Chocoholic

Mizzie is a chocoholic by her own admission, so she has apparently decided to stop eating chocolate altogether. Her husband therefore requested a birthday card on the "no chocolate" theme. "No chocolate biscuits, no Cadbury, no chocolate mousse" he wrote "Can you come up with something?"

Indeed I could.

I have shown Mizzie in the centre of the card wearing a purple top to match the purple colour of the Cadbury Dairy Milk bars (I am such a tease!). She is surrounded by chocolate biscuits, chocolate bars, Cadbury chocolate and chocolate mousse. They have all been crossed out or are banned (in driving the red circle is used mostly to prohibit something).

Do you think she got the message?

Though I do not celebrate Christmas (we are in the middle of Chanukah celebrations right now!) I do make Christmas cards every year for a few friends back in the UK, while other people require cards to send to their friends or clients abroad. After all, they are celebrating Christmas, even if we're not. This year's cards have brightly coloured Christmas trees on them. It was fun to cut out the simple triangular shape of the tree and add some "twinkling" lights.

Finally, cooking again, but this apple crumble is worth a mention. Apple crumble is a favourite in our home, but I have often found myself scrambling to make more topping as the ratio of fruit to crumble has not been right. This recipe was just perfect. It was certainly not a recipe for the health conscious (5 tablespoons of sugar - oops!) but was so tasty, with a nice tangy cinnamon and apple base, and a lovely crunchy crumble which perfectly offset the sweetness of the cooked apples. Yum!

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