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Tuesday, 6 August 2013

Cacao, Puffed RIce and Chia Seed Slice

They are gluten free, dairy free, nut free, refined sugar free and soy free

They are high in fibre, antioxidants, omega 3 and they taste soooo good!

What You Will Need -

A big mixing bowl

A baking tray and baking paper

A fridge

Now the following amounts were doubled and they still turned out great as I wanted to make a big batch and freeze some as they freeze well – so feel free to double up!

Ingredients -

2 cups of puffed rice ( I got mine by the scoop from my healthfood store – much better than the normal rice bubbles)

1 cup of dessicated coconut

1/8 cup of chia seeds

1/8 cup of coconut sugar

1/4 cup of coconut oil

3/4 cup of rice malt syrup

1/8 cup cacao

* NOTE – You can substitute rice malt syrup with RAW honey – make sure it’s a nice candied or thick honey and leave out the coconut sugar as it will be sweet enough!

Method

Whack all dry ingredients in a big mixing bowl

Melt the coconut oil, rice malt syrup and coconut sugar together (don’t let it get to hot, just so you can stir together and then take off heat) and add to bowl of dry ingredients

Moosh (yes, technical term) it around with your hands until it’s well combined

Press into a lined baking tin so it’s at least 1 cm thick and flatten with your hands

Pop in fridge to set and slice into bars when ready – store in the fridge.

Recipe care of Naughty New Age Mum

Thursday, 25 July 2013

Raw Chocolate Mousse Cake

You want to make this at home? Okay, so this is what you need:

Base:

1 cup soaked almonds (soak for 2 hours in water, then drain)

½ cup pitted dates

1 Tbsp Changing Habits Coconut Oil

¼ tsp Himalayan (or sea) salt

Middle Layer:

4-5 bananas

4-5 tablespoons Changing Habits Coconut Oil

1/2 cup desiccated coconut

2 tsp vanilla essence or 1 vanilla pod, scraped

Top Layer:

2 avocados

2 bananas

¼ tsp Himalayan (or sea) salt

3 Tbsp raw cacao powder

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 tsp raw honey

2 cacao wafers

And this is how you do it:

1. Place all base ingredients into TM on speed 10 for 5 seconds.

2. In a spring form round tin, press the mix into the base firmly and evenly.

3. Wipe out the TM and add all the ingredients for the middle layer. Blend on speed 8 for 10 seconds until smooth.

4. Pour this mixture into cake tin and spread evenly. Place tin in freezer to set the layer.

6. Meanwhile add the top layer ingredients into the TM and blend on speed 8 for 10 seconds until smooth.

7. Add this mixture to the tin and smooth to create a nice clean and even surface.

8. Garnish with some fresh fruit or berries.

9. Pop back into the freezer and leave to set for a couple of hours. This will make it easier to slice and serve.

If you don’t have a thermomix, your food processor and blender can be used in place of the thermomix.

by Kim Morrison and Cyndi O’Meara from 53 Shades of Chocolate.

Tuesday, 16 July 2013

Theraputic benefits of Turmeric

Turmeric turns the entire drug-based medical model on its head. Instead of causing far more side effects than therapeutic ones, as is the case for most patented pharmaceutical medications, turmeric possesses hundreds of potential side benefits, having been empirically demonstrated to positively modulate over 160 different physiological pathways in the mammalian body.