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Sunday, April 20, 2014

Did you know Chocolate is a Vegetable?

Just a bit of information for those of that of you have chocolate bunnies, eggs and other goodies that you and/or your children received for Easter. Or if you just happen to have chocolate around the house!

 
Chocolate is derived from cacao beans.    
Bean = vegetable.  

Sugar is derived from either sugar CANE or sugar BEETS.  Both are plants, which places them in the vegetable category. 
Thus, chocolate is a vegetable. 



chocolate-coffee vegetables

To go one step further, chocolate candy bars also contain milk, which is dairy product.  So candy bars are a health food. 


Chocolate-covered raisins, cherries, orange slices and strawberries all count as fruit; so eat as many as you want.


If you've got melted chocolate all over your hands, you're eating it too slowly.


Problem:  How to get 2 pounds of chocolate home from the store in a hot car. The solution:  Eat it in the parking lot.


Diet tip: Eat a chocolate bar before each meal.  It'll take the edge off your appetite, and you'll eat less.


If calories are an issue, store your chocolate on top of the fridge.  Calories are afraid of heights, and they will jump out of the chocolate to protect themselves. (We're testing this with other snack foods as well.)


If I eat equal amounts of dark chocolate and white chocolate, is that a balanced diet?  Don't they actually counteract each other?


chocolate counts as salad

Chocolate has many preservatives.  Preservatives make you look younger.  Therefore, you need to eat more chocolate.


Put "eat chocolate" at the top of your list of things to do today.  That way, at least you'll get one thing done.


A nice box of chocolates can provide your total daily intake of calories in one place.  Now, isn't that handy?


If you can't eat all your chocolate, it will keep in the freezer.  But if you can't eat all your chocolate, what's wrong with you?


If not for chocolate, there would be no need for control top pantyhose.  An entire garment industry would be devastated.  You can't let that happen, can you?

 
NEWS FLASH: "Stressed" spelled backward is "desserts."  So, to reverse being "stressed" . . . eat CHOCOLATE!!!
 
Courtesy of  ilyke.net


20 comments:

  1. Oh yum!!!!!! Now I can eat chocolate without the guilt!!! LOL

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  2. Definitely works for me Cat. Thanks!:) Hmm, hadn't thought about stressed spelling desserts backwards. I definitely need more desserts :)

    Hugs
    Roz

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    1. Hope you enjoy your desserts Roz! ;)

      Hugs and Blessings...
      Cat

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  3. Love all the reasons I should continue to eat chocolate and I only eat dark chocolate so I'm even healthier.

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    1. Just had to share this Sunny so that everyone could have the benefits! ;) Dark chocolate is the best! :D

      Hugs and Blessings...
      Cat

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  4. I'm been saying for years that chocolate is a vegetable, so glad to know you agree. But I do have to tell you dark and white chocolate will not make a balanced meal. You need salt - so to be balanced it must be chocolate and chips!

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    1. Ooh PK...thanks for the reminder...salt is good...adding chips is great...can also add salted caramel. ;)

      Hugs and Blessings...
      Cat

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  5. Guilt free chocolate, something I've been searching for... I knew there were benefits some where.
    Salted caramel chocolate.... hows that for balanced :)

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    1. LOL DF...I had just suggested salted caramel to PK and yes, salted caramel chocolate is balanced as far as I'm concerned. ;)

      Hugs and Blessings...
      Cat

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  6. Hi Cat, now you tell me! I have been feeling guilty all day, lol
    might just have a bit more
    love Jan.xx

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    1. LOL Jan...no reason to feel guilty...hope you had a bit more! :D

      Hugs and Blessings...
      Cat

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  7. I should be super healthy then!! ;)

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    1. Happy to hear you are super healthy, Lucy! ;)

      Hugs and Blessings...
      Cat

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  8. Cat, thank you for these tips! I've always considered chocolate to be one of the basic food groups. Oh, and the broken bits are the healthiest as the calories can then leak out.
    Take care,
    Meg

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    1. You're very welcome Meg. Ooh...thanks for the tip regarding the broken bits leaking calories! Very good to know. :D

      Hugs and Blessings...
      Cat

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  9. Just want to mention that we ate your chocolate at Easter and thought about you from one delicious bite to the next. It has not helped my dieting intentions one little bit, so the information above not only made me laugh but simply reassured me that dieting is a waste of time anyway. LOL

    Guilt free chocolate - that's the thing!

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    1. So happy you enjoyed it Ami but ya know it was very healthy for you...dark chocolate contains lots of antioxidants and pomegranates are very good for you! When you say 'we', I'm assuming you shared with Dan? Hope he enjoyed them also. BTW...you owe me a picture...hint, hint.

      All dark chocolate is guilty free! That's my story and I'm stickin' to it!!! LOL

      Hugs and Blessings...
      Cat

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  10. My husband claims that ketchup and relish are vegetables that he eats with his hot dog.

    Right...

    Sigh.

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    1. LOL Susie...as someone who used to make her own ketchup and still makes her own pickle relish, I have to say that MM is right! Ketchup is made from tomatoes and relish is made from at least cucumbers. My relish is made from cucumbers, green and red peppers and onions along with mustard seed and celery seed so there are lots of veggies in there!

      An easy way to get him to eat more veggies is to throw bacon in with them similar to my Colcannon. ;)

      Hugs and Blessings...
      Cat

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