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Natural Health Advocate. My wish is to make more people aware of unconventional, natural and less known ways to deal with the health challenges or simply live healthier.
Quick Healthy Recipes

Vanilla-Coconut Tapioca Pudding

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Gluten-Free Dairy-Free Vanilla-Coconut Tapioca Pudding

Cassava flour is great alternative to wheat flour, since wheat flour is typically refined, bleached, and stripped of nutrients.Instead of wheat flour which contains gluten to which many people are highly sensitive to, you can use organic cassava flour.

Cassava (also known as tapioca, yuca, and manioc root) is an edible starch and major source of carbohydrates.

Used as a major staple food for many South American tribes since Pre-Columbian times, cassava flour is a great alternative to wheat flour, since wheat flour is typically refined, bleached, and stripped of nutrients. Cassava flour is a good source of calcium. Did I mention it is also gluten-free :)?

Here is a quick recipe for a delicious pudding that is very easy to make.

If you are on a long detox where tapioca is occasionally allowed (please check :)) and crave a desert, this may work provided you use a tiny amount of stevia instead of sugar, skip on salt, and use a simple topping like cinnamon.

Check it out!

Preparation time

  • 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 can (400ml) unsweetened coconut milk or homemade almond milk
  • One-quarter cup (2 tablespoons) of quick cooking tapioca
  • Pinch of salt
  • 2 teaspoons of Madagascar Bourbon Pure Vanilla powder
  • 2 tablespoons unrefined brown sugar or some pure stevia extract if you are on detox
  • For topping – use your imagination :).  Examples 2 ripe bananas, sliced; toasted almonds with a tablespoon of dark rum is another option.  I also like crashing some berries in the blender.  Or adding some aronia powder or cinnamon.

Steps

  1. In a medium saucepan combine coconut milk, tapioca and salt. Slowly bring to a simmer over medium heat, stirring constantly.
  2. Add vanilla. Keep stirring until mixture begins to thicken.
  3. Remove from heat; stir in sugar until melted.
  4. Let it stand in the saucepan uncovered for 10 minutes or until thickened, stirring occasionally.
  5. Cut bananas in small pieces and stir in. Transfer to serving cups.
  6. Top with almonds and rum or any other topping that you prefer or have at hand.

Food In, Love Out 🙂

"The Brand New Me" DETOX PROTOCOL, Detox

Citrus Tonic – Miraculous Drink Helps You Melt Your Cellulite & Lose Weight

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Citrus TonicCitrus Tonic – Miraculous Drink Helps You Melt Your Cellulite & Lose Weight

This miraculous drink will cleanse your blood, liver and kidneys, ease arthritis pain, melt your cellulite, help lose weight, remove toxins from the body, stop the buildup of excess water in the body, speed up metabolism…

This drink is best to take first thing in the morning for at least a week, preferably for one month to see the results.

You will need

  • 1 lemon
  • 1/2 grapefruit
  • 2-3 oranges
  • Ginger (2.5 cm)
  • 1-3 clove of garlic (if you are brave enough)
  • 1-4 tsps. of extra virgin cold pressed olive oil
  • 250ml of pure filtered water

Preferably use all organic ingredients.  Cut the solids in pieces and juice without removing the peel (except for garlic). You would need to have around 250ml of juice. Add more oranges if needed.

When done, add 250ml of pure filtered water and olive oil and enjoy 🙂

If it is the first time you drink this kind of beverage, it may taste a bit strong so I suggest using at least half of the peel (do add some peel, bitter etheric oils from citrus fruits contain pectin and are fantastic for cleansing liver and kidneys)

The citrus tonic is best to be followed (15 minutes after) with 2 cups of detox herbal tea (e.g. ginger, lemon,  cinnamon, cardamom, clove buds, pepper are some of the great detox tea ingredients).

Quick Healthy Recipes

No Guilt Liquid Center Chocolate Cake

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Mmmmolten Chocolate Cake

Healthy Chocolate Cake Melting CenterThis recipe is a variation of the old recipe (Gâteau au chocolat moelleux) I modified  in order to use healthier ingredients.  Instead of wheat flour, white sugar, butter and cow’s milk I use spelt flour, brown unrefined sugar, coconut oil (or ghee) and dairy-free milk alternative.

My kids and family love it  and in fact did not notice too much of a difference. Give it a try – it is easy to make and tastes heavenly.

Preparation time 15 min.  Cooking time 30 min.

Ingredients

  • 200 grams of dark organic chocolate
  • 140 g coconut sugar or other organic unrefined sugar
  • 140 g coconut oil (you can use ghee instead if you prefer)
  • 4 organic eggs
  • 1 teaspoon of baking powder (you can use sodium bicarbonate)
  • 2 tablespoons of milk (nut milk or coconut milk)
  • 100 g of spelt flour

Healthy Chocolate Cake Liquid CenterSteps

  1. Preheat the oven on 175°C
  2. Melt the chocolate and coconut oil on low heat. You can use the double boiler if you want, I found that it is enough just to make sure you cook it slowly on low heat.
  3. Add milk. Mix it until you obtain a nice homogeneous chocolate mixture.
  4. In a bowl beat the eggs and sugar until you obtain a light colored and slightly thick, foaming mixture. You can use the mixer (medium speed) but make sure you don’t overdo it (it should not become too thick).
  5. Add flour previously mixed with some baking powder or sodium bicarbonate.
  6. Gently incorporate the chocolate mixture into the egg mixture.
  7. Cover the ovenproof glass baking dish with baking paper (ovenproof glass  is one of the healthiest and  least expensive options).
  8. Put it in the oven for 25-35 minutes or until the sides of the cakes are firm but the center is soft. The less you cook it, obviously the more liquid the center of the cake will be.
  9. To serve, turn out the cake, and place on the serving plate, bottom side up. Decorate with some mint leaves and/or berries.
  10. Don’t eat to much 🙂 It is much healthier alternative compared to regular molten cake but it still full of sugar.