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Beauty Enhancing Chocolate Mousse

25/8/2013

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This dessert is so simple and easy to make, but tastes absolutely delicious! All you will need is a food processor and the right ingredients to make this nourishing dish.

Ingredients:

4 tbsp Cacao
1 Avocado
4 Bananas
3 tbsp Almond nut Butter
1 cup Pecans
2 cups Organic dried dates
1 tsp Agave syrup

To garnish:
Desecrated coconut 
Cacao Nibs
Chia seeds

Simply blend all the ingredients in a food processor, and then put the mousse in the fridge for at least 2 hours to achieve the right texture.  Serve and then garnish however you wish!  I served mine with fresh berries and cashew nut butter.

This chocolate mousse contains many beauty superfoods, qualifying it as a "beauty enhancing" treat which both your body and your taste buds will thank you for.

The avocado is rich in protective antioxidants and essential fatty acids and helps to keep skin plump and smooth. Eating avocado can also help replenish the protective layer of fatty acids that surrounds skin cells, keeping moisture in and preventing dehydration.

Cacao powder aids in weight loss, promotes healthy skin and is high in antioxidants.  It is also a great source of Iron and Magnesium, both of which are especially important for the detoxification of the skin. Iron is essential for circulation in the skin, delivering a sufficient amount of other minerals, vitamins, macronutrients (nutrients needed in large quantities) and water to the skin via the blood.
aids in weight loss, promotes healthy skin and is high in antioxidants. 

Bananas are rich in vitamin A, B and E and hence works as an anti-aging agent.  They are also great for achieving shiny hair!

Chia seeds are the highest natural source of omega-3s, a type of fatty acid that benefits your skin by helping to strengthen cell membranes barriers that allow water and nutrients in while keeping toxins out.

Almond nut butter can help keep your body lean and trim when incorporated into a healthy diet. This tasty spread is also packed with vitamin E, manganese and selenium, which help keep your hair shiny. The vitamin E in almonds and almond butter can also help protect your skin from the sun's damaging UV rays. 

Pecans contain about 2.7 grams of fiber in 1 ounce, and fibre can do wonders for your appearance, as it flushes out excess toxins and waste.

What more could you want from an indulgent chocolatey dessert?


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Superfood Cacao and Banana Brownies

19/8/2013

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These gluten and dairy free brownies are packed full of goodness as well as tasting absolutely delicious.  I made these last night for my family and they all loved them.  We ate them round the fire-pit for a perfect (and guilt-free) summer evening treat!








For the brownie mixture you will need:
  • 2 cups of organically dried figs
  • 4 bananas
  • 1 avocado
  • 2 cups of walnuts
  • 1 cup almonds
  • 2 tbsp coconut oil
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup rice milk
  • 1/2 cup desecrated coconut
  • 1 tsp agave syrup
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 cup coconut flour

To garnish:
  • 1/2 cup cacao nibs
  • desecrated coconut
  • mixed berries

For the "icing":
  • vanilla soy yoghurt
  • coconut flour

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STEP 1
The brownie mixture is very simple and easy to make.  I firstly blended the bananas and avocado until they were smooth, then added in the rest of the ingredients.  Before blending I added the rice milk (which is very sweet, so makes the mixture taste even more delicious) so that all the ingredients would blend smoothly.  Don't worry about the nuts not being completely blended, as this really enhances the crunchy texture of the brownies after they are baked.

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STEP 2
Next, place the mixture into a baking tray of your choice.  I put a generous amount of the mixture into each hole, and then placed a slice of banana on top of each one, as I think cooked banana is absolutely delicious.

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STEP 3
Thirdly, I sprinkled cacao nibs over each brownie.

Then bake the brownies at 180 degrees for 20 minutes, regularly checking them to ensure they are not burning.



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This is how the brownies looked directly after they had come out of the oven. They were quite difficult to get out of the baking tray despite greasing the tray with coconut oil and using a spatula to get them out, so I would say it may be easier to use a silicon tray.

I then left the brownies out like this to set for 5-10 minutes before serving them up.

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I served the brownies up with berries, desecrated coconut and the vanilla icing.  This icing mixture is so delicious, and goes well with all sorts of different desserts.

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