Raw Chocolate, Banana Macadamia Nut Smoothie, Strawberry Banana Smoothie, Ezekiel Veggie Morning Egg Muffin

3/6/14

Took last night's raw chocolate out of the freezer:
Recipe:
Chocolate:
ground cacao nibs
coconut oil
agave syrup
coconut sugar
ground coconut flakes
crust: ground walnuts & agave syrup
topped with coconut flakes
Was pretty good. Needed more sweetener. Since cacao is so bitter on it's own, it needs a lot of sweetener to get rid of the bitter taste. I was thinking stevia for the next batch. It's cheaper & really potent. Otherwise I would end up using too much agave/coconut sugar and it would be way to expensive. 

Breakfast:
Ezekiel muffin toasted with olive oil & sea salt
Omlette with Sauteed Spinach & Onions, pinch of cayanne
Melt soy mozzarella on Ezekiel Muffin
Put omlette on one side muffin
Other side smear with avocado
Top with cucumber
Slather omlette with hot sauce
Was one of the best morning muffins I've had in a long time!
Side of cucumber, tomato & avocado salad drizzled over with olive oil, sprinkled with sea salt

Morning smoothie
frozen banana
frozen strawberries
1 cup almond milk
1 cup green juice
2 tbsp ground flax seeds
2 tbsp ground chia seeds
ayurvedic spice mix
Blend. Super good.

Made a smoothie this afternoon. Super good, gives you energy & tastes really good
Ingredients:
1 banana
2 tbsp macadamia nut butter
1.5 cups almond milk
2 dates
2 tsp ginger powder

Coconut Milk Chai Tea

2/10/2014
I'm going to keep this short & sweet. That might happen a lot as I scramble to document the things that I have cooked that I want to remember, but might not have a whole lot of time to really talk about or reminisce about it all. Tonight I made Chai, I've been thinking of doing it for some time, but just wasn't sure about the milk issue - not a milk fan - at all, and the fact that I am just not a big fan of caffeinated tea, and Chai is traditionally made with black tea, which is naturally caffeinated. So, I went to Whole Foods, found some Decaf Black tea - English Breakfast - that decaffeinates it's tea sans chemicals so is safe to drink, and decided upon Coconut Milk as a good alternative. So I bought vanilla flavored Coconut Milk, because I thought it would be tastier. I was hoping that I wouldn't feel the need to add any sweetener. It worked out. 
I dug out cardamon pods, cinnamon sticks, cloves, dried chopped ginger, and fennel seeds. I wanted to add black pepper but only have ground black pepper and the same with nutmeg.. only ground. I think this recipe would be much better with whole peppercorns and nutmeg, but hey, I do what I can with what I've got. I can always make alterations in the future. But it turned out great. So here's what I did: I poured about 4 cups of coconut milk into a saucepan and added:
Cinnamon Sticks
Cloves
Dried Chopped Ginger
Fennel Seeds
Cardamon Pods
Sprinkled in about a tsp of black pepper and powdered nutmeg
Turned on the heat high enough so that it would infuse the flavors into the the coconut milk, but low enough so it wouldn't boil and get goopy. I left it about 10 minutes. 

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I had some hot water left over from another cup of tea I made earlier with a tea bag, and I just poured it into the coconut milk, dropped 
2 black tea bags
into it, and kept the heat on low for another 5 minutes until the tea was infused enough into the mix. I then stirred it well, grabbed the strainer and put it over the tea cup, and poured the mixture over the strainer so the liquid went in & the herbs stayed out. It was delicious and I'm really happy about it. I think I will try to drink at least a cup of this a day! Healthy & Tasty! Good combo!