Sunrise and Chocolate
A couple of Fridays ago on Planet Penny's Happy Friday I shared some photos of winter sunsets but this week I was taking in the wonder of a winter sunrise over the local harbour. The sky glowed orange and the sun looked absolutely massive, like a giant bubble popping out from the chimney of the power station.
But what made me really happy this Friday was the arrival in the post of a book I've been waiting ages for. It would have made an ideal present for my birthday last month but unfortunately didn't get published until January and so I've had to wait patiently. The new publication from Chocolate Covered Katie whose recipes I'm a big fan of (they are very friendly towards my gluten-free, dairy-free diet).
Katie started with a small food blog 6 years ago, based on healthy recipes for chocolate lovers and those with a sweet tooth to provide healthy alternatives so that you never feel as though you're depriving yourself. Her blog and website have gone from strength to strength and this is her first book which has chapters covering cookies, brownies and bars; healthy breakfasts, ice-creams, milkshakes and smoothies, pies, cakes and cupcakes.
I'm looking forward to testing out some of the recipes but in the meantime, here's a link to her chocolate guinness brownies which I made last year and, I have to say, tasted amazing.
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| Chocolate Guinness Brownies from Chocolate Covered Katie |
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Chocolate Guinness Brownies (my version - don't look as good as Katie's but still tasted pretty good) |
This is such a lovely sunset you captured. Stunningly beautiful. Your new cookbook sounds like fun with lots of yummy treats. I'm here visiting via Penny's Happy Friday.
ReplyDeleteHello Lilly's Mom - thanks for your nice comments and thanks for visiting again :)
DeleteIt seems to have been quite a week for beautiful skies and huge suns. Those brownies look delicious - I've never tried them with guinness before but I'm very tempted to give it a go. Enjoy the rest of the weekend. x
ReplyDeletethank you - and believe me, the flavours of chocolate and guinness are just wonderful together!
DeleteOh my goodness my mouth is watering! Thanks for joining in with Happy Friday again x
ReplyDeleteThanks Penny and I hope to join in regularly - its a good thing to be able to focus in and appreciate the good things in life :)
ReplyDeleteHi Coco, thanks for popping over to my blog, I look forward to seeing your veggie and gluten free recipes :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Chickpea - looking forward to reading more about Cornwall as we're planning a camping trip there this year and I'm loving your photos already!
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