Breakfast, Snack, Dessert
Eat cacao and lower your blood pressure. Cacao comes from the cacao bean and like other beans has wonderful health promoting flavanol phytonutrients like in green tea (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/cocoa-good-chocolate-bad/)
This recipe is one of my favourite healthy snacks. It also makes an amazing simple dessert layered with cashew cream and berries.
Serves 4
Vegan, Vegetarian, Gluten Free, Paleo
Ingredients
Chia Pudding:
3Tbsp raw cacao powder
2Tbsp maple syrup
2/3 Cup chia seeds
2 1/4 Cups plant based milk (coconut is my favourite)
1tsp vanilla extract
Cashew Cream:
1 Cup of cashew soaked for a few hours
1tsp vanilla extract
1Tbs maple syrup or to taste
Method
Chia Pudding:
Mix together raw cacao powder and chia seeds
Add your choice of milk, vanilla extract and maple syrup
Whisk together and leave overnight in the fridge
Cashew Cream:
Drain soaked cashew and put in blender
Add maple syrup, vanilla extract
Start slowly blending and add small amounts of milk to reach smooth consistency
Layer in a glass with chia pudding, cashew cream and top with berries.
Enjoy.