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Chocolate with Francois: Yogurt Parfaits, Chocolate Granola and Bananas

I’ve made a lot of granola but I’ve never added mini chocolate chips. This is a classic Francois Payard treat from his book Chocolate Epiphany. Francois says this makes a wonderful quick weekday breakfast. I think it’s more like a wonderful dessert that Ted and I could eat over and over again. Not difficult at all and very accommodating to make in part ahead of time. The group Chocolate with Francois featured this recipe and it was chosen by Julie of Little Bit of Everything. Terrific pick! So good! This ones going to be a “repeat offender” on our table. [...]

By Joanne|2011-05-30T14:25:01-04:00May 31, 2011|Chocolate|4 Comments

Melt Down, A Revelation and GoLean Granola Thumbprint Cookie

THE MELT DOWN: I suffered yet ANOTHER meltdown concerning Boston. I was confirming hotel reservations and discovered I had booked my sister in a MARYLAND hotel! That’s the STATE of Maryland. How that happened, I really cannot tell you. I changed the booking but had to spend another $100. MORE per night. Ok…whatever. The second shock was the hotel room for me, booked through Marathon Tours (by the way, they are NOT nice people at Marathon Tours!) for the race, was NOT 1 mile from the finish line. It was across the water, 3 ½ miles away. It sounds close [...]

By Joanne|2011-03-24T17:33:44-04:00March 24, 2011|cookies|8 Comments

Joanne’s Baked Fruitola

Today was the first day of the new workout. Remember the one I showed you: Get Your Body Back Weeks 3 and 4? Today begins week 3. This is today’s workout ( I changed Day 6 on the plan to my Day 1 because I don’t want sore or tired legs going into the weekend): Quads & Hams Barbell squat 4 sets: 15, 12, 10, 8 *Last two of all the exercises are to failure and need to be heavy Hack squat 4 sets: 12, 10, 10, 8 * Leg Extension 3 sets: 12, 10 , 10* Walking Dumbbell Lunge [...]