Saved By The Cake Cookbook Review & Luxury Blueberry, Pine Nut Chocolate Cookies

I was thrilled to get a chance to review a new cookbook. I love

all kinds of cookbooks. I can spend literally hours going 

through them searching for the next unique recipe that I would love to try. I received the cookbook  Saved By Cake  by

Marian Keyes to review. I love to bake so I was very excited

to try out the recipes. This book was an International Bestseller.

From the moment I picked up this book I was intrigued. Especially when I read the introduction to the book.  Marian Keyes author of Saved By Cake suffered from depression.  She gives a candid account of her battle with depression  and how she found that baking was what she need to help her get through the day.  She didn't know much about baking but decided one day to make a chocolate cheesecake for her friends birthday. She liked it so much that she found herself baking all the time. She  found herself looking up recipes on the Internet and researching the science of baking. Soon she was baking so much that she had to give it away to friends, family, even strangers.

Saved By Cake is full of her favorite recipes. Some recipes

are simple, some more complex but all look equally delicious.

I love the photography in this book.  It truly makes your mouth

water.

I spent most of the morning trying to decide what recipe I wanted to try. I knew I would have a busy day because I had to go shopping for a baby shower that I am attending next week and I was  also going to visit a friend. I wanted to try something easy, yet unique. 

I came across the  the perfect recipe. I love cookies so I found  the Luxury Blueberry, Pine Nut, and Chocolate Cookies recipe on page 176 and knew I had to give them a try.This recipe has dried blueberries, pine nuts, chocolate chips  and rolled oats. I bought extra dark chocolate chips and used real butter. Dried blueberries and pine nuts can be a bit pricey but I had enough left over to make another batch so I think it was worth it.

Now on to the recipe.. 

  Let butter come to room temperature and
blend the sugars with the butter until the mixture is
 light and fluffy. Next  add the egg and beat
again until incorporated.

Sift in the dry ingredients and fold through. Stir in the oats.
blueberries, pine nuts and chocolate chips being sure to
distribute them throughout. I used extra dark chocolate chips
for this recipe.

Using a soup spoon scoop up rounds of dough about the
size of a golf ball. Roll dough into balls and gently press
down making a flattened shape on a cookie sheet. Bake for 15 minutes at 350.

Cool cookies before eating, if you can resist. 

I was very impressed with the taste of these delicious cookies
and the Saved By Cake Cookbook. I look forward to trying
other delicious recipes and  would recommend this great 
cookbook to my readers.

Luxury Blueberry, Pine Nut Chocolate Cookies

1 stick butter
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1/3 cup dark brown sugar
1 egg
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder
pinch of salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup rolled oats
3 1/2 ounces dried blueberries
3/4 cup pine nuts
1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
(70% cocoa solids)

Disclosure: I received free of charge Saved By Cake cookbook
for this review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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MOO Business Card & Facebook Card Review

I have been wanting some business cards for my blog for quite some time now.I was so very excited to get the chance to review MOO's business and Facebook cards.I designed my own  on the website and used my banner from my blog. I wasn't sure how the graphics would turn out.

 I was very impressed with how easy the website is to use. MOO has all kinds of graphics you can use to create your own business cards, post cards,stickers and labels, mini cards and much  more. I chose to use my own custom design that would be  unique and one of a kind. 

I was thrilled to find my package waiting for me when I got home from work a couple of weeks back. I opened the box and was amazed  at how beautiful the graphics on the cards turned out.

I received 150 business cards and 50 Facebook cards  in the package. You can choose standard paper or luxe which is the finest paper. I chose to have a gloss on my business cards which really brought out the design perfectly. The gloss cards are made with 16pt paper with a gloss laminate.

My friends and family were amazed  with how pretty my cards turned out. I give them out everywhere I go . They come in a small box so I can conveniently carry them in my purse or bag.

The Facebook cards are beautiful to.The colors are a perfect match to my custom graphics on my blog. I am amazed and very pleased with MOO. I  carry my cards everywhere now. I brought them to work the day after I received them  to give to my friends.They come in a convenient box to carry in my purse so I am ready to give them out wherever  I go.I will never consider ordering from anyone else. You can definitely bet I will be a repeat customer and recommend this great site to all my readers. Tell me your thoughts about my custom designed cards on my Facebook page or leave a comment on this blog post. Share with me your photos if you have used MOO to design your custom cards. I would love to see them.

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Chuao Chocolatier Video Recipe Review & Sweepstakes

It is no secret what I think about Chuao Chocolatier. I have tried many of their chocolate bars in the past. I was sent the Spicy Maya and Rocky Road chocolate bars this time to review. I was super excited because I  love love chocolate. I am not a big fan of marshmallows though. I do like Rocky Road ice cream but I would rather not have them in a chocolate bar. But the rest of the chocolate bar was amazing. I loved the taste of the chocolate and almonds. A delicious combination if you ask me. Chuao Chocolatier takes pride in the way they make their chocolate. You can taste it in the first bite and I was very pleased.I will tell you that the Spicy Maya chocolate bar rocked my world. It was so delicious. Spicy chocolate is fairly new to me. I remember the first time I tried spicy chocolate. I reviewed some Habanero Caramels from Cowgirl Chocolates and was amazed. I love to try new things and this concept intrigued me. 

I decided to try the Spicy Maya Chocolate Bar in a recipe I recently found on foodwishes.com. I changed the recipe a bit and wasn't sure how it would turn out but I knew that I couldn't wait to try it.Watch the video below for my recipe review of Chuao Chocolatiers Spicy Maya

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