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Chocolate Covered Strawberries

You don’t have to shell out the big bucks at Godiva® to make it a romantic evening with your sweetie.  All you need is a microwave (or a double boiler), some dark chocolate (70% to 85% cacao solids), some strawberries, and some love. And if there’s a better way to show your love than with these two great sources of antioxidants, I’d like to hear it. In fact, if you’re single, this is a much better way to love yourself than with that pint of Ben and Jerry’s®

• 1 dark chocolate bar (3 oz.), 70% to 85% cacao solids(Not Cheap but worth it)
• 1 pint large strawberries (about a dozen)

Microwave chocolate in microwave-safe bowl, or melt in double boiler on stove.  Holding the strawberry by the stem, dip in melted chocolate to lightly coat. Set aside on plate or wax paper to cool.  When chocolate has hardened, serve (or if you can’t wait, dip and eat, and call it chocolate fondue!).  Serves 2.

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Nutritional information (per serving):

It’s weird because I don’t feel guilty when I know that I’m getting a good amount of protein and fiber out of chocolate covered strawberries.   Don’t eat these

This is a the most fun I have had in a workout since Kenpo X but that’s only if you like jumping.  The video consists of almost 1 hour of non stop cardio jumping.   A lot of people always ask me if you can get hurt doing P90x and I say no unless you don’t stretch properly.  You can get hurt doing anything but I guess this would be the workout out of all the DvD’s.  In this workout you will need nothing besides a lot more room than usually needed and 8 ft ceilings.  No weights, no bands, no pull up bar!  I always loved this workout because I play soccer and man does it get your legs ready for running.  After about a 6 minutes stretch your flight begins and doesn’t stop for 45 minutes straight.

Consisting of more than 30 explosive, high-intensity jumping moves, this effective cardio routine has been proven to dramatically improve athletic performance.  Also known as the “jump training” workout, the P90X Plyometrics routine will push you to your limits and beyond.

Tony starts you off slow by doing several squats and several