National Chocolate Chip Day

Did you know, May 15th is National Chocolate Chip Day? Sounds good to me. I make my own KETO Nut Brickle with chocolate chips; the ‘Stevia’ variety.

Here is the SIMPLE recipe:

4 oz. Lily’s Stevia Chocolate Chips
5 oz. Mixed Salted Nuts
2 teaspoons MCT oil
1 level teaspoon Keto sweetener (sugar substitute)

How to make it: Weigh out and melt your chips (inside a glass measuring jug) and microwave on medium power for 1 minute and thirty seconds. Next, mix in the MCT oil and the powdered sweetener. Then add the nuts, and mix well.

Get a regular dinner plate, cover with parchment paper and spread out the mixture and pat it down level.

Stick in the freezer for about an hour or so. Take out and break up into pieces.

May Special Reads:

I’d love for you all to check out these books:

Stollen Kisses – by Lia Huni

I might have bitten off more than I can chew…
When I found out my boyfriend was married, I did what any rational math teacher would do: I took a job across the country in Rotheberg, the “Alpine Jewel of Oregon.”

I can live with the town’s weird obsession with The Sound of Music, and who would complain about beer fests every weekend?

But when my principal assigns me a baking class, I know I need help. I teach calculations, not cooking.

Rotheberg’s golden boy, Dylan Mead, should be the solution to my equation. The culinary genius is handsome, loaded, and would do anything for his hometown.

Helping me teach a bunch of kids to bake brownies should be a piece of cake. Except he wants to demolish my classroom to build his bakery.
But you know what? I’m not about to throw in the towel and return to Virginia, so the culinary class is my only option. I’m not going to let a silver-spooned pastry chef torch my class. And I’m definitely not going to let him steal my heart.
Watch out, Dylan Mead–this mathematician’s got your number.

Running From The Rain – by Neffie Rae

When Savannah Woodward runs away from her abusive, cheating boyfriend, Keith, she doesn’t expect to find Curtis—another broken soul—on the side of the road.

Nor does she expect to spend the next few days of her life in his arms, blissfully happy. But Savannah can’t outrun Keith forever.

When an accident happens leaving her without her father and her mother hospitalized, Savannah has nowhere to go but back to him. After four long years, Savannah finally gets another chance at happiness when Keith unknowingly hires Curtis.

Still in love with her, Curtis isn’t about to let Savannah slip away again. And after Savannah sees Curtis again, it only reaffirms what she’s been trying to hide and forget, her own love for him. When Curtis offers her a lifeline, for her own sake and that of their child, Savannah grabs a hold with both hands.

Now Savannah finally has a chance to enjoy life and be happy with a good man. But Keith isn’t giving up so easily, and his reach is long and terrifying.

Death in Paris – by Kate Darroch

Màiri Maguire teaches in top schools all over the world, but on days like today she had never left Glasgow!

8:10 a.m. on 15th August 1970. They’ve been in Paris only 12 hours. Lianna is locked up in jail, charged with murder. Màiri is being hunted by murderous criminals. She never dreamt that travelling outside Scotland would be so dangerous. Will Màiri ever again see her comfy home in Merrylea, her loving sisters Morag and Katriona, her schoolboy nephew Niall?

Major Ellis Peverel seldom leaves Màiri’s side. Respected by the Paris police, shrouded in secrets, who is this man? Is he a true friend to Màiri, or does he have an agenda of his own?

find the murderer. Can she free Lianna in time? Or must she choose between her friend’s freedom and her own livelihood… if she’s still alive.