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Where authors, friends and fellow bloggers share their favorite receipes! ----------------------------------------- New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Cathryn Fox is a multi published author in the romance genre under two pen names. Cathryn is a wife, mom, sister, daughter, and friend. She loves dogs, sunny weather, anything chocolate (she never says no to a brownie) pizza and red wine. She has two teenagers who keep her busy with their never ending activities, and a husband who is convinced he can turn her into a mixed martial arts fan. Cathryn can never find balance in her life, is always trying to find time to go to the gym, can never keep up with emails, Facebook or Twitter and tries to write page-turning books that her readers will love. A maritime native and former financial officer, Cathryn has lived all over Canada but has finally settled down in her childhood hometown with her family. Find her online at http://cathrynfox.com/ or  http://cathrynfox.co...

Title:   Better Than Chocolate Author:   Sheila Roberts Genre:   Contemporary Romance Pages:   400 Published:   September 2012 Publisher:   Harlequin Source:   NetGalley Buy Links:   Amazon , Kobo, Book Depository Synopsis: Sweet Dreams Chocolate Company has been in the Sterling family for generations, ever since Great-Grandma Rose literally dreamed up her first fabulous recipe. But now it looks as if they're about to lose Sweet Dreams to the bank—and that would be a disaster, not only for the family but for the town of Icicle Falls, Washington. Can Samantha, the oldest daughter and new head of the company, come up with a way to save it?  After Samantha does some brainstorming with her mother and sisters, inspiration strikes. They'll have a chocolate festival! Time's running out, but the Sterling women are determined and the town's behind them, so everything's bound to go smoothly…. Or not. Events seem to be conspiring against Samantha, ...

Last week I got this great booklet in the mail from Foodland Ontario - all about "delicious receipes featuring local ingredients". Mike and I had a peek through this it and found some amazing receipes including this one.  It was incredible!  We had this for dinner last night. Summer Beef Salad   - "This salad is both tasty and nutritious." (as quoted from the receipe!) -~-

This is my FAVORITE Chocolate Cake receipe. I found this through All Recipes  (a site I use quite a bit when I'm looking for something new to try!) Best Moist Chocolate Cake Ingredients 1 cup margarine 1 3/4 cups white sugar 3 eggs 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 1/2 cups milk 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda 1 teaspoon salt Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan. Sift together the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Set aside. In a large bowl, cream together the margarine and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk, mixing just until incorporated. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool. ENJOY!!

I LOVE chocolate chip cookies.. I mean I really love chocolate chip cookies.. They are the ultimate of comfort foods.. Do you have a favorite comfort food?  Here is my favorite cookie receipe! Ingredients: 1/2 cup of unsalted butter - softened 1/3 cup dark brown sugar - firmly packed 1/3 cup of white sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract 1 cup - plus 2 tablespoons of sifted flour 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda 1/2 teaspoon of salt 7-1/2 ounce package of chocolate chips (Now I mix half and half of dark chocolate chips and white chocolate chips, but that's just me) - also I have substituted 3/4 cup of walnuts and dried fruit instead of chocolate chips and they are SUPER tasty. Directions: Preheat oven to 375F.  Lightly grease two large baking sheets with butter or vegetable shortening (now I use no need to grease cookie sheets) In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and the sugars. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Mix well! Sift together the flour...