UMM!! It's National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day!

Chocolate--one of life's greatest pleasures and today we get to celebrate the bittersweet variety. Recently some studies have shown that dark chocolate has anti-oxidants that help "protect blood vessels, promote cardiac health, and prevent cancer. Chocolate also releases serotonin in the brain which produces feelings of pleasure in a similar way to sunlight. Although chemicals are released in certain areas of the brain, chocolate does not contain a significant amount of these chemicals so as to harm or affect human behavior. " (The previous quotes were taken from Wikipedia, the Free On-Line Encyclopedia.)

Dark chocolate, which happens to be my favorite kind, deserves to have a day dedicated to it in my opinion. And then if you add almonds, one of my favorite nuts, well could there be anything better? It is something for which I definitely thank God!