Hot chocolate

[Michaelangelica]

I had some Mexican Chocolate the other day, nice but very different. (from Herbies in Sydney, I think)
I can't believe the truckloads of chocolates my local little supermarket sells each week
While chocolate, in itself, has health benefits, most chocolate bars are mostly refined sugar

[BananaBender]

Good to hear you enjoyed your choc eco. I forgot all about palm sugar. I think i might try one with coconut milk and palm sugar tonight. Did you find the cardamon seems to have a real synergy taste wise with the cocoa?

[eco4560]

Yes - love cardamom in tea too. I'm wondering if I can use the ground nibs in a date cake to make it chocolate-y....

[briansworms]

Aroideana if you provide me with a solid gold drinking vessel I'll try anything!
Some day soon I'll get around to trying out A2 milk and raw milk and see how I go. For now I'm just enjoying not having eczema for the first time in 6 months and having more energy that I have had in years! I don't want to give that up just yet.

I listened to a Dermotologist on the radio one day having great success with bleach on eczema. It is caused by staph germs. Pour a bath and add one cup of bleach and bath in it.

Diabetes Australia ( Qld) have found no positive effects from A2 milk over normal milk.

[eco4560]

I was at the market this morning and there was a chap making hot chocolate from raw cacao powder and hazelnut milk, sweetened with coconut plan sugar. It tasted like liquid Nutella. Mmmmm..... Who needs cows milk after all!

[BananaBender]

While the mortar and pestle was fun to use I must admit i got tired of so much grinding by hand. Whipped up a really good one in the blender last night. What usually took me half an hour took me 5 mins.

[hondo]

Real hot chocolate (no cocoa!)
1/4 cup chocolate chips or chopped chocolate (1 oz)
1 cup milk
sugar to taste.
Heat the milk and chocolate in a glass measuring cup in the microwave until it foams. Pour into the blender and blend until foamy. Add sugar if you like it sweeter. Pour back into the microwave and reheat a bit.
Serve with real whipped cream.

[BananaBender]

Real hot chocolate (no cocoa!)

That would be more like hot sugar and vegetable fat than anything else.

[hondo]

That would be more like hot sugar and vegetable fat than anything else.

Thanks!

[Benjy136]

Love the sound of these recipies. Can't easily find some of the ingredients where I am. I replace sugar in most of my recipies with honey, but where I don't want the taste of the honey to come through I use agave. Sweeter than sugar and no noticable added flavor or aroma. I grew stevia one year, but it adds it's own flavor to the mix, and is not always subtle. Gotta find those cacoa beans. I'm kinda leery of foods I haven't grown myself. The wife picked up some garlic on sale at the local Walmart, though we have several strings of it in the garage from our garden. After one taste I wouldn't even put them in the compost. Grown in China. I'm fortunate I can grow Kiwis, Grapes, and so many other healthful and healthy foods here in South Carolina. If it's tropical and bred small enough I can grow it in my greenhouse. Keep those unique recipies coming.

Benjy