Cyndi's Organic Raw Vegan Chocolate Candy Recipe

Organic Raw Vegan Chocolate Candy

Super easy, super fast, super nutritious, super delicious

3 easy steps... Under 10 minutes

Ingredients:
All ingredients are raw and organic
Makes: 4
Time: 10 minutes

3 tbsp  Cocoa powder
4 tbsp  Almond butter
2 tbsp  Coconut Oil
2 tbsp cashew
2 tbsp shredded coconut
2 tbsp agave
1 tbsp honey

Prep: Crush your cashews in ur blender or food processor...

1.  Take 1 table spoon of almond butter, some coconut shreads, and cashews and roll into a ball... Do the same for the other 3 pieces, and set then in the freezer.

2. Take your coconut,agave, honey and chocolate and stir in a measuring cup until the coconut oil looks chocolate syrup.

3. lightly pour the mixture over the almond mounds and set in the freezer for a minute (or until chocolate is solidly covering your candy).  Repeat this process as often as you'd like until you reach your desired amount.

 You can drizzle a little honey over  for an extra sweetness yumminess :)

Tips: 
All ingredients can be purchased on amazon at a great price.
Store in your fridge

RAW VEGAN DELICIOUSNESS

Raw Organic Vegan Chocolate Candies 

       Raw Organic Vegan Chocolate "cheese" Cake.

 I love the idea of raw food. Being able to get as much  of the nutrition in a meal as possible is very important to me.  The fact that even desserts can be so nutritious and delicious is just awesome.  The fact that these recipes take just minutes and require no heat is a +++

The recipe for the chocolate vegan raw "cheese" cake can be found here :http://www.pure2raw.com/2012/02/raw-triple-chocolate-cheesecake-recipe/

but the organic raw candies are my creation and the recipe will be up  in the next post

Some of our 2012 Meals.

Baked Crispy Eggplant Recipe

 Eggplant, whole grain spaghetti, onions, Organic green and purple "leaves", Meatballs, and tomato based sauce. 

Crispy Baked Eggplant 

Ingredients: 

1 Large Eggplant 

4 large eggs

1 small white onion

1 small purple onion 

1 teaspoon Extra Virgin olive oil

Bread crumbs (if you want).

The following ingredients are based on your liking and taste.  I use about

 teaspoon of each.

Oregano  

Basil

Adobo 

powdered Garlic

Parsley 

Directions

1) Dice onions into small pieces 

2) Peel and cut eggplant into thin pieces. 

3) crack eggs into a bowl 

4) add your spices, herbs, and olive oil into your bowl with your eggs

5) Stir eggs 

6)place sliced eggplants into a pan (like a pyrex pan) 

7) pour your egg mixture into the eggplant pan and let the eggplant soak the mixture. 

8)Turn oven on to 425 Degrees 

9) Spray or spread a clean pan with olive or a pan spray. 

10 ) Sprinkle  onions and bread crumbs on each slice  and placed them on the clean pan 

11)Place pan in oven for 20 minutes or until the crumbs/onion looks golden and crispy. 

You can pour a small amount of tomato sauce and mozzarella  to turn it into an eggplant parmesana.  

CALLING ALL HOLISTIC EATERS.

 Hello friends!

I was wondering what your favorite Holistic/healthy meals and snacks.  I would love to hear about meals low in sugar and calories but high in nutrition.

For example;  Cabbage soup, cold cuts veggies with a side a spicy protein, Pumpkin almond muffins.


:)
Cyndi

10 Easy Steps to fight the Holiday flu , lbs, and blues.

1. Portion Control
Just because it's delicious doesn't mean you have to pile on the calories.  Try to stick to your normal portion size.  Did you know that the size of your closed fist is the size your meal should be? 


2. Home Made
  Instead of picking up desserts at your local market, make them from stretch.  When you make your food from scratch you are able to tweak or substitute your recipes. 


 For example a recipe for chocolate chip cookies called for  2 cups of all purpose flour, 1 cup of sugar, 1 egg, 1 cup of margarine, 1 table spoon of vanilla, and a bag of baking chocolate.  


A healthier version of this could be an organic and  range free egg or egg substitute,  1/2 a cup of natural organic butter, 1/2 a cup of organic coconut oil, Gluten free all purpose "flour"  (or whole wheat flour or unbleached all purpose flour),  1 cup of agave or honey or organic granulated sugar (instead of processed white sugar).  The substitute for the chocolate could be organic dark chocolate.

3. Always use a plate

Using a plate even for snacks allows your mind to see what your eating as food and not just a light snack.  Most holiday snacks are high in calories and fat so a few cookies  or  a slice of cake should be considered a meal as far as calories go. Once your mind is aware how much your eating it might be easier for it to tell you "I AM FULL!"

4. Nutrition
holiday season is also flu season so nutrition is super important.  Fill up on nutritious food before getting to the desert table.  Protein, nutritious veggies and fruits should be first.  

5. Listen to your body. 
Enjoy your meal chew throughly!  You might find that you don't want your entire plate of food if you slow down and listen to your body. 


6. Move
 Don't wait for the new year.  It's often harder to go on a "diet" after pigging out and laying about!   There is no reason to wait.  Make it a new family tradition to go on walks after dinner. If it's too cold out try indoor games that help you and your family move! :)  Just dance would be perfect! 


7. Holistic.
You maybe think it's hard to eat holistically but its a pretty simple concept... The idea of WHOLE. For example instead of peeling your potatoes when making mashed potatoes keep the skin!   The skin has a lot of minerals and fiber! When your eating a whole potato your eating it's whole nutrition :) See it's pretty simple!




8. WATER
I used to end up in the E.R around Jan every year from extreme dehydration.  Remember to drink water.  Water will help you stay hydrated and healthy.  Water helps keep your skin gorgeous and hydrated.  If your suffering for ashy or itchy skin you might be dehydrated and no matter what lotion you use you will continue to have this problem. Water is the cure :) 


9) Vitamins
During winter most of us lack a lot of the vitamins we get during the summer (Specifically Vitamin D.)
A human gets the vitamins D needed in 5 minutes by just driving or sitting next to a window.... If you are feeling blue or tired you might want to look into vitamins d or multi vitamin supplements.  Vitamins are very important during holiday seasons with  stress and flu suppressing out immune system. 


10) De-stress
Stress can suppress your immune system leaving you vulnerable to common cold or the flu.  Stress can also cause extra fat to accumulate around the stomach.  Ways to de-stress naturally: Massage, aroma therapy, exercise, warm baths,  and meditation.  I use lavender oil, warm baths and music (Kelly Sweet, Frank Sinatra, Classic Christmas songs, Medication music).