Tag: cacao
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Butter Bean, Banana & Beetroot Brownies
When it comes to making healthier flourless muffins, cakes and brownies, getting the right consistency can be difficult… When it works however, there’s cause for celebration, as the result is something that cooks well, tastes delicious, and is 100% good for you! Butter beans are high in potassium, magnesium and plant-based protein, making them an…
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Chocolate Miso Mousse
If you haven’t yet tried pairing the umami saltiness of miso paste with chocolate, you’re in for a treat. The fermented bean often used in Asian cooking adds a flavour to cacao or dark chocolate that creates an almost salted caramel – like flavour. Coupled with the fact that miso is of course entirely more…
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Banana, Beetroot & Cocoa Dessert
This dessert is perfect for when your muscles have been working extra hard and require a nutrient boost. Full of magnesium, potassium, nitric oxide, protein and antioxidants, this little pud is a pot of genuine superfood goodness. As a bonus, there are also lots of mood and energy-enhancing ingredients here too to keep you going.…
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Overnight Hormone Balancing Breakfast
With simple yet powerful ingredients, this breakfast is easy to prepare and provides a healthy dose of hormone balancing benefits. The healthy fats, plant based protein and natural sweetness help balance mood and energy levels, and can be left to set overnight so you can grab and go in the morning! INGREDIENTS 2 tbsp chia…
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Vegan Fat Bars
To balance mood and hunger levels, good quality healthy fats are essential, especially when it comes to hormones or women’s overall health. After the ‘low fat’ craze of the 1980s and ‘90s, much of the ‘healthy’ food in supermarkets is still marked as low fat, but it turns out this low fat food is actually…
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Plant Powered Antioxidant Pudding
‘Antioxidant’ it a word that gets thrown around a lot. We’re told antioxidants are good for us, but what do they actually do? To put it simply, antioxidants slow the process of ageing, which means the body and mind stay in good condition for longer, and it’s easier for toxins to be released from the…
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Mini Chia & Blueberry Chocolate Pots (vegan + low sugar)
Perfect for parties, picnics, and when you’re looking to serve something as a healthy option at your next get-together. These nutritious little pots are full of fibre, plant based protein, antioxidants, healthy fats and are a great low sugar dessert, breakfast or snack. If you’re going to eat this for breakfast, simply store a large…
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Low Sugar High Protein Black Bean Brownies
If brownies are one of life’s greatest pleasures to you, then perhaps you also feel that a brownie with health benefits, protein and hardly any sugar is a pretty good thing too…. With the wonderful classic brownie texture, this recipe makes a big batch of filling and satisfying snacks that can also be eaten for…
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The Mood Booster Smoothie
After a week of teaching Yoga, providing massage and aromatherapy, and cooking for a group out in Ibiza, I left with not only some wonderful memories, contacts and a pretty good sun tan, but also a whole host of new recipe ideas and a few smoothies marked out as obvious favourites amongst the guests. One…
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Raw + Vegan Chocolate Cherry Shots
A wonderful little treat for a summer gathering, fancy-looking-but-secretly-simple dessert, or a sweet little shot of chocolately goodness all for yourself. This recipe can be made in minutes, is genuinely packed FULL of healthy ingredients, healthy fats, mood boosting nutrients, and plant based goodness, and looks as good as it tastes! Ingredients (makes 12…
