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Emergency Chocolate Pudding

I have been in Italy now for three weeks and love, love, loving it!  I packed quite light and did not bring much in the way of food items over here.  Just my Vitamineral Green Powder, some Wildbars for travel emergencies, and green stevia powder to make my VMG a bit more appetizing.  I haven’t really been missing much, but what I do miss is raw chocolate and yerba mate.

I am staying in a small town in Sicily with very little imports.  I have discovered a ton of gluten free treats here, but they are full of preservatives and sugar, sugar, sugar.  Continue reading

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Goji-cacrack balls

I have pretty much lived off these all week….I guess that is what happens when I order cacao nibs, hemp seeds, and goji berries in bulk and then don’t make time to buy fresh veggies!  HA HA.  But at least I was feasting on some good stuff!

Cacao is a full of antioxidants, and trace minerals like magnesium and iron.

Hemp seeds are a  perfect balance of Omega 3, 6, and 9 (the Essential Fatty Acids), and  a good source of magnesium, iron, zinc, and potassium. Continue reading

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Holy Choco Shake

4 frozen bananas
3/4 cup of hemp milk (you can use almond milk or coconut water instead too)
3 heaping TBLS of cacao powder
2 heaping TBLS of carob powder
1 heaping TBLS of maca ( I used Healthforce Nutritions vanilla spice macaforce)
little dash of stevia

All of this in your Vitamix or other blender.  Yummm!

Makes one supersized serving or 2-3 smaller servings of energizing deliciousness.

One happy customer of the Joy and Vibe room.

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Navitas Organic Superfood Chocolate Kit

This is the best thing ever!

I don’t know about you, but if I buy anything Cacao/chocolate I am lucky if any of it makes it back to my house with me.

With this super-easy kit I can make the chocolate whenever I want, but I actually get to think about if I really want it since it does take some time and effort (but not much!)



5 easy directions & all ingredients included in the box!





Step 1

Use a knife to shave cacao butter into thin pieces and place into small bowl.

(I used a veggie peeler for most of it).




Step 2

Put very hot water into a larger bowl and place the smaller bowl with the shavings into larger bowl.  Set aside until melted.

(does not take very long, and I like to stir the cacao as it melts to move it along).




Step 3

Add the powder packet to the melted butter and mix until smooth.

Pour into molds and sprinkle berries on top!

(I used my ice cube molds),





Step 4

Freeze until solid  (This happens very quick!)

Step 5

Pop out of mold and enjoy!!!!!!!






Quick and Delicious and I feel like Suzy homemaker making my own chocolates.

What a great thing to bring to a gathering, too!  Oh, I just brought my homemade raw chocolate, no biggie..

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Choco Chip Raw Balls

This was a little Oh my goodness I have a sweet tooth and I must have something right now! concoction.


Shredded coconut
Dates
Cacao nibs
1 tbls almond butter
1 tbls raw honey  (you can use any sweetener of your choice)
dash of salt
1 tsp vanilla

Combine all into a food processor, except cacao nibs, until well mixed.  Then stir in the cacao nibs by hand.

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If you don’t have a food processor (or don’t just don’t feel like pulling it out) chop the dates by hand and then stir all ingredients up in a big bowl.

Once mixed either by hand or machine use an ice cream scooper or a spoon or your hand to form into balls.

Keep in the refrigerator for best keep (or freezer).

Enjoy!

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