I'm a CHOCOHOLIC are you??

Use Nutella instead of butter?

Yes you tried the chocolate flavoured Weetabix.

Your pudding is always chocolate fudge cake.

You hide Maltesers under your bed and cry if you left them under your pillow because they are squashed.

Thought you found a milk button on your jacket but it was actually the button?

“Yes” or “Gosh Mita that’s a great idea”

My tips are: Get a grip, eat in moderation.

Eat chocolate with minimum 30% cocoa mass. It’s always on special offer at the supermarkets!
Chocolate can come cheap but so can everything else.

Why eat it? Because it’s delicious, sweet, comforting and feels a bit naughty.

Also the darker the chocolate the better it is for you, read this study: http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20030827/dark-chocolate-is-healthy-chocolate

These were my favourites and now my ex’s:
Snickers
Flipz (chocolate covered pretzels)
Terry’s chocolate orange
Jaffa cakes

I only nibble on G&B’s now and again; it’s the chocolate I use in all my baking too.

Ha the next recipe on the blog is chocolate and....

90's Breakfast

WOO HOO day off!

Album 'You've come a long way baby' by Fatboy Slim

Got up at 10am, looked at the diary, and yes nothing scheduled. No one to see, nothing to do. This meant one thing: fry up.

I put lots of my favourite things in the oven and frying pan.

Sausages in oven.

Sprinkled oregano on fried egg.

Fried spinach with cherry tomatoes in chili oil.

Small can of baked beans in a small pot.

Grilled halloumi.

This should keep me full for most of the day! Hopefully yoga won't be a massive struggle, but I wouldn't advise eating this 2 hours before a session.

Working, resting or playing: make your Friday one to remember.

x

Spaghetti with Spinach and Leek

Album ‘The Score’ by The Fugees

I was tempted tonight to buy something ready made. The smell of chips while I was cycling is dangerous.
Do you ever get that? Especially when you run at night? I’m glad there are no late night bakeries around here; I would become a tubby customer.

It’s hard to cook every night of the week; a take out might pop up on a Friday or Saturday because you might feel shattered or you need a break.

BUT you should know by now I try and avoid take away.
Eating at a local restaurant for gossip and social gathering YES.

I love the classic fish and chips, but waiting for a special occasion.

Instead I made a comforting dish with:
One chopped leek
200g spinach
Half tsp cumin seeds
Half tsp fenugreek seeds
2 cloves garlic crushed
1 tsp turmeric
1tsp garam masala
Chopped parsley
2 tbsp double cream
Wholemeal spaghetti

Start boiling spaghetti.
In another pan fry the leeks, garlic and seeds with olive oil.
Then add the spinach and powders.
Pour in the cream and simmer for 3 minutes.
Sprinkle some parsley in the sauce

Once spaghetti is done mix in.
Grate some cheese.

ooh la la la (I had to get that in)

BOOM Cheesecake

That's right. No running to the shops for a packet of digestives, better home baked :)

Cake bit:

350g plain wholemeal flour

teaspoon of cinnamon

teaspoon of ground ginger

half a teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda

130g butter

1 large egg

150g caster sugar

teaspoon of vanilla essence

100ml milk

combine flour,butter, cinnamon, ground ginger, bc and sugar, rub in.

add the egg, essence and milk and make into a dough refrigerate for 10 minutes roll out and put on baking tray.

put in oven at 180 degrees for 20 minutes. Leave out to cool. Then crumble this mixture with your hands.

Add 100g melted butter, I know it sounds deadly but the texture is going to be amazing.

press down into a tin with removable base.

Refrigerate for one hour.

Cheese bit:

300g full fat Philadelphia

250g mascarpone

6 raspberries squashed

tablespoon of double cream

whisk all the above and spoon on biscuit base.

Chill for 3 hours.

Serve with raspberries.

I feel like a mozzarella ball. xx

Cheesecake thoughts

Katy Perry was getting a bit much, it's getting late and I am thinking about what treats to take into NSPCC tomorrow.

Gosh if I'm not thinking about food, I'm sleeping. This could be a problem.

I've switched to the soundtrack from Fantastic Mr Fox.

Just researching about the classic cheesecake.

Looking through my cookbooks and goodfood.com these are my thoughts:
what biscuit base is best?
Soft cheese mixed with mascarpone could be too heavy
why do I want to turn everything chocolate flavoured?
I hate repairing my bike puncture

Once I attempted a banoffee pie for my friend Kitty and the biscuit base didn't set, actually nothing did. But bless her she was over the moon to receive it and she never told me how it tasted. That was a total mess, but tomorrow I will be precise and patient and make a beautiful formed cheesecake.

I will bake my own biscuits in the morning.

Goodnight and check the recipe tomorrow, actually I know you will. I will text you to remind you.

Beans secret cider cellar
Kristofferson's theme
Let her dance xxx