improve yourself recipes
Raw Chocolate
INGREDIENTS:
200g raw cacao butter
50-60g raw cacao powder (or to taste)
60 - 100g raw honey or pure maple syrup or rice malt syrup
1 tsp vanilla bean paste or natural extract 1/8 tsp fine sea salt
5 drops doTERRA essential oil
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THERMOMIX:
Chop cacao butter roughly with a knife on a chopping board. Place cacao butter into mixing bowl.
Mill 20 sec/speed 8.
Melt cacao butter for 10 mins/37°/speed 2, scraping down sides of bowl with spatula towards end of cooking time to ensure all the cacao butter is melted.
Add remaining ingredients to mixing bowl, blend on 4 for 10 seconds and then continue cooking 10 mins/37°/speed 1.
Mix chocolate 10 sec/speed 5 to blend honey or syrup in, then pour into lined dish or chocolate moulds or onto a tray for a thin chocolate bark.
Place in the freezer immediately to set, as it will separate if you set it at room temperature.
NON THERMOMIX INSTRUCTIONS:
Chop cacao butter as small as possible and then put in a food processer or blender of some sort and chop
Get a saucepan to boiling and then pop a glass bowl on top of saucepan but so the bottom of glass bowl isn’t touching the water
Slowly stir the chopped cacao butter until it melts, always continually stirring
Add all ingredients.
Once all ingredients are in continue to slowly mix together
The chocolate should have a nice sheen to it, glossy and smooth
As soon as its a good runny consistency then either pour into moulds or to create chocolate bark, pour onto oven tray with baking paper
Pop any ingredients on top if you want. I add small bits of paleo granola, goji berries or chopped nuts
Put in freezer for at least an hour or two
Hide from kids!
Infused Guacamole
2 Ripe avocadoes
Pinch of himalayian salt
2 drops of Lime essential oil
2 drops of Lemon essential oil
1 - 2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Option - add a sprig of coriander, 1/2 a tomato and/or tablespoon of purple onion
Blitz ingredients in blender or for chunkier texture mash with fork
Serve with raw vegetables & corn chips
Bliss Balls
60 grams cashews
60 grams macadamias
60 grams sunflower
60 grams sultana
120 grams medjool dates
3 - 5 Drops of doTERRA essential oil either Peppermint, OnGuard, Lemon or Wild Orange Blitz in food processor or Thermomix roll into balls
Coat with desiccated coconut if desired
Hommus
Ingredients
1 can organic chick peas (or dried chick peas soaked overnight)
½ fresh lemon
1 tsp Himalayan salt
1 clove garlic water / oil
5 drops dōTERRA Lemon oil
Method
Juice one lemon Add drained chick peas, lemon juice and salt into blender Blitz until smooth
Add essential oils and olive/avocado oil or water to reach desired consistency
Lavender Lemonade
Ingredients
1 cups freshly squeezed lemon juice, pits removed, pulp added
1/2 cup local honey
1 drop doTERRA Lavender essential oil
2 drops doTERRA Lemon essential oil
6 cups of filtered water
Directions
Squeeze lemons and put into a glass pitcher {always use glass with essential oils and citrus juices}, including the lemon pulp.
In a small saucepan, combine the honey and 1/2 cup of water.
Heat honey mix over a very low heat, stirring until the honey has combined with the water, creating a syrup.
Add essential oils to the honey syrup {not the water!}.
Pour the honey syrup into the lemon juice, and add 6 cups of water.
Stir well and serve over a bit of ice.