There is a time and a place in the crunchiest of diets for a chocolate cookie. Or a few of them.
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Cherry Chocolate Macaroons
I’m always looking for new ways to use the strained dregs of my home-made almond milk. This was a really successful kitchen experiment, particularly if you like a chewy macaroon without too much sweetness. The subtle flavour of the almond and coconut really shine while the chocolate and dried cherries add an irresistible decadence. They’re…
Herbal Stimulants Part 2: Other Caffeine-Containing Herbs – Tea, Maté & Cacao
Although coffee is the best known and doubtless one of the most popular of the caffeine-containing botanicals, it isn’t the only contributor. Many other plants have caffeine in their compositions, most of which are consumed for both medicinal and recreational reasons in the regions from which they hail. Nowadays in the global village, most are…