It is no secret that I love chocolate
in fact there are times when I do believe I may have existed on it alone
but times change and I now aim for a more balanced diet
which means that at times I now supplement chocolate with other food groups
such as vegetables
and real vegetables... not pretend veg like corn chips or tomato sauce
hey if there is veg in the title I am calling it veg
though if I am totally honest I love vegetables and always have
for many years I was a vegetarian
but that doesn't mean that at any time I would have picked veg over chocolate
now however, things have changed... seriously... stop snorting
I am trying to come clean here with you all and your scepticism is a touch off putting
What happened was that while I was being treated for breast cancer
I found that chocolate tasted pretty awful... which was scary in and of itself
plus the only food group that never made the nausea worse
that never once upset my treatment induced glass stomach was vegetables
despite finishing treatment a year ago
I have found myself unable to shake the veg habit
so in the last few days I decided to test myself and draw up some Easter chocolates
and yes I chose ones that I don't particularly like
and some of them are off limits because they have gluten
but in the past that would have been no impediment
chocolate reigned supreme no matter what
but here is the proof that you can actually grow and change
because I painted the bloody things without sampling one
weirdly the white chocolate one did get consumed though I have no clue by whom
as both Sinus and Phantom swear it was each other
and quite frankly I don't care to know who it was as I would have to think less of them for eating the stuff... I will say it here and now... white chocolate... not chocolate in my book
but all other little snack bars were intact and remain so even now... just not interested
and even more shocking is that I have had green vegetable juices twice this week
I carrot believe that I have done that
and while I am on the subject I am in need of vegetable puns so lettuce get working on that
ok maybe I am taking it a bit far now
but veg is my new best friend
So instead of beeting you up with more vegetable puns
I will reassure you it is not my only friend and I still love and adore chocolate
I just get it in a different form these days
and it is with this stuff ...Crio Bru brewed cocoa
awesome stuff and I have also done some illustrations for them which has been great fun
because the packaging is almost as delicious as the flavour
which is choc full of antioxidants and things
so wins all round... happy painting all... xx
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| Tuesday's blog post... |
and am going to attempt to get back into the twice weekly swing of blogging
and plan to use Tuesday blog posts for a bit more about how I do things,
what I use and some tips and tricks... maybe even some videos
so ask away if there is something you have always wanted to know
not saying I will get to it any time soon, but you never know... xx