Ever tried using chocolates for your home-cooking recipes? Well, if you have not yet done that, it is high-time you start doing it and start concocting your own choco-related recipes ! Combining chocolates with the old-fashioned recipes as well as the contemporary recipes you and your family have enjoyed for years, will surely be a great treat for you and your loved ones! Besides, chocolates have their share of health benefits that the whole family can benefit from. Perhaps you are asking what makes chocolates healthy. Well, here is the answer.
Plants
give us the chocolates we are enjoying now, and therefore it would mean that
they are full of the countless health benefits that can be taken from various
kinds of vegetables. These known benefits of chocolates are from what is called
the flavonoids. They act as antioxidants to protect human body from becoming
old which as we know, may be caused by some free radicals or toxins responsible
for causing heart illnesses or disorders. The flavonoids are also responsible
for the making of nitric oxide as well as putting some hormones in the body to
a state of equilibrium. Did you even know that dark chocolate is full of a huge
number of antioxidants which is almost 8 times those found in strawberries?
Chocolate
Caramel Pecan Cheesecake Topped with strawberries
Toppings:
15 pcs
of fresh strawberries
Base:
2 c
Vanilla wafer crumbs
6 tb
Margarine, melted
Body:
1 ea
14-ounce bag of caramels
1 cn
5-ounce of evaporated milk
1 c
Chopped of pecans, toasted
2 pk
8-ounce of cream cheese, soften
1/2 c
of Sugar
1 tsp
of Vanilla
2 pcs
of Eggs
1/2 c
of Semi-sweet chocolate pieces
Baking
Procedures
1. For
the base, mix crumbs and margarine then press into the bottom of a 9-inch
baking pan. Bake the mixture at 350 degree F, for about10 minutes.
2. For
the body, in a 1 1/2 quart clean and heavy saucepan, you may start melting the
caramels with some milk. Do this over low heat, stirring often until mixture
becomes smooth. Pour mixture over crust then drop all pecans.
3.
Combine the pre-measured cream cheese with sugar plus vanilla. Mix all
ingredients at a medium pace on your electric mixer until everything has been
well blended.
4. Add
eggs, each at one time, mixing them well after every addition.
5.
Blend in the chocolate and pour over the pecans. You may now bake the mixture
at 350 degrees F for about 40 minutes.
6.
Loosen the baked cake from the rim of your pan and cool it before removing from
rim of the pan.
7.
Chill then garnish with whipped cream and fresh strawberries on top. You may
also add finely chopped up pecans, if preferred.
Now,
eating your heart out on this delectable chocolate-related recipe will never be
complete without a freshly concocted chocolate drink you and your family will
love! Try this chocolate drink recipe and see the delight in your loved ones'
faces!
Chocolate
Banana Supreme Shake
1 c of
Diet chocolate soda; chilled
1/2 med
sized Banana; peeled
1 pk
of Diet choc. shake mix
1 tb of
Smooth peanut butter; frozen
1. For
each of all 4 sections of your ice cube tray, you may pour 2 tablespoons of
chocolate soda. Freeze the preparation until all cubes appear solid. Wrap the
bananas in plastic freezer wrap and let them stay in the freezer until they are
solid.
2. In a
blender, mix the remaining half cup of soda with the frozen bananas and halves,
the chocolate drink mix and some peanut butter. Process all ingredients at a
high speed until mixture becomes smooth.
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