chocolate recipe for monday!!

Good day everyone! I hope all of you enjoy the weekend vacation. It's monday again and here's another delicious chocolate recipe to share...

Orange-Kissed Brownies
Recipe courtesy of McCormick®.


Ingredients

1 package (21 ounces) fudge brownie mix

1 tablespoon McCormick® Pure Orange Extract

1 cup (6 ounces) semi-sweet chocolate chips


Procedures:

1. Prepare brownie mix as directed on package. Stir in extract and chocolate chips.

2. Bake and cool as directed on package.

3. Spread with Orange-Kissed Chocolate Frosting, if desired (see recipe in "Additional Info"). Cut into squares.

Orange-Kissed Frosting: Mix 1 can (16 ounces) ready-to-spread chocolate frosting and 1 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Orange Extract until well blended.

be sexy and slim...eat carbs the right way!!

Feeling guilty and fat when eating tempting deliciously foods? Wanted to know why foods reach in carb like chocolates and pizzas tends you to feel fat?

It is because of GI!

We need carbohydrates, because it gives us energy. What we should be wary about, is its glycaemic index a.k.a GI.

GI is a measure of the effects of carbs on blood glucose levels. Carb foods that are easily to digest have a high GI (70-99) while, carb foods take the longest or break down slowly have a low GI (55-less). Foods with low GI have significant health benefits.

The sudden rise or low of glucose levels after eating high-GI foods saps your energy. This is why we feel week after eating high-GI foods.

Food examples and their GI classifications:

Low GI – most fruits and vegetables, grainy breads, pastas, legumes, milk and products with low carbs such as fish, eggs, meat, nuts and oils.

Medium GI – whole wheat products, brown rice, orange sweet potato, table sugar

High GI – corn flakes, baked potato, watermelon, white rices, croissant, white bread, candy, cereals

Here’s the lists on how to still indulge and enjoy your favorite foods..less guilt and weight gain worry free!!

Oatmeal
It has a medium GI, especially natural oats, they are reach in fiber, high in vitamin B6, and can help absorb toxins, but eat it minus the full-fat milk and sugar. You can add peaches, cherries, plums or pears to lower its GI. This one is a great breakfast…Try it.

Pasta
Pastas have low GI, the additives and ingredients we add increases the GI. Go for tomato-based pastas instead of cream sauces and swap dinner rolls which are high GI into sourdough bread which is the lowest GI bread.

Pizza
It has a medium GI, but by few changes on the ingredients, you can lower the GI. Use whole wheat or thin crust instead of high-GI white bread, NO to cheese-filled crust and top it with tomatoes, low-fat cheese, mushrooms and olives. You can add herbs, garlic or basil if you want.

Potato
Potatos have high GI but it’s nutritious, you can swap it with a cap of mashed sweet potato which is low GI and switch french fries to camote wedges.

Desserts
Get a low-fat version of ice creams add berries or peaches, few squares of anti-oxidant-rich dark chocolates with nuts for deserts. Some of cakes have low GI too.

See, we can still eat what we want..but in a more sexier and healthy way.. =^.^=

Monday...Chocolate Recipe...

Essential EatingWell Chocolate Bundt Cake
Provided by EatingWell.com


Ingredients:

1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup unsweetened natural cocoa powder
1/3 cup whole flaxseeds, ground (see Ingredient notes)
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups buttermilk
1 cup packed light brown sugar
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
1/4 cup rice bran oil or canola oil (see Ingredient notes)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup hot water
1/2 cup prune puree (see Tip), prune pie filling or Sunsweet Lighter Bake
4 ounces chopped bittersweet chocolate or chocolate chips
Confectioner's sugar for dusting

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a 12-cup Bundt pan with cooking spray and dust with flour (or use cooking spray with flour).

2. Spread nuts in a small baking pan and bake until golden and fragrant, 5 to 7 minutes. Transfer to a plate to cool.

3. Whisk flour, granulated sugar, cocoa, ground flaxseeds, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large mixing bowl. Add buttermilk, brown sugar, eggs, oil and vanilla; beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Mix hot water and prune puree (or pie filling or Lighter Bake) in a measuring cup; add to the batter and whisk until incorporated. Fold in chocolate and the nuts with a rubber spatula. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan, spreading evenly.

4. Bake the cake until the top springs back when touched lightly and a tester inserted in the center comes out clean, 45 to 55 minutes. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Turn out onto the rack to cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

Yield: 16 servings

chocolate recipe for the day...

Good day everyone...since i love chocolates...i will feature delicious chocolate recipes here every monday...hope you enjoy and try this recipes..happy eating!!!

White-Chocolate Mousse Parfaits

4 oz. good-quality white chocolate, chopped
1-1/2 cups heavy cream
1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
Pinch salt
1 ripe mango, cut into small chunks
20 gingersnaps or chocolate wafers, crushed

Melt the white chocolate in a small, heatproof bowl over simmering water or in a microwave. Stir until smooth. Set the chocolate aside and proceed immediately; the chocolate needs to be very warm for this speedy recipe to succeed.

Pour the cream into a medium bowl and add the vanilla and salt. Beat with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until the cream forms firm but not stiff peaks, about 2 to 3 min. (Don't go too far or the cream will curdle when the chocolate is beaten in.) Scrape the very warm white chocolate into the cream. Continue beating on medium-high speed until well blended and firm, about 30 seconds. The mousse should form a dollop when dropped from a spoon.

To serve, spoon the mousse into tall glasses, alternating with layers of the mango chunks and crushed cookies.