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ch-ch-ch-chocolate chia!

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So, a friend of mine shared this pretty awesome recipe with me for a healthy chocolate pudding substitute!  I’d never eaten chia seeds until today and I have to say I like it!

Its extremely easy to make and pretty tasty but I’m giving you a fair warning…. its PACKED full of fiber so, a little goes a long way if you know what I mean… 😉

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Ingredients:

  • 1 cup of chia seeds
  • 1/2 cup of either almond or coconut milk (I used coconut water instead because I didn’t have coconut milk but I feel that it took away from the creaminess.  Follow the recipe.)
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 tbs of cocoa powder
  • sweetener to taste such as honey or agave nectar

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Directions:

Stick it all in your magic bullet or ninja and blend the hell out of it… enjoy!

Farro Kale Broccoli Bowls

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farro salad

While at the grocery store the other day, I went through the grain aisle and was going to pick up some more quinoa when I saw a bag of farro.  Its actually extremely healthy and packs tons of fiber and protein! I’d never tried it so I thought it might be fun to try to incorporate into dinner some how. Here’s what I came up with:

Ingredients:

  • farro: cook using package directions
  • raw kale (serious super food packed with tons of vitamins and minerals, delicious raw or cooked.)
  • broccoli and cauliflower florets (“steam in a bag” is ideal for this)
  • balsamic vinaigrette (see Nicoise Salad article for instructions on how to make this)

Directions:

  1. cook farro using package directions
  2. steam broccoli and cauliflower florets
  3. in a bowl layer farro, raw kale, florets and drizzle with vinaigrette

Delicious and insanely healthy.  So many vitamins, so much fiber and protein.  Couldn’t get simpler or more delicious 🙂