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New Year's Chocolate Pudding

Nothing like starting the New Year with a little decadent comfort food.

It's a mild Montreal morning. From my window, I see the snow reflected in the puddles in the street. And then there's silence, the absolute best part. It couldn't be a finer day to make chocolate pudding from scratch and eat it while it's still warm. This recipe brings back some childhood memories and is a huge hit with my kids.

Don't worry, there are only 194 calories in the quarter cup of sugar required, and it will be split among four servings, six servings if you're going to be a goodie goodie.

The entire recipe takes 10 minutes. Exact calorie count - if you divide it into four servings 157 calories, and if you divide it into six servings, 97 calories.

Homemade Chocolate Pudding

Utensils
You'll need a saucepan and a whisk.

Ingredients
4 tablespoons of cocoa, 1/4 cup of cornstarch, 1/4 cup of sugar and 2 3/4 cups of milk,
1 tsp vanilla and 1 tbsp of butter.

Instructions
1. Mix the cocoa, cornstarch and sugar in the saucepan.
2. Put saucepan on medium heat and add the milk to the mixture while continuously stirring.
3. Bring the mixture to a boil so that it thickens. Then remove from heat.
4. Stir in the butter and vanilla.

Serve it hot or cold. I prefer it hot in the winter. You'll see why.

Happy New Year! I have so many plans for 2012, and obviously, dieting isn't one of them.


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New Years News

Ringside View of Underside of Van Horne Overpass
New Years is celebrated a little differently when you have children, but it's still a time of thinking about future goals. I have just four days left of my eleven-day vacation, and other than blogging, I appear to have crossed out very little on my to-do list.

As this is my last year living on the Plateau, I decided that I would photograph some area murals before they were defaced and some little corners of my neighbourhood that I have fond memories of. Believe it or not, next to the train tracks and the Van Horne overpass, there are plenty of artistic undertakings.

Holding Up the Overpass
Day-of-the-Dead Style Mural













My husband and I have been working on a special project for about two months, a new visual blog that, in theory, was to require very little writing except for the basic template and a line or two about the work and artists we will be featuring. We hope to provide a daily visual fix for visual addicts.

Have I bitten off more than I can chew? I think so, but my husband seems to think that once I get the hang of it, I'll be able to knock off a post a day. At this particular point, I'm not so confident, but maybe it's just my pre-launch jitters.

Here's to jumping into a new project and the New Year feet first!

Happy New Year and please drop by our new blog: The Day's Visual Picks

Stay tuned for our official launch.










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