Chocolate tarts

I lost my sense of weekends from weekdays. It's funny how the busy period is making it more difficult to keep the mind off things, completely going against the nature of how the mind is supposed to work. Just like how when you are so drained out and lethargic to the point of being almost lifeless, and you lie in bed unable to fall asleep, and the more you try, the harder it gets. Desperately sickening.

Maybe it's due to the lack of sleep, or maybe the massive amount of junk food, the throat is starting to feel a tad sore. And so for those of you who like me are victims of the "heatiness", I give you my best unconventional cure - chocolate. Yes go ahead and have copious amount of water, but in my opinion, chocolate is the best medicine. 

Chocolate is a good source of antioxidants - the antioxidant content of chocolate is actually four times that in tea! The fat in chocolate can help the immune system and outwit cytokines by reducing your susceptibility to infections and inflammation. With a quick search, I found out that chocolate can actually reduce coughing as it contains theobromine which suppresses activity in the vagus nerve. This same chemical substance triggers the release of endorphins that act like a natural antidepressant, relieving us of the blues. Plus it's so yummy, you're bound to feel better after consuming some.

I decided to make some chocolate tarts. I assure you I felt better instantly after my first bite. The crust was intentionally made super thin so I could pour more of that chocolate ganache into the tart cavity. I was in chocolate heaven. Yep, all the sore gone, all gone. (: