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This is a another lightened up recipe. Original bars were 260 calories each, 12 grams of fat and 7 grams of saturated fat. These lightened up Oatmeal Fudge Bars are 160 calories 6 grams of fat and 3.5 grams saturated fat. Chocolate lovers will LOVE them. The chocolate lovers in the house ate them up …
Book Update: In positive psychology, we studied well-being again in reference to our life-span. Apparently, there really is a mid-life crisis according to experts and women typically have one around their mid-forties and men in their late forties. I found it interesting that generally (everything is general in these studies!) women grow happier until age …
Book Update: Spring break is here! I am sad in a way because the temperature for this week hovers around freezing for a high. Personally, I was hoping to take the kids to the zoo, museum, etc. Instead… I’m not so sure. Even the beach looks pathetic — their high temperature is only 60. Unfortunately, …
Book Update: Middle School Language Arts test is done!!! Woo hoo!! I thought it was pretty easy except for a couple of novels I had never read. I would post them… but afraid that ETS would hunt me down. We have to sign over and over again that we won’t reveal any questions or any answers …
I mentioned having to make an egg-free chocolate cake in the last post and here is the recipe. I thought the cupcakes came out easily and domed well. As mentioned in the last post, this recipe came about during World War II when certain items would be rationed – like eggs. So, women would …
Please pardon the screaming blue background! I always carry my cakes in my tupperware covered cake carrier which happens to be a bright blue that goes well with… um nothing! Maybe a carrot cake. But anyway, this week in my psychology class we discussed and read about Eastern psychology and meditation. Some of it is …
Book Update: I *almost* put “only three ingredients!” in the heading of this post and had to stop myself. It annoys me to no end when they put “only four ingredients” on something in pinterest… only come to find out that each “ingredient” actually contains like 20 other things. Oh, I got the part of Gertie …
I saw homemade chocolate syrup online and figured, No, this can’t possibly work. But it does. I stopped buying Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup because of the high fructose corn syrup which is like the first or second ingredient. I have another recipe from “Baked: 10 Simple Ingredients” for homemade chocolate syrup if anyone wants to try …
With the Girl Scouts starting their rounds, I thought I would try a take on the most popular cookie ever – Thin Mints. Personally, I think they are best when they are in the freezer. So, I tried to make these chocolate peppermint snaps which were surprisingly close to a thin mint. There are semi-chocolate …
Books I’m reading: “Wait for Me” (a free Kindle book) and “Peace Like a River” by Leif Enger. “Peace Like a River” is a really good story with a lot of literary devices (symbols, themes, foreshadowing, etc.). Though the devices and the style make the book not exactly conversational and a breeze to read through, …
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