Healthy Chocolate Syrup

Never thought you could make healthy chocolate syrup that is good for your teeth, promotes cardiovascular health & improves calcium and magnesium absorption?! Well now you can!

 

Healthy Chocolate Syrup

Ingredients:

1/2 cup raw cacao

3/4 cup water

3/4 cup xylitol*

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

pinch of salt

1-2 teaspoon unrefined coconut oil

Directions:

Combine the water, xylitol, raw cacao**, and salt together in a saucepan over low heat; whisk constantly until the mixture thickens and begins to simmer. Remove from heat and stir the vanilla and coconut oil into the sauce. Serve warm or cover and refrigerate until serving. 
*Can substitute with other healthy sweetener of choice (if using honey or agave use 1/2 cup)
 **Heating the cacao may harm some nutrients, so you can also stir it in after you have removed it from the heat and has slightly cooled.

Or if you are a sweet person, add more sweetener!!

Best Strawberry Freezer Jam

This is the BEST strawberry jam I have EVER had! I felt like drinking it!!! The original recipe is already a lower sugar recipe, but I lowered it even more.

Strawberry Freezer Jam

Ingredients:

4 cups of strawberries

½ cup ultra gel

2 T lemon juice

sweeten with xylitol, honey, agave to taste (I used ½ cup of honey)

Directions:

Pureed strawberries in blender or food processor, add ultra gel, lemon juice, & sweeten to taste. Then refrigerate or freeze. The original recipe calls for 2 cups of sugar. 

I got the original recipe from my mother in law which is on the back of the ultra gel.

Did you know strawberries help with a healthy immune system?!

One cup of strawberries contains an incredible 136% of the RDA of vitamin C, an effective antioxidant that can help lower blood pressure, ensure a healthy immune system, and ward off the development of age-related ocular diseases, such as cataracts and macular degeneration.

Source: http://www.healthdiaries.com/eatthis/8-health-benefits-of-strawberries.html