I'm up late working and needed a snack. So what if it's summer? The house is air conditioned! Time for Homemade Healthy Hot Cocoa!
3 cups milk of your choice (works great with almond, rice, coconut, and other non-dairy milks)
half a cup water
heat the milk + water to your desired temp (Not a purist, I heat it in a glass container in the microwave for about 2-3 minutes. You could use the stove top, just be sure not to let the milk scorch.)
add:
two-thirds cup coconut sugar
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
a pinch of sea salt
Whisk it well and serve. Mmmmmmm. If you thought Swiss Miss was hot cocoa, this will set you straight. :) Very yummy, easy to make, and kids love it too!
I know that lots of people enjoy sweet potato items for the holidays. This is a great demo video showing how to use the convenience of freeze-dried foods to make a classic sweet potato pie! What I love about it is that this recipe is easily "healthified"! My version of this recipe follows the video. You can easily print the recipe using the Print Friendly button!
Healthier Sweet Potato Pie
Base:
1 1/2 cups Thrive Sweet Potatoes (rehydrated with water)
1/3 cup coconut sugar
half teaspoon sea salt
2 tablespoons Thrive whole egg powder + 4 tablespoons water
Topping:
1/3 cup coconut sugar
half cup whole wheat flour
half cup chopped pecans
quarter-cup melted butter
quarter-cup unsweetened shredded coconut
Combine the base ingredients with mixer until nicely mixed and fluffy. Pour into greased 8x8 casserole dish.
Mix topping ingredients together and sprinkle evenly over the base.
Bake at 350 for 25 minutes or until lightly browned on top.
This year we decided to have a "healthy Halloween" party at our house, instead of going to someplace that was having lots of sugary items to eat. It was a HUGE success. My kids loved it, and so did our guests. This is the demo video I made when attempting to make healthy chocolate spiders. It didn't turn out quite as expected, but I still thought the video was worth sharing. :)
Recipe for this healthy chocolate:
1/8 cup raw coconut oil (liquid form) 1/4 cup raw coconut butter (artisana brand) 1/2 cup raw cacao powder, or you could also use cocoa powder or carob powder 1/4 cup honey, agave, or yacon 1/4 cup water or nut milk (or other milk, if you aren't trying to go all-raw)
You simply blend all of this in the food processor or blender, and then make shapes with it. :) Freeze or chill before eating.
As it turned out, we made these a little too thin, and they were really hard to peel off the parchment paper after they were frozen. Next time I would make the individual chocolates much thicker, possibly using a chocolate mold. Another idea would be to add some coconut, nuts, or dried fruit into the chocolate and pour it into a container, chill, and then cut into small squares like fudge. The taste is AMAZING! Even though they didn't keep their shape after we peeled them, we had no trouble finding takers for eating the parts. :)
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