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Gaia's Larder.  Where's the meat?

Love chocolate bars

12/14/2020

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Ingredients:
2 Cups of Cacao powder.
225 ml of coconut oil.
3/4 Cup of maple, guava or honey. 
Pinch of Himalayan salt.
Berry protein powder.
5 Succulent chopped dates.
Handful of Sunflower seeds.
Handful of walnuts chopped.

Method
Create a  bain-marie using two saucepans place the larger pan beneath the smaller pan adding enough water to hold the smaller pan with out the water moving up the sides and spilling over. This method surrounds food with a very gentle heat, warming delicate dishes such as making chocolate as we are doing here. 

Start by adding the coconut oil, once melted add the cacao and the rest of the ingredients taking your time as you mix each ingredient in, finally add the maple syrup, guava or honey to taste.

Pour out the chocolate into moulds or on a baking tray and let the chocolate mix set.
Keep refridgerated. The chocolate is so rich you will only need a small nugget DAILY!
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Benefits of Cacao
1.  40 Times the Antioxidants of BlueberriesI

2.  Highest Plant-Based Source of Iron
3.  Full of Magnesium for a Healthy Heart & Brain
4.  More Calcium Than Cow’s Milk
5.  A Natural Mood Elevator and Anti-Depressant
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Lemon, ginger & honey shots

12/14/2020

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Ingredients:
1 lemon
1 Teaspoon of ginger
1 Teaspoon of honey.
Hot water

This is really simple to do and the benefits are very powerful.I particularly enjoy a shot before yoga and then make a flask to sip through the day.

Studying Ayurvedic medicine in Regents College London back in the day the King & Queen of all herbs was ginger and almonds. 
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Ginger has many benefits, including
  • Reduces the sensation of pain
  • Helps with nausea
  • Uplifting scent
  • Relieves flatulence
  • Induces sweating
  • Stimulates digestive fire to help break down & assimilate nutrients with more ease
  • Helps clear mucus
  • Soothes fragile nerves
  • Increases the secretion of saliva
  • Gets circulation flowing.
  • Clears the arteries.


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