From the infrequently updated recipe files: Better Than Store-Bought Hot Chocolate Mix Mix in a cup or jug: 1/3 cup dry milk powder 1 heaping tsp cocoa powder 2 heaping tsp sugar Add 8 oz hot water. Stir. Enjoy. This is better and cheaper than the packaged varieties, and you know what’s in it, unlike the other stuff: sugar, modified whey, cocoa (processed with alkali), hydrogenated coconut oil, nonfat milk, calcium carbonate, less than 2% of: salt, dipotassium phosphate, mono- and diglyderides, artificial flavor, carrageenan. I ...

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From the infrequently updated recipe files: Better Than Store-Bought Hot Chocolate Mix Mix in a cup or jug: 1/3 cup dry milk powder 1 heaping tsp cocoa powder 2 heaping tsp sugar Add 8 oz hot water. Stir. Enjoy. This is better and cheaper than the packaged varieties, and you know what’s in it, unlike the other stuff: sugar, modified whey, cocoa (processed with alkali), hydrogenated coconut oil, nonfat milk, calcium carbonate, less than 2% of: salt, dipotassium phosphate, mono- and diglyderides, artificial flavor, carrageenan. I ...

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Found in our Theo Chocolates promotional newsletter this morning: "Sales of existing houses dropped more in Washington than anywhere else in the nation last quarter, compared with a year earlier, according to a new report. King County's median sale price also dropped roughly 10 percent from a year earlier." Who was saying that Seattle wasn't immune to, but typically lagged the national trends? With the drop, 57 percent of the state's first-time buyers have enough ...

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And now, some news that'll hopefully brighten your day:A grand jury in South Texas indicted U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and former attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Tuesday for "organized criminal activity" related to alleged abuse of inmates in private prisons.The indictment has not been seen by a judge, who could dismiss it.The grand jury in Willacy County, in the Rio Grande Valley near the U.S.-Mexico border, said Cheney is "profiteering from depriving human beings ...

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