cacao beet brownies with raspberry frosting

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Made with wholesome pastured eggs, nutritious crispy pecans, coconut flour, raw honey, organic food grade cacao (cocoa) butter and did you guess the secret ingredient yet? You won’t skip a beet with this recipe! Pureed beets add the texture and moisture needed to make this recipe stand out. Your kids don’t have to know about [...]

A Benign Indulgence: Rustic Mayan Chocolate Truffles

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Mayan chocolate, bitter and sexy, with its resonant flavors of cinnamon and chili always reminds me not of Mexico, but of Amsterdam.  It was in that cold and wet city that my husband and I tied the knot to the bells of the Oude Kerk six years ago.  We’re not much for fanfare, we two.  [...]

Bûche de Noël (Grain-free, Gluten-free Holiday Cake)

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Bûche de Noël, an homage to the yule log in velvety rich chocolate form, is a welcome if not essential holiday treat in many homes.  A thick and luscious layer of dense chocolate sponge cake is wrapped around a layer of mouse or chantilly cream, dusted with cocoa powder and often finished with chocolate ganache [...]

Tips for a Better, Healthier Halloween

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It’s the time of year health-minded parents across the nation dread: Halloween. While I love and cherish celebrating holidays and the changing of the seasons, I loathe the trappings of Halloween -  and Christmas, too, for that matter. What once we honored with care, storytelling and feasts from a local harvest we now celebrate with [...]

Askinosie Chocolate Giveaway

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Since moving to a diet based on whole, nourishing foods I’ve been confounded by the challenge of finding a chocolate bar without an assortment of fillers and soy sludge.   Askinosie Chocolate offers just that: real chocolate.   Ingredients are simple: cocoa, cocoa butter, sugar and occasionally goat milk powder. Simple Natural Nourishing is hosting [...]