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Chocolate Oatmeals: Tasty, Tempting, and Good for You Too!

Snicker’s Oatmeal Halloween was just the start of the year’s main eating season. Before you can finish all that pesky candy it’s Thanksgiving. Then it only takes a few of your favorite holiday goodies to start you on that path of overindulgence. German Chocolate Cake Oatmeal Don’t get me wrong – there’s no reason to more »

Chicken Braised with Mole Sauce

Mole is one of those recipes that you either love, or hate.  I have to admit the first couple times I tried Mole, I was not sold.  I distinctively remember the sauce being over seasoned with chocolate, and I could not get past the thought of dessert mixed with my meat.  It wasn’t until after more »

Almond Joy Toast

Happy Halloween!! This evening across the country children (and a handful of pre-teens) will be stocking up on chocolate goodies galore. Favorites from my childhood included Snickers, Twix, Caramello, Milky Way, Butterfinger, and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups (the last of which still make me weak in the knees). Ironically enough, Almond Joy bars weren’t one of more »

Muah Ha Ha, Goodies to Spook the Kids

Halloween is my favorite holiday. What could be better than a month of decorating the house, planning your costume, making crafts, and cooking up batches of scary treats? This year Halloween is on a Monday, and if you were a kid can you think of a better start your day than a bowl of Purple Monster Oatmeal? more »