One of the things I told myself I wanted to do this year, aside from try to wear a little more makeup (somewhat achieved!) and use moisturizer (still trying! The effort though…), was to reach out and ...
Super Easy Any Chocolate Chocolate Sauce
It’s been busy these past days, what with the school season starting and all. And whereas I’ve had only one child in school for the past three years, this week I officially have two. Yes, my little H ...
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
My daughter has just told me that she does not like nuts in her cookies. My head whips around, my eyes wide and disbelieving. What?? For one horrible split second I imagine endless days and ...
Double Chocolate Pancakes
When it’s time to do the grocery I always (ideally) like to fly solo. When the whole brood comes along, things no doubt get crazy with all sorts of stuff mysteriously appearing in the cart by ...
Double Chocolate Cupcakes
I was never any good with kids. Which seems strange considering that I am the eldest amongst all my cousins, on both my mother’s and my father’s side. You would think that I would be besieged with ...
Chocolate Chunk Cookies
I now realize and accept, with a toddler in the house, the inevitability of plowing through recipe after recipe for chocolate chip cookies. Despite my best efforts to entice her with other baking ...
Chocolate Crinkles
How are you all holding up friends? I hope all is well wherever you are! Over here it been busier that ever. Work has been, well, work. Hopefully I haven't accumulated any more ...
Chocolate and Fig Preserve Cupcakes
Just about four months ago my best friend K and her husband J brought a lovely new human into this world. Their new baby is happy, laughing, and good natured...seemingly content with everything going ...
Quadruple Chocolate Loaf Cake
One of the wonderful attributes of chocolate, and I mean good chocolate, is that it has the ability to be absolutely perfect for just about any of life’s occasions. Whether it acts as a salve after ...
Chocolate Hazelnut Friands
Five egg whites were burning a hole in my freezer. I had used the yolks for something (crispy cereal prawns!) and decided to try freezing the whites...as I have heard so many people do. I was quite ...