The Goddess Deluxe Chocolate Smoothie

                                         Who needs love - I'd rather fall in chocolate!


THE GODDESS DELUXE CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY AND ACAI SMOOTHIE
                                    a medley of South American Super Foods!

    Be a Goddess (or a God!) have Chocolate for breakfast!  
                  
   It's a super food!  Revered as The Food of the Gods!

Cacoa pods

"The divine drink, which builds up resistance and fights fatigue. A cup of this precious drink permits a man to walk a whole day... without food." Montezuma, Aztec Emperor



Something about this South American Super Food cocktail makes me feel all sexy and hot! With Cacoa (aka cocoa) from Peru and Acai berries from the Amazon rainforest, you can't help but get where I'm coming from, right?
    I lived on this smoothie, having it for breakfast almost everyday, when I was living in LA . It's decadent, delicious, nutritious and fun! Cacoa contains caffeine so you get a nice natural buzz and the Acai adds a sweet yet tart berry flavour. Both cacoa and Acai are full of antioxidants. Acai also contains lots of omega fats and amino acids - basically there's loads of good stuff in this that your body will love!

     

Ingredients:

2 or less cups of frozen raspberries
1/4 cup dates (soak them in warm water fist to soften)
2 tb almond butter
2 tb Acai powder
1 tb cacao powder
1 tb cacao nibs
1 tsp vanilla powder extract
Handful of spinach (or kale)
A small handful of coriander
Lots of coconut water  (depending on how thick you want it!)

Add a few ice cubes. Blend together. Pour and enjoy!

"What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate" Catherine Hepburn. 

Twice Blessed Muffins!

Twice Blessed Muffins!


Gluten and Guilt Free!


"The quality of mercy is not strain'd
It droppeth  as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest;
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes:"

- The Merchant Of Venice by Shakespeare 


Emotional eating? Guilty! But the years have showed me that denial is not the way, it just leads to inevitable misery.  I think the best approach is damage limitation. So, as a Virgo who likes to be prepared, I try to have a stash of these guilt free muffins on hand because I know that it's not a matter of  if I need cake, but when I need cake (usually when I'm watching Netflicks at the end of a crappy day). They're also a great substitute for your morning breakfast pastry.

This recipe is from the book  "Meals that Heal Inflammation" by  Julie Daniluk

Ingredients - makes 12

2 1/2 cups of almond flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp sea salt
1 tbsp cinnamon
1 tbsp vanilla powder or essence

1/2 cup of olive oil
1/2 cup of maple syrup or raw liquid honey
3 eggs
1 cup of blueberries or raspberries ( fresh or frozen)


Preheat oven to 150 degrees Celsius.
Line your standard 12 cup muffin tin with paper cases.
In a medium bowl mix the dry ingredients together.
In another bowl whisk the eggs and mix in the rest of the wet ingredients.
Add the wet ingredients to the bowl of dry ingredients.
Fold in the berries until they are evenly distributed throughout the batter.

Divide the batter between the muffin cups.
Bake the muffins in the oven for 15 minutes then rotate and bake for another 15 minutes.
Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Once cooled, store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.