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In this issue

Letter from the Editor

Sam sCook Guide

April 2012 Newslette

Feature : Benefits of chocolate

Three chocolate receipes

Pictorial : Day out for the Cook Guide team

The Wild with Emmanuel

The Chocolate Crossword Puzzle

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Letter from the Editoraders,

nother great month and we are proud to produce yet another copy of the Cook

e. It has been a short but great journey with overwhelming response from our

ers. We have had requests on some topics that we shall tackle as the year goes by.

month its all about chocolate. Many requests have been sent to us via email and

s asking us to give recipes on chocolate and cakes. In this issue we will have

ent articles from our writers on the benefits of chocolate and also give us some

es of some great deserts with chocolate.

y not be valentine but with your kids at home during the holidays how about you

them with chocolate!

e a wonderful and fun filled month!

antha Wainaina,

or Editor.

Contact us:

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Day out for the Editorial team

Marcus and Samantha during the Easy FMCampus tour

Senoir Editor and Smooth Poet

ANU Mass comm Group photo

Munene Hyagah and Samantha after the tour

Left: Emmanuel relaxing in the ANU Gardens

Right: Emmanuel and Senior reporter Sammy Ayiro


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Benefits

of

ChocolateBy Emmanuel Mulwa

Why is Dark Chocolate Healthy?

Chocolate is made rom plants, which means. It contains many o the health benefts o dark

vegetables. These benefts are rom avonoids, which act as antioxidants. Antioxidants protect

the body rom aging caused by ree radicals, which can cause damage that leads to heart

disease. Dark chocolate contains a large number o antioxidants (nearly 8 times the

number ound in strawberries). Flavonoids also help relax blood pressure through the

production o nitric oxide, and balance certain hormones in the body.

Heart Health Benefits of Dark Chocolate:

Dark chocolate is good or your heart. A small bar o it everyday can help keep your heart and cardiovascular

system running well. Two heart health benefts o dark chocolate are:

tLower Blood Pressure: Studies have shown that consuming a small bar o dark chocolate everyday

can reduce blood pressure in individuals with high blood pressure.

tLower Cholesterol: Dark chocolate has also been shown to reduce LDL cholesterol (the bad cholesterol)

by up to 10 percent.

Other Benefits of Dark Chocolate:

Chocolate also holds benefts apart rom protecting your heart:

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3 DELICIOUS CHOCOLATE RECIPESBrownies, trife, and thumbprint cookies!

Ganache Dark Fudgey Brownies

Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies1/2 cup butter, softened

2/3 cup sugar

1 egg, separated

2 tablespoons milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Heat oven to 350F. GrFBTFYYJODICBking pan.

Stir together cocoa and baking soda in large bowl; stir in 1/3 cup butter. Add boiling water, stir until mixture

completely. Stir in 1 cup chocolate chips. Pour into prepared pan. Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until brownies

begin to pull away from sides of pan. Cool completely in pan on wire rack.

Prepare CHOCOLATE GANACHE. Pour over brownies. Refrigerate 20 to 30 minutes. Cut intPJODITRVBres;

DVUTRVBres diagonally in half to form a triangle shape. Garnish with fresh strawberry, if desired. Makes 12

brownies.

CHOCOLATE GANACHE: Place 2 cups (12oz. package) SFNJSweet Chocolate Chips and 1 cup whipping

cream in microwaveTBfe bowl. Microwave at MEDIUM (50%) 30 seconds; stir. If necessary, microwave an

additional 30 seconds or until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth when stirred. Makes about 2 cups

ganache.

3/4 cup cocoa

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

2/3 cup butter or margarine, melted and divided

1/2 cup boiling water

2 cups sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/4 teaspoon salt

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CHOCOLATE GANACHE (recipe follows)

Fresh strawberries (optional)

Double Chocolate Mocha Trifle

1 (19.8 ounce) package brownie mix

1 3/4 cups cold milk

2 (3.3 ounce) packages instant white

chocolate pudding mix

Prepare brownies according to package directions. Bake and cool completely. Cut into 1 inch cubes.

granules in water and stir into pudding mixture. Fold in whipped topping. In a glass serving bowl, layer

oneUIJrd of brownie cubes, oneUIJrd of pudding mixture and oneUIJrd of candy. Repeat layering until all

ingredients are used. Chill 30 minutes in refrigerator before serving.

2 tablespoons warm water

2 cups frozen whipped topping, thawed

3 (1.4 ounce) bars chocolate covered

refrigerate for 1 hour or until or until easy to handle.

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in nuts. Place on greased baking sheets. Using a wooden spoon handle, make an indentation in center

of each cookie. Bake at 350 fPSNJOVtes or until center is set.

1/4 teaspoon into each warm cookie; gently press a chocolate kiss in the center. Carefully remove from

pans to wire racks to cool. Yield: 2 dozen.

1/3 cup baking cocoa

1/4 teaspoon salt

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Benefits

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Chocolate

Doesnt Chocolate Have a lot of Fat?

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Chocolate Tip 1 - Balance the Calories:

This inormation doesnt mean that you should eat a pound o chocolate a day. Chocolate is still aIJHIDBMPSJFIJHIGBUGPPE.PTUPGUIFTUVEJFTEPOFVTFEOPNPSFUIBOHSBNTPSBCPVUPVODFTo dark chocolate a day to get the benefts.One bar o dark chocolate has around 400 calories. I you eat hal a bar o chocolate a day, you mustbalance those 200 calories by eating less o something else. Cut out other sweets or snacks and replacethem with chocolate to keep your total calories the same.

Chocolate Tip 2 - Taste the Chocolate:Chocolate is a complex ood with over 300 compounds and chemicals in each bite. To really enjoy andappreciate chocolate, take the time to taste it. Proessional chocolate tasters have developed a systemor tasting chocolate that include assessing the appearance, smell, eel and taste o each piece.

Chocolate Tip 3 - Go for Dark Chocolate:

Dark chocolate has ar more antioxidants than milk or white chocolate. These other two chocolatescannot make any health claims. Dark chocolate has 65 percent or higher cocoa content.

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Did you know...

people spend more than $7 billion dollars a year on chocolate?

Americans eat almost hal o the worlds yearly supply o chocolate?Hawaii is the only U.S. state that grows cacao beans to produce chocolate?You may have heard that eating chocolate gives you energy. Is thatreally true? Check out these acts and decide or yoursel.

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THE WILDwith Emmanuel Mulwa

This week we take a look

at the great Ngong Hills

rom a distance and the

unset.

Chocolate Crossword Puzzle

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3. A Uconn Favorite - Chocolate Dipped ______ 1. Monsieur Dubisson of France invente

2. Building the Catering Oce is located

3. Civilizon where the history of choco

dates back to

5. These insects pollinate the cacao tree

6. Chocolate comes from this type of be

7. Created the rst known heart shaped

8. Chocolate drinks rst became popular in this

country

9. Melts in your mouthnot in your hands.

10. One of the Europeans credited for bringing

chocolate back to Europe

4. Produced the rst milk chocolate bar

10. What this en crossword is about

11. Dark, White and ________ chocolate

12. Chocolate _______ are great in cookies.

13. Chocolate oen contains this smulant.

14. Invented the steam engine for grind

15. Hershey's ___________

16. Largest popuon of cacao trees is f

__________ America

17. Melted chocolate you can dip items in

18. Using a hydraulic press to create cocoa

powder beans

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