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Snacks/Treats

Healthy Gut Loving Hot Chocolate

I am a chocolate Lover!

Are you?

It is the middle of winter here in Europe and what is often our ‘go to’ comfort drink when it is super cold or even snowing outside is HOT CHOCOLATE!

Therefore, it was essential that I found a way to indulge my senses, please my family, but ensure we were having health supporting treats rather than junk.

Thereby let me share with you my:

 

Healthy Gut Loving Hot Chocolate

 Recipe: Makes 2 cups

 

Ingredients                

  • Almond mylk or your favourite nut mylk- I usually either make my own recipe here, or purchase an organic one

  • 2 x Separated organic egg yolks- I save the whites for later and add in an omelette mix, as they need to be cooked thoroughly. *Note: whites are toxic if uncooked.

  • 4 Tablespoons of organic cacao powder

  • 1 Tablespoon of grass fed collagen- learn why I use this here

  • 1 teaspoon of  natural sweetener eg: maple syrup, honey or 3 drops of stevia – (optional)

Healthy hot chocolate
Gut Loving Hot Chocolate

Method

  • Pour the mylk into a pot and start to warm on low heat

  • Add the egg yolks and begin to whisk in gently

  • Add the cacao powder and continue to whisk

  • While gently whisking, slowly pour in the collagen powder

  • Add natural sweetener eg. maple syrup, stevia, or honey

  • Stir all together and then pour into your favourite mug

Enjoy!

With love, Jodie xx

Gluten Free Banana Bread

Banana

 

Bananas are not only delicious prebiotic foods but they contain potassium, magnesium and the amino acid L-tryptophan, which supports the healthy production of our neurotransmitters, serotonin and melatonin.

The following recipe in addition to my Banana Pikelets,  are two of the many recipes I use bananas in that are Bees family favourites!  

 

GF BANANA BREAD

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 bread loaf tin- roughly 15-27cm in size
  • 4 ripe bananas
  • 4 organic eggs
  • 2 tsp of cinnamon
  • 1 tsp of nutmeg
  • 1 cup of banana flour
  • 1 cup of chopped walnuts
  • 1 whole walnut- to place on top of the bread 🙂
  • 1/3 cup of melted coconut oil
  • 2 Tbs raw organic honey (can use rice syrup or maple syrup)
  • 1 tsp of organic vanilla powder
  • 1 tsp of baking powder
  • Organic butter to grease / or sheet of baking paper

 

METHOD

  • Preheat your oven to 180 degree celsius.
  • Grease the bread loaf tin- or line with baking paper
  • Blend bananas, eggs, honey, vanilla and coconut oil- I use stick hand blender, until it becomes like a smoothie consistency
  • Then stir through baking powder and cinnamon, continue to blend
  • Add walnuts and then sift through the flour
  • Once stirred thoroughly, pour into baking loaf tin
  • Top it with a walnut
  • Bake in the oven for 30min or until a fork in the middle comes out clean
  • Allow to cool and serve when desired 🙂

We normally serve it with delicious grass fed organic butter- enjoy!!

With Love, Jodie

Jaffa Goodness- Wild Orange + Cacao Balls

Bliss Balls- sound exactly how they make you feel- blissful.

With that delicious nutritious hit of cacao and the uplifting, mood enhancing effect of doTERRA’s wild orange pure food grade essential, not to mention the jaffa taste with every bite, these balls are a must create!!

INGREDIENTS:

  • 12 pitted dates, soaked in boiling water for 10mins, then drained
  • 1 cup almond meal/ or ground blanched almonds
  • 1/3 cup coconut oil, melted
  • 1⁄4 cup raw cacao powder
  • 1tsp pure vanilla powder
  • 8 drops of doTERRA wild orange essential oil
  • 1 cup of desiccated coconut for coating

METHOD:

  • Blend dates, vanilla and coconut oil in blender until smooth
  • Add remaining ingredients and then continue to process until smooth
  • Pour mix out and form into a balls
  • Pour desiccated coconut on a flat surface and then roll the balls in the desiccated coconut until coated
  • Pop in fridge until set 🙂
  • Enjoy with a cup of nourishing herbal tea mindfully or shared with loved ones

With love,

Jodie

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