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| Nestled in the mountains doing yoga! It was a great day! |
I just got back from Massachusetts last weekend from visiting Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Stockbridge Massachusetts. The place is amazing!! I can't say that enough. If you are someone who loves to be educated about your body, food, or nutrition, relax nestled in the mountains, have yoga classes accessible to you all day long, than this place is the perfect place for you to treat your mind, body, and soul.
Kripalu is also known for its renowned all natural meals that serve an abundant variety of tasty nutritious foods. Their food kitchen is served buffet style with so many food choices. I just kept eating when I wasn't even hungry because I had to try everything. It's not everyday I have a food set up like that to nosh from; so I took full advantage of it.
I came home with a couple of their cookbooks and am so excited that I can bring a of piece of their kitchen to my table.
I am starting off by sharing one of their quick and simple spread recipes because I am a Nut Butter NUT! But don't worry, I have a couple more tasty recipes that I can't wait to share that don't include nuts, bananas, or cocoa powder which are three staples in my house.
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Vegan Hazelnut Cocoa Spread
Ingredients:
1/2 Cup Hazelnuts- (grind whole hazelnuts in food processor until finely ground)
A 1/2 cup of Hazelnuts will grind into a 1/2 cup of hazelnut meal
1/4 Cup Cocoa Powder
2 Tbls Maple Syrup or Agave Nectar
3 Tbls Almond Milk or Soy Milk
Original Nutella uses Skim Milk
Pinch of Salt--Optional
Combine all the ingredients in a food processor. Blend until creamy, scraping down sides of bowel if necessary.
This makes for a great fruit dip, sandwich, or topped on rice cakes. This also pairs well with a banana!!!
Make sure to get the hazelnuts ground as close to a powder as possible - if not, you may not like the final consistency once you add the cocoa and milk.
ReplyDeleteps - I folded this into some pancake batter and it was delish.