CHOC RECIPE

                                                                                                                                                     - jg

CHOCOLATE   RECIPE   SUITABLE   FOR   DIABETICS

(from:     http://www.rawfor30days.com/cmd.php?af=1495222 
Then: Raw for 30 presents....)

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Their chocolate recipe is:   
   (they are making chocolate for diabetics with this).

½ lb    cocoa butter

1  lb    coconut cream concentrate

Melt together, then add:

½ cup   carob

1 cup    cocoa  powder  ( I use: 1 to 2 cups)

1 cup    cocoa nibs  (“nibs” are the cocoa bean – usually ground to pea size)

Add sweetener of your choice (they use low GI – suitable for diabetics)

Add other ‘goodies’ of your choice

Notes:  This obviously makes a dark chocolate. Note that it is milk (dairy), (and preservative), free.  Also,  the sweetener can be low GI. A lighter chocolate usually has milk solids added.  One can add these, (or some such), to make chocolate of one’s choice.

I make a half batch:                              

(again, a chocolate recipe suitable for diabetics).

120g  cocoa butter

120g  coconut cream (available here as tasteless coconut cooking oil)

100g  butter, (or even more..) (I like the taste of butter – cheaper; a bit softer – I store the chocolate the fridge).  

Melt together, then:

Add:    -  quarter cup carob (I do not always use – I do not  

              necessarily like that flavor)

           -  1 to 2 cups cocoa powder  -  (higher ratio than they use)

              (cocao plus maca powder is also available, if you want)

           -   half cup cocoa nibs  (I don’t always use). These are for

               texture.

  -   sweetener – I like the taste of (some) brown sugar –                        leave out if calories are a problem…. I use some stevia (to cut down the calories!!) + xylitol, (or some such low GI sweetener). Various low GI sweeteners are available – depending  on where you buy groceries. (Note: some artificial sweeteners are toxic!!)

            -   some rice bubbles, or “maple crunch” (freedom rice cereal – I like the maple flavor). I use these to hopefully make it all go further – funny thing is, it does not seem to last longer!!)  (I have 2 pieces of choc instead of 1 !!!!)

           -   Add nuts, roasted nuts, dried fruit, cherries, ginger, etc.,                etc. (depending on the sugar content, that you can have, or tolerate, of course!)

            -   coconut, etc. (if adding coconut, (and nibs), the                        sweetener does not need to be ground finely) – (obviously, if one wants a very finely textured chocolate, the sweetener may need to be ground finely -               and textured things left out – or added later)

           -   (whatever goodies you fancy!)  -  even peppermint, if that is for you!

           -   (sometimes I make a whiter chocolate – add milk solids,                or some-such, etc…)

           -   (sweetened condensed milk makes a chocolate that is                addictive!! – if you can handle the sugar!!) – or, just condensed milk – sweeten with low GI….

Put into moulds, or think of what shape you want the pieces to be when set  solid.   

I sometimes just spread onto aluminum foil, and when half set, cut into squares.

Enjoy…….                                   

                                         ..........................................................

Nutrition data at:      www.NutritionFactsandAnalysisforCacao.com 

The recipe comes from:      http://goo.gl/m0cAx  

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SPICY HONEY BUISCUITS

HONEY BISCUITS

PLAIN,    or   SPICED   or   Strongly  SPICED!

Ingredients

•  2 cups self-raising flour    -     or, flour plus baking powder

•  1/2 cup caster sugar, or brown sugar, if you like that taste.

   125g butter, chilled, and cubed

•  1/2 cup honey, with a strong flavor – preferably

•  Up to1 cup demerara sugar

•  Spices:     your choice…….  the power of being able to choose……

•  If you want spiced biscuits; select the spices you are comfortable      with, from: mixed spice, cinnamon, star anise, nutmeg, cloves,      cumin, allspice, fennel, dill, ginger,   etc.

•  (my mother sometimes uses only 3 teaspoons of ginger). I use that     plus a selection   from ½ to ¼ of a teaspoon from  some of the     above.)

 NOTE: If you use a lot of spices – please read the caution below!!

Method         (other methods are noted below….)

Step 1

Preheat oven to 200°C. Line 3 baking trays with baking paper.

Step 2

Sift flour, bicarbonate of soda (if used), mixed spice and ginger into a food processor. Process for 30 seconds or until well combined. Add

caster sugar. Pulse for 20 seconds.  Add butter. Process until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.

Step 3

Heat honey in a small saucepan over medium heat until warm and runny. With food processor running, pour warm honey down feed tube and process until a soft dough forms. Transfer to a bowl.

Step 4

Place demerara sugar into another bowl. Roll dough into walnut-sized balls. Roll balls in sugar to coat. Place onto the baking paper on the prepared trays, allowing room for spreading.

Step5

Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until biscuits are golden and tops are cracked. Stand on trays for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool. Store in an airtight container.

Another   METHOD:

(In ”the good öld days”, of course, the mixing was done by hand):

Warm the butter, honey and sugar together. Cool.

 Add the spices. Sometimes, the spices were warmed with the honey/sugar – be careful not to overheat – may drive off some of the flavor and/or aromatic oils!

Add to the flour.  (Some recipes add an egg – your choice).  Mix well.

Two, (2), approaches – 1. Add balls to the above sugar, coat well, and use as above.

                                      2. Add more flour, to make a good stiff pastry – roll out , and                                                  shape into, and cut out, the biscuit shapes you want.

A half of an almond, pressed into the top of the biscuit, is a nice touch.  (Or a half of a peanut….).  Etc……

The special sugar can still be pressed onto the surface for method 2 …..

I bake at about 170 degrees C, for longer – till just right. (They burn sooo.. easily!!)

When cool, the top of the biscuits can be glazed: (mix castor sugar and water till paintable – then brush on.  Makes a nice touch….) – (can be colored!!).

CAUTION:  (In the old country, they were served before Christmas dinner – as an appetizer. They work so well as an appetizer, that some people, (if they do not eat a good meal with/after the biscuits), may find that their digestion is overstimulated – “heartburn”).

If you have that problem – use less spices, or eat less biscuits!! ……

Also, in the old country, the biscuits were made in February, and eaten in December.

The improvement in flavor, in that time, has to be experienced, to be appreciated, or believed……

(Mine do not last that long!!!).

GLUTEN FREE:        too easy!!    Just use only gluten free flour…….

LOW  GI:       (e.g. for diabetics).  I actually have made them  –  the hard part is finding a honey that has a very strong flavor. Then use just enough to give a flavor, plus very low GI natural sweeteners. Some native bees have a very strong flavored honey.

Here, there is a weed called “stinking roger”- well named! The honey from that is very strongly flavored!!  Very good for this – but hard to get.

Enjoy….

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Such things need maintenance.  There is a totally inappropriate sexist joke, in some quarters, about a little old 'person'' who wondered why the car would not go. When asked about when maintenance was last done - "What is that?"                  .............................................

Personal experience:

Yes, I lost my most precious photos. Because I did not have them copied, or backed up.

I now have them, (what I have left!!), copied, and backed up - I used:

My PC Backup:        http://track.mypcbackup.com/?hash=960c4a62

Please back-up your precious documents - don't loose them, like I did.

And, please tell a friend - may save their .........

(The way it happened, wasn't even someone hacking! Some computer "tech" was eliminating some old files from my computer - to help it run faster. Bingo!! Photos gone!!!)

Concerning hacking.....

Did you know that there are now more than 220,000 new attempts to interfere with computers, created every day. Most are destroyed pretty quickly. BUT>>>>>>>>>    NOT all of them

Made me rethink my computer protection.

It is now, not a question of "ïf" they will take out my computer, it is a question of "when".........

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Chocolate Recipe for Diabetics

                                                                                                                                                 - jg

CHOCOLATE   RECIPE   SUITABLE   FOR   DIABETICS

(from: www.rawfor30.com  or, go  to   http://goo.gl/m0cAx   Then: raw for thirty presents)

 This site and the following sites are advertisements for products/services - that I hope you find interesting enough to want to purchase.
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Their chocolate recipe is: 
(they are making chocolate for diabetics).

• ½ lb cocoa butter
• 1lb coconut cream concentrate

Melt together, then add:

• ½ cup   carob
• 1 cup    cocoa  powder  ( I use: 1 to 2 cups)
• 1 cup    cocoa nibs  (“nibs” are the cocoa bean – usually ground to pea size)
• Add sweetener of your choice (they use low GI – suitable for diabetics)

Add other ‘goodies’ of your choice

Notes:  This obviously makes a dark chocolate. Note that it is milk (dairy), (and preservative), free.  Also,  the sweetener can be low GI. A lighter chocolate usually has milk solids added.  One can add these, (or some such), to make chocolate of one’s choice.

I make a half batch:   (again, a chocolate recipe suitable for diabetics). 

• 120g  cocoa butter
• 120g  coconut cream (available here as tasteless coconut cooking oil)
• 100g  butter, (or even more..) (I like the taste of butter – cheaper; a bit softer – I store the chocolate the fridge).  

 Melt together, then:

Add:

quarter cup carob (I do not always use – I do not necessarily like that flavor)

1 to 2 cups cocoa powder  -  (higher ratio than they use). (cocao plus maca powder is also available, if you want it…)

half cup cocoa nibs  (I don’t always use). These are for texture.

sweetener – I like the taste of (some) brown sugar – leave out if calories are a problem…. I use some stevia  (to cut down the calories!!) + xylitol, (or some such low GI sweetener). Various low GI sweeteners are available – depending  on where you buy groceries. (Note: some artificial sweeteners are toxic!!). Some rice bubbles, or “maple crunch” (freedom rice cereal – I like the maple flavor). I use these to hopefully make it all go further – funny thing is, that it does not seem to last longer!!)  (I have 2 pieces of choc instead of 1 !!!!)

Add nuts, roasted nuts, dried fruit, cherries, ginger, etc., etc. (depending on the  sugar content, that you can have, or tolerate, of course!), coconut, etc. (if adding coconut, (and nibs), the sweetener does not need to be  ground finely) – (obviously, if one wants a very finely textured chocolate, the sweetener may need to be ground finely – and textured things left out – or added later)

(whatever goodies you fancy!)  -  even peppermint, if that is for you!

(sometimes I make a whiter chocolate – add milk solids, or some-such, etc…)

(sweetened condensed milk makes a chocolate that is addictive!! – if you can handle the sugar!!) – or, just condensed milk – sweeten with a low GI….

 Put into molds, or think of what shape you want the pieces to be when set  solid.    

 I sometimes just spread onto aluminum foil, and when half set, cut into squares.

Enjoy…….                                   

Nutrition data at:      www.NutritionFactsandAnalysisforCacao.com 

The recipe comes from:      http://goo.gl/m0cAx    (rt click, & ‘open hyperlink’)

This book is a 'must-have':  "660 Chocolate Recipes":    http://gojvz.com/c/48000/5297

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SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT CACOA:

The many known benefits of cacao

Up until recently, researchers knew that raw cacao was good for us but could not exactly pinpoint just why it was so. Some of the many known health benefits include:
 

•     Cacao beans are rich in polyphenols called flavonoids, which have been found to have antioxidant properties. In fact, they contain 8 times the number of antioxidants found in strawberries. Studies have shown that antioxidants protect the cells and combat the free radicals that contribute to aging.
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•     Flavonoids may also contribute to a healthy heart. They have been linked to improving circulation, lowering blood pressure, and reducing the plaque that can build up on artery walls. The minerals in cacao also contribute to the health of the cardiovascular system.  You can also read here about how dairy fat like cream and butter can also reduce artery plaque, which is surprising to most people that have never heard this science.
   
•     Theobromine, an alkaloid found in cacao, has been linked to stimulating the central nervous system and providing the body with a boost of energy. Cacao also contains phenylethylamine (PEA), which affects brain chemistry in a similar fashion to falling in love. Cacao has been linked to increasing the availability of neurotransmitters such as serotonin, which can elevate your mood and even lessen depression.
   
•     The serotonin effect of chocolate also explains why larger quantities of chocolate are eaten in winter than any other season. As many people become deficient in vitamin D in the winter months, due to lack of sunlight, and may experience Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), chocolate can help balance out the winter blahs.
   
•     A study published in the British Medical Journal observed that a daily dose (with a polyphenol content equal to 100 grams) of dark chocolate can reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in people with metabolic syndrome. According to the research, if all study participants ate dark chocolate daily, 70 non-fatal and 15 fatal cardiovascular events per every 10,000 people would be averted over a ten-year period.

New research now answers the question why

While you many not need another study to convince you to nibble on a piece of organic dark chocolate from time to time, we found this one particularly interesting in that it seems to have finally addressed just why this tasty treat is so good for us; and you may be surprised at the answer.

Researchers from Louisiana State University had a hunch, and they set about to test the effects that dark chocolate had onstomach bacteria. They compared three different cocoa powders in a simulated human digestive process.

We know that inside the gut there are both harmful and helpful bacteria. The helpful microbes, including Bifidobacterium and lactic acid bacteria, seem to find dark chocolate quite a scrumptious feast.

How it works

Study leader John Finley, PhD, explains that cocoa powder is rich in two flavanol compounds, catechin and epicatechin, along with a small amount of dietary fiber. Both flavanol compounds are poorly digested and absorbed, however, good gut bacteria begins to gobble them up as soon as they enter the colon.

The fiber is fermented and the large polyphenolic polymers are broken down into smaller, anti-inflammatory molecules which can be easily absorbed. In short, our gut bacteria become a fermenting factory, breaking down and releasing health promoting compounds.

Finley further states that consuming prebiotics (foods not digested that feed healthy bacteria) along with the fiber in cocoa could boost overall health by changing polyphenolics in the gut into anti-inflammatory compounds.

Prebiotics are probiotics’ friend

In simple terms, prebiotics AND probiotics are both necessary for intestinal health. Probiotics are beneficial bacteria that keep your intestinal system in good working order and help your colon rid itself of toxic chemicals and pathogens.

Probiotics can be found in naturally fermented foods such as yogurt, kefir, tempeh, kim chi and miso, and also a good probiotic supplement. Eating probiotic rich foods several times a week (or better yet, daily) can help prevent colon cancer and improve the body’s immune response to colds and infections.

Health conditions that respond well to regular consumption of foods high in probiotics include diarrhea, eczema, irritable bowel syndrome, ulcerative colitis and asthma.

Prebiotics help probiotics do their job. Prebiotics can be found in foods such as leeks, raw garlic, onions, beans, lentils, chickpeas, asparagus and Jerusalem artichokes. They are also present in fiber supplements such as slippery elm and psyllium. Regularly consuming prebiotic foods several times a week can help maintain probiotic bacteria in your gut and encourage good bowel health.

Speaking of probiotics, read this article about the problem with yogurt, and why kefir is better in many cases.

How to feed your gut microbes right

To get the maximum health benefits from your chocolate, choose raw, non-roasted cacao beans when possible. You can also find raw cacao in ‘nibs,’ which are cacao beans that have been peeled and crushed, and cacao powder, which is created by peeling and cold-pressing cacao beans.

Initially bitter, you can use organic, raw dark chocolate in savory dishes, or combined with coconut crystals or crushed stevia leaf for sweeter recipes. Finley also suggests combining dark chocolate with fruits such as pomegranates and acai to increase the overall health benefit.

Stay tuned: Watch for upcoming research sponsored by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and Mars Inc., makers of M&M’s and Snickers candy bars, that has patented a way to extract the flavonols from cocoa in high concentration and put them in capsules. The study will be testing the effectiveness of the capsules to reduce blood pressure and cholesterol, as well as how they impact overall cardiovascular health and insulin management.

Are we in for a chocolate supplement? Time will tell, but rest assured that the big food manufacturers won’t miss any opportunity to capitalize on the amazing health promoting properties of raw cacao.

Enjoy your dark chocolate, and always look for at least 70% or higher cacao content in a dark chocolate in order to reduce the amount of sugar you take in with your chocolate.

-The Alternative Daily

FROM: Mike Geary

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    Here is some information, for you:
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You probably read all this on some type of computer.

Protect the files on your device with:  http://goo.gl/hPZjP  (Don’t lose precious files, like I did,  before saving them!!). Also, please tell a friend – to help save their precious files too…..

Your computer may also need some of the debris cleaned out, so that it runs faster:

The speed up banner:   http://goo.gl/3UhvY  (contrl + click) – to see it.

Speed Up My Computer:   http://goo.gl/6tnqI  

Maintain your computer: http://goo.gl/GqEzh

As you know, sales may generate commissions…..

IMPORTANT  NOTICE:

You may have noticed that I have not asked you for your email......

I do not send pesty repeat emails to try & get you to buy........

(I personally find them annoying - and I don't do it to you.........)

In return, may I ask a favor??

If you would care to reconsider the information above, and purchase something - it would make us both happy!!   YOU ARE WORTH IT!!!!!

enjoy...................

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