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Thanks Toddh - I think if I ever buy another one cuisinart will be the way to go.

Well Harmony - where to start... In Novemeber we moved 200 miles from North England to South England and are still looking for a house to buy - each one we have made an offer on has gone to someone else. I got a job as a higher level teaching assistant which I started in January but when I started that wasn't what I was doing - I was given a timetable which was whole class teaching the whole time but being paid peanuts. I was so miserable there that with the additional hormones from unexpectedly finding I was pregnant in January started me off on a downward spiral into depression (which I am prone to) and I was signed off work from the job and handed my notice in. I started teaching full time and being paid for properly at another school which I am loving apart from having had no voice hthis week. Things are improving and I'm feeling a lot better. I have ordered myself a new raw cookbook to help get me back on track (I really really don't need any more but it seemed like a food way of helping

Well I ended up buying something totally different! A poor man's Thermomix from Lakeland as I still eat a lot of cooked food. I'm trying to get back to raw again but with everything else happening in my life at the moment it is a bit slow!! It works well as a processor though - I made the best raw brownies ever in it last weekend! Thanks for your help and advice though

OOOh I've been wanting to make a milk chocolate too so this is great.

I will need to do some experimenting too.

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/70538/Cuisinart-Easy-Prep-Pro-Food-Processor?src=crteo

Could you try date paste? I'm trying to use more of it (homemade) rather than store bought sweetners.