Guilt Free Chocolate Recipes + Gift Ideas

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Being a French girl, the main celebration and gift sharing in my family is held on the 24th eve. The Yule log is another European tradition which we enjoy every year. This year we have a beautiful raw Yule log recipe in our newsletter by Pamela Vinton. You can order Pamela's amazing chocolate recipe books below.

GUILT FREE CHOCOLATE RECIPES - IT IS THE SEASON :-)

Pamela Vinton is a retired Home Economics teacher living on the Gold Coast and majored in nutrition, food science and biochemistry. Through her research she has found astonishing ways that her chocolate recipes can actually improve your health.

She has written three recipes books with over 70 healthy chocolate recipes. You can get all three for just $29.95.

The books are titled: "Chocolate Recipe Guilt Free", "Kids Chocolate Kitchen" and "Dreamy Chocolate Christmas".

They are all original, rich, raw, delicious & unbelievably healthy and so easy to make.

Below is one of her amazing recipes.

To find out more or order her books click here >>>

XMAS RECIPE

YULE LOG

Equipment:

Food processor

Ingredients:

2 cups almonds
1 cup raisins
1 cup sultanas
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
1/2 cup pepitas
1/4 cup sesame seeds
1/3 cup cacao powder
2 1/2 cups pitted and soaked dates
1/2 cup white chocolate
- 1/2 cup cacao butter [December special]
- 1/2 cup agave
- 1/2 cup ground cashews
- Combine all ingredients in a blender until smooth. This chocolate does not set as hard as the recipes previously listed so is not suitable to place in moulds to make small chocolates or to make as bases for pies.
1/3 cup dried cranberries
1 cup chocolate recipe no. 3
- 1/2 cup cacao butter
- 1/2 cup cacao powder
- 1/4 cup agave
- Melt cacao butter in a basin over very warm water. Combine with cacao powder and agave and mix well. Taste and adjust the sweetness if necessary. Place in fridge to set.

Method:

Process nuts, seeds and dried fruit, until finely ground. Place in a bowl.
Process dates to form a paste. Add to bowl with cacao powder and mix well.
On a piece of greased paper flatten out mixture into a square about 1.5cm (1/2in) thick. Place another piece of greased paper on top
Place in fridge overnight to firm up
Melt the white chocolate in a basin over very warm water and spread a thin layer over base. Sprinkle with chopped cranberries Put back in fridge to set chocolate
Very carefully roll up like a swiss roll and return to fridge for a few hours
Melt the chocolate recipe no. 3. Place roll on a wire rack and coat in chocolate. The log also looks effective if you just drizzle chocolate over the top and let it run down the sides
Set in the fridge
Decorate and cut into thin slices to serve