5, 2008 in Confectionary Gluten Free Low Fat Quick and Easy Raw Cacao Healthy Truffles
  To make chocolate healthy pretty much means to  lose what we love most about it: cream, full fat milk, sugar.  What this loosely translates as is chocolate in its most natural form: pods, nibs, cocoa butter, unprocessed cocoa. However, I am always...
• Our First Award!
  on Nov 3, 2008 in Blogging Awards Favourite Blogs Miscellaneous Food Awards
  We must be doing something right! Foong over at The Food Site has awarded the Cocoa Lounge with the Arte y Pico award for our Chocolate Brownie Cake! Thanks Foong! Now, according to Foong’s post, we have to pass this award onto five more food b...
• Chocolate of the World – Finland
  on Oct 30, 2008 in Chocolate of the World Confectionary On The Shelf Chocolates of the World
  For most of us, chocolate is a comforting food. We turn to it when we’re feeling low, we eat it during periods of celebration. A simple candy bar (as can any food. My husband is transported to Fridays in 1970s LaCrosse when he eats McDonalds Fi...
• Chocolate Brownie Cake
  on Oct 28, 2008 in Baking Childhood Favourites Quick and Easy chocolate Family Favourites
  So I’m cooking lunch for my mum and, at 10.30am the same morning she asks me what we’re having: Mum: “Meat?” Me: “No.” Mum: {pleading voice} “Not vegetarian?!” Me: “No.” Mum: “So…it must be fish?” Me: “Yes, yes it’s fish...
• Sweet Dreams Traditional Sweet Shop
  on Oct 25, 2008 in Childhood Favourites Confectionary On The Shelf chocolate Sweet Shop
  It seems that the days of the corner shop are fading into obscurity. Supermarkets can supply the time-pushed shopper with everything, all under one roof. However, is this a smart way to shop? The days of my childhood were mostly spent reading but I d...