A Few Things I Can’t Live Without

So, although I am writing a book about chocolate, I don’t actually want to LOOK like I am.

And sitting in front of a computer for 12-14 hours a day is not helping matters.

In my cupboards and my belly are:

NAKED GREEN JUICE—

One of my friends introduced me to this when we were in Las Vegas. And not only did it get me through the rest of the debaucherous Vegas trip, but through all the rough times since—countless hangovers, Stampede partying, early and long flights to Central America and now this. Basically, whenever you are treating your body like shit, slam back one of these babies and you will feel…well, better.

It has apples, kiwis, bananas, mangoes, pineapple, spirulina, chlorella, blue green algae, garlic, barley grass, ginger and parsley. But that’s not why I like it.

I like it because it tastes delicious. It has all those healthy things in it, but it does not *taste* like spinach or blue green algae. I think that's important in a yucky-looking juice.



OIL OF OREGANO

The only good thing that one of my ex-boyfriends ever did for me was introduce me to this magic wonder--A literal medicine chest in a bottle. It is good against bacterial, fungal, viral and parasitic infections. I have used it from everything to stave off colds, heal mosquito bites, deal with toe fungus and keep mosquitoes away...you name it.

Five drops under the tongue every morning and you will feel like a Superhero. It's kind of like wearing a Superman suit under your real-person clothes.



SPOONFED SOUP

First, you have to admit your powerlessness over soup. Then you can join the Spoon Federation. And why wouldn’t you want to?! These ridiculously *delicious* soups are organic, home-made, locally-sourced AND DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR DOOR.

That’s right. TO YOUR DOOR.

And they come in the most delightful and unusual flavour combinations. Even more endearing, each soup has been named and has a story behind it. You get ‘introduced’ to each of the soups in a weekly email. Each one litre jar lasts about two hearty meals. So for about twenty bucks, I have my lunches for an entire week.

Throw in some heavenly home-made crackers, the fact that they recycle your previous weeks' jars and some *cute* delivery boys and you have yourself the marketing *genius* of Spoonfed Soup.

And of course, because one can’t leave on Spirulina alone, there is:

THE BETTER-THAN-BRAD-PITT BROWNIE:



To get you through the lonely nights.