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Koko Chocolates

Last night I received the most delicious treat from a girlfriend of mine for Christmas.  My girlfriend lives in the Cayman Islands right now and I only wish we could make it there for a visit, but for now we share emails and phone calls and we get to visit when she comes home to see her Mom.  And while we are complaining of -20C temperatures, she is feeling the heat, sometimes too much to bear, but I still love her.

Now to tell you of this fabulous treat.   The courier handed me the most  beautiful little box.

And inside this little green box are the most delicious handmade chocolates, I have ever tasted.

A little map of their chocolates.

Now, look at this!

And if you think they look beautiful, just imagine how they melt in your mouth.  It was killing me to take these photos, and not gobble them all down in one shot.  However, they are not gobbling kinds of chocolates, they are cup of tea (or coffee) chocolates, where one is all you need to last you a little while.  They are chocolates to savour and enjoy.  They are Koko Chocolates.  A local (to Ottawa) company.  I loved them so much that I called immediately this morning to see where I could get some for my Mom’s stocking.  Unfortunately she is finished her Christmas chocolate batch, but there is a special little coffee shop that I love that carries little 3 packs, so I will be over there to pick up a couple tonight. Mmmm….

And yes, this truly was a little bite of Heaven.

p.s. I have tasted two more since I photographed these chocolates this morning and am still floating on a cloud.

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Categories: Christmas, Food, Holidays, Kindness

For supper last night, I was feeling a little uninspired.  We have been eating the same stuff for quite a while and it was chilly and Fall like.  Add to that the soup recipes that I was reading over, I really didn’t know what to make (Hubby, A and J all don’t eat soup).

I had a bunch of random ingredients and realized that I could pull together a pretty quick pot pie.

Here is what I had:

  • two chicken breasts
  • cheddar cheese
  • cream of potato soup
  • a box of stuffing
  • a bag of frozen veggies

Here is what I did:

  1. cubed and cooked the chicken
  2. microwaved the frozen veggies for 5 min. to take out the chill.
  3. grated the cheese.
  4. mixed the chicke, veggies, cheese and can of soup together in a caserole dish.
  5. sprinkled the stuffing (prepared as per package directions) over top.
  6. Baked at 350F for 30 min.

And boy did it taste good.  I even had enough for leftovers at lunch today.

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Categories: Food, Recipes

Warm Soup

The time of year has arrived.

Gone are the skinny salads and cool dinners replaced by warm comforting soups and mega carbs.

I am trying to be ok with that as soup keeps me going in the cold winter months.

And thankfully Apple loves soup as much as I do.

I do have a few recipes that are waistline friendly, but if any of you have a favourite soup that is delicious and low in the calorie count please pass it along.  I promise to make it at least once to try out (unless it is Pumpkin Soup, I have tried that once and something about eating pie for lunch just didn’t work for me).

Thank you, my waistline will thank you more.

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Categories: Food, Recipes