As well as looking after the kidlets and doing all the usual day-to-day jobs to keep the house running, I like dabbling in various projects - generally aiming to make our home (my little nest) a happy, healthy and beautiful place to be.
That is where this blog comes in. This will be a place for me to record all my little projects, as well other random musings from my simple but busy, mostly content life.
So, starting us off today, we have chocolate making!
Let's not beat around the bush... I love chocolate. But over the past year as I've been making an effort to eat healthier and lose weight, chocolate has had to go. However, one of my favourite food blogs had a recipe for homemade 'almost raw' chocolate, so today I had my first attempt at chocolate making. The great thing about this chocolate is that it is actually pretty healthy. All I used today was raw cacao powder, raw cacao butter, coconut palm sugar, agave syrup, vanilla essence and a pinch of himalayan rock salt. I made it in my thermomix too, so it was very easy. The sweeteners I used (coconut palm sugar and agave syrup) are both unrefined and low GI, so are much healthier than plain sugar, and the cacao is full of lovely antioxidants. I can eat this chocolate without feeling too guilty... provided I don't eat it all!
I'm pretty happy with how my chocolate turned out, especially for a first attempt.
Looks good, doesn't it? I put some raw cashew pieces down on a baking paper lined tray, poured the chocolate over the top and put it in the freezer to set. Not that I managed to wait long enough to let it set! I'll definitely be trying this again, and there are a lot of variations I'd love to try: adding orange rind or cinnamon, peppermint essence, berries, coconut, other nuts... so many decadent possibilities. Stay tuned.
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