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Chocolate - Superfoods - Healthy Cacao Recipes We have just re-jigged some of our offerings below with Cacao Ceremonies, Superfood and cacao deep-dive classes.  Also an Italian wine, cheese and chocolate experience.  Check them out and message us if you are interested in coming along or getting a group together.

🌱 Meet Spirulina my everyday superfood!  Over the years I have benefitted from ingesting Spirulina (as well as) my daily LLV supplements, they really assist me with energy, mental wellbeing and overall wellness. 😀 It is such a clean amazing protein source, that feels nutritious, a good dose (.50 gm) per tablet and is a complete whole food with multiple ben...

Absolutely love these seeds! 💙 Such a phenomenal source of clean and complete plant protein. You can get it in a powder form too, which is a perfect addition to smoothies and slices.  Approx 1 tbsp is about 7.5 grams of protein!! ⭐️ When I combine my cacao treats with coconut oil, also another great fat like hemp, and add some Frankincense or Copaiba food g...

Medicinal mushrooms 🍄🍄 - I had been searching for these powders as additions to my smoothies, juices and especially cacao snacks and was lucky to snag some from our friends @superfeast - I particularly like the Masons Mushrooms Mix as it incorporates 8 different types to really boost any foods you add some into. One of my favourite ways to incorporate it i...

Camu Camu - Whenever I am making a medicinal chocolate and want a high immunity kick......I’ll add some Camu Camu. - Then add in some Pepita’s as they are really high in Zinc, and add a few drops of On Guard Protective Blend for that trifecta of healthy stuff! You see these superfoods really do give you the perfect balance of goodness, so it pays to have t...

Maca Root  Most of my cacao recipes I like to incorporate Maca into, it actually comes from the Radish family and is a perfect addition when combined with organic hemp seeds, nuts and a food grade essential oil like Cinnamon. It has a nice malty taste so is also great as an addition to smoothies and juices too!

Well what can I say! Well a lot really, so much so I wrote a book on how amazing it is. Cacao is seriously the bomb when it comes to a complex superfood, packed with a powerhouse of nutrients and goodness.  The ancients knew this and used cacao as part of ceremony as its energy is very healing and sacred. Chocolate in its naked form ( Cacao ) is gaining much...

An easy and quick recipe to make the tastiest bliss balls! Adding Hemp into your diet is a natural way to boost your daily protein intake, is full of good fats, omegas and tastes so good. Hemp protein powder and seeds are a must have for your pantry! Plus with the addition of the other highly nutritious ingredients, it keeps you going and going, these bliss ...

Vegan Coconut Nut Slab with Cardamom and Orange Your browser does not support HTML5 video. This delicious recipe and video is for people who like a toned down version of cacao, for some the taste and flavour of pure cacao butter and powder is a little potent, so I created this recipe with coconut milk to tone it down and give it a dreamy and creamy texture! ...

Protein nutty superfood cacao goodness 😋 I have an absolute love affair with all things....bees! ❤️ 🐝 ❤️  They are such tireless workers for us, plus they give us wonderful pollen too...make sure you source it from an ethical farmer, as this ultimate SUPERFOOD is baby bee food, and is VERY high in complete proteins, it has 250 different biological sub...