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Amaretto Chocolate Mousse

Makes 8 servings at 127 calories each.

Tip: If calorie counting isn't important, use whipping cream rather than milk.

Ingredients
1 envelope unflavored gelatin
1 1/2 cups skim milk
2 separated eggs plus two extra egg whites
1/4 cup of sugar
1/3 cup of Dutch process cocoa (or any good cocoa)
1 tablespoons of Amaretto
1/3 cup of sugar
Strawberries

Recipe
Using a saucepan, mix together the gelatin and 1/2 cup of the skim milk (or whipping cream). Stir and leave it for a minute so the gelatin can soften. Place the saucepan over medium heat and stir for another minute or until the gelatin dissolves.
Combine the rest of the skim milk (or whipping cream) with the two egg yolks and beat. Add this mixture to the ingredients in the sauce pan. Also add 1/4 cup of sugar and the cocoa then stir.

Stirring constantly, cook this over medium heat until thickened. This takes about eight minutes. Remove from heat and stir in the Amaretto. Refrigerate for about twenty minutes.

Bring the egg whites to room temperature then beat until foamy, using a good electric mixer. Add the remaining 1/3 cup of sugar one tablespoon at a time. Beat until you have stiff peaks. Slowly add the chilled chocolate mixture to the beaten egg whites. Fold this in gently.

Carefully spoon the mousse into individual dessert dishes, or into a 1 1/2 quart serving bowl. Chill the Amaretto Chocolate Mousse Recipe for two hours or more. Garnish with halved or sliced strawberries. You can also add chocolate shavings if you desire.

Ramblings of an old woman............

Ok......this is my first time to even try to do a blog! I think I have alot to say....LOL! What prompted me to do this blog is LIFE.....It is so true about the above statement. Each day is like trying a new piece of candy in a box of chocolates. Each one is different. They can be sweet, sour, unusual or refreshing. We don't know what it is until we bite into it! Like life, it is a total surprise.

And one day, life bit me in the butt! I came down with cancer. I say it that way, because I sure did take plenty of medicine to get rid of it. But like the saying, "once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic" the same is true for cancer. You are always a cancer patient.

Originally, when I found out I had cancer, I thought life had dealt me a really bad hand. And, I blamed God for giving me cancer! What a joke! God no more gave me cancer than life and I were in a card game.

I finally came to the realization that life was wonderful! That each day was truly a blessing from God, and it was up to me as to how I wanted to experience it!

So.........I have decided to keep my eyes open to the world, look around me, and just talk about what I see, or what I think, or how I feel. And while I might just be talking to myself, that's ok too! I can promise you, chemo brain is a real thing. So, if I forget what I did today, then hey.......I can just go back and read it in my blog! LOL!

Also, I am going to periodically put scrumptious chocolate recipes on my site! Why? It's CHOCOLATE, SO YOU HAVE TO ASK?

Thursday, August 13, 2009

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...a beautiful day....

Wow! Woke up this morning to a temperature of 76 degrees outside. It felt like Thanksgiving! Can't wait for the cooler temperatures on a regular basis.

Last night we went to pick up our Granddog, Lucy! Her mommy and daddy are headed to Cabo San Lucas! That's her in the picture on the right. Her cousin (our baby) Cricket (on the left) was so glad to see her. Poor Lucy though! She is a City Dog, while Cricket is a Country Dog. Lucy is afraid to venture to0 far out into the yard. Cricket keeps telling her, "come on....it's ok....let's go chase that squirrel, ooh, there's a cat...no, a frog.....come on Lucy! Follow me!!!" But so far, no luck. But Cricket will keep it up and hopefully will have Lucy converted by the time she goes home on Monday.

So what's in store for all of us today? Hmmmmm, don't be afraid to bite into that piece of chocolate (you know...LIFE) and savor the beauty of it's flavor and aroma! Make comments below and tell me about the beauty of your day!

Life was meant to be good! Go out and enjoy it!

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