Cacao Drink – This drink is a great way to start the day. An excellent alternative to coffee, cacao is brimming with antioxidants and energy. Try your own variation by adding vanilla, cinnamon or other superfoods – ice in summer and warm chocolate in winter. (Serves 1 to 4 people.)
3 tbsp. Cacao Nibs
1 tbsp. Cacao Powder
3 tbsp. Hempseed
2 tbsp. Artisana Coconut Butter
1 tbsp. Maca Powder
3 to 4 cups water (unsweetened fresh coconut water is the best, if available)
2 – 3 tbsp. Agave Nectar, or Manuka Honey, or Honey Dew Honey (my personal favorite)
Blend all the ingredients well. Sprinkle a few nibs to float on the top of each glass. Enjoy.
Raw Organic WoW Chocolate
1 cup melted Coconut Oil
¼ cup Cacao Butter
1 cup Cacao Powder
¼ cup Tahini
¼ cup Cashew Butter
¼ cup (or to taste ) Agave Nectar, Honey Dew or Manuka Honey
Pinch of Himalayan salt
Melt the coconut oil in a glass bowl set in hot water or at room temperature over 80 F. Grate in the cacao butter and stir until melted. Stir in the cacao powder. You can soften the nut butters in the same hot water and then fork blend them into the mix. Mix all the ingredients well.
Pour spoonfuls of this liquid chocolate on slices of fresh organic pineapple (or dip whole strawberries into it) and harden in the refrigerator. Or as an alternative, pour onto a teflex sheet in a glass pan to about ¼ to ½ inch thick. Add thin slices of a favorite fruit like straw berries or whole blueberries plus crumbled macadamia nuts or walnuts. Refrigerate for an hour, then peel off teflex and bite into the Best Chocolate you have ever tasted!
Cacao Coconut Candy
Empty the contents of an 8 oz jar of coconut butter into a mixing bowl. Mix in ¼ cup of cacao nibs and ¼ cup of Agave Nectar. Mix well. Spread out in a glass pan, score to the desired size pieces and refrigerate. Remove when hard and enjoy. You can also add mint, goji berries or other favorites.
Coconut Goji Fudge
½ cup Wild Crafted Goji Berries, chopped in a food processor
2 cups Artisana Coconut Butter
¼ cup (or to taste) Agave Nectar, Honey Dew or Manuka Honey
Mix thoroughly, then chill until the fudge sets.
Raw Hummus
Soak 1 cup Raw Organic Almonds overnight, drain and rinse well
1 cup Artisana Tahini
½ medium onion, chopped
1 clove garlic
1 lemon, juiced
shake of Himalayan salt
Put all the ingredients in a good blender (like a Vitamix) with just a little water, only adding the minimum amount of water needed to blend it into a smooth medium-thick paste.
Anyaa’s Recipe for Raw Chocolate Smoothie
1 Tblsp Cacao Nibs (ground in coffee grinder)
1 Tbsp Flax seeds (ground in a coffee grinder)
2 Tblsp Raw Hemp Seed
1 Tblsp Maca
1 Tblsp. Cacao Powder
1 Tbsp VitaMineral Green powder
(All the above ingredients can be mixed together in advance and stored in the refridgerator for future use…this mix also travels well)
1 oz sweetener agave or active New Zealand honey (or more to taste)
1 Tblsp organic, raw coconut butter or coconut oil (melted in a bowl of hot water)
1 cup coconut water (fresh coconut juice) or (Coconut milk kefir and/or milk kefir or water)
1 heaping Tbsp goji berries plus a little of the soak water
½ banana and ½ pear or a few strawberries or other fruit combo in season.
Blend and enjoy!
No Bean Hummus
2 medium zucchini, chopped
2-5 garlic cloves
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 cup lemon juice
1-2 tsp. Himalayan sea salt
1/4 tsp. cayenne
1 1/2 tsp. paprika
Blend above ingredients unitl smooth. Add 3/4 cup Hemp Seed. Blend again until smooth. Add 3/4 cup Tahini and blend again. Garnish with parsley and paprika. Serve with celery sticks, cucumber slices or what ever you desire!
Dulse Sprout Salad
1/2 cup Dulse, scissor snipped to bite size
2 cups of your favorite sprouts
1/4 cup chopped scallions
1/4 cup diced red bell pepper
1/2 stalk celery, diced
1/4 cup chopped avocado
Dressing
1 tsp. lemon juice
1 tsp tamari
Mix vegetables and toss with dressing - And Enjoy!
Dulse Ginger Tahini Dip
1/2 cup dulse powder
1/2 cup raw tahini
3 Tblsp raw ginger juice
Blends well and serve with your favorite dipping vegetables or as a spread.
