Working with Cacao!

As many of you know I'm not a baker.  I'm not very good with desserts and such.  Lately I have been working with Cacao.  I have found that I enjoy creating Raw Vegan Fudge!  Here's a take on Freezer Fudge but it's more like a Dessert Cup!  This is part of the Indigo Herbs Recipe Campaign!  I used their Cacao Powder when making these!  This recipe contains...

5 Dates
3/4 C Cacao Powder
1/2 C Agave
1/3 C Melted Coconut Oil
Pinch Sea Salt
Golden Raisins for Topping

I put all ingredients (except Raisins) into a blender until smooth then added the raisin as topping and put in the freezer for about a half hour.

The aroma of the Cacao Powder from Indigo Herbs is out of this world.  It's so fine and fluffy and easy to work with.  I'll tell you the more I work with the products from Indigo Herbs and realize just how many products they offer - it's impressive!  I hope I can continue working with them!  I was sent some of their Cacao Powder to work with in exchange for an honest review and recipe post.  I will tell you that I will certainly be posting more recipes using the Indigo Herbs Cacao Powder in the coming months!  This is a great product!  And I am loving this company!

Indigo Herbs Recipe Campaign 2015 & Vegan Cheese Sauce!

TGIF!  It's been another stressful week but as I move onward and upward I'm excited to announce that I am one of many bloggers participating in Indigo Herbs Recipe Campaign!

Indigo Herbs sent me product to try, review honestly, and come up with some recipes while using some of their vegan products!  How cool is that?

I've already worked with 2 of their products and will be testing out some of their others ones VERY soon!

I have some wonderful Cacao Recipes coming up but today I thought I would share a Vegan Cheese Sauce using their Hemp Seed Butter.

YUMMERS!  Their Hemp Seed Butter is pretty amazing!  It's on the more 'solid' side than some of the other hemp seed butters I have tried from a jar.  I prefer the Hemp Seed Butter being more solid because I have found that it's easier to spread and/or scoop for teaspoon and tablespoon measuring.

Indigo Herbs offers a Organic, Raw, Vegan Hemp Seed Butter that is rich in minerals, Vitamin B1, Protein, and Dietary Fiber!

The flavor is bold yet creamy!  Their product description says that its flavor is comparable to Rocket Leaves or Watercress.  I actually had to Google what Rocket Leaves were and they are what us Americans call Arugula.  "Learn something new everyday!"

So here's a photo of the Vegan Cheese Sauce I made using Indigo Herbs Hemp Seed Butter!  I LOVE how it turned out and it's such a versatile cheesy sauce that is for sure!

Recipe:

1/4 C + 2 T Nutritional Yeast
1/4 C Garbanzo Bean Flour
1 C Almond Milk
2 T Indigo Herbs Hemp Seed Butter
1 Clove Garlic
1/2 t Smoked Paprika
Up to 1 t Black Himalayan Sea Salt
Sprinkle Nutmeg

MidWeek Munchies, Happy Mail, Vegan Products, Raw Snacks

It's MidWeek Munchies Time!  Keep scrolling to check out more and participate!

I will most likely be doing a few MWM posts from now to next Tuesday!  This past weekend I grabbed some lettuce, baby spinach, cherry tomatoes, a sweet onion, carrots!  Not overly exciting but still MWM!  I finally received one of my shipments which is pictured above.  Kale Krackers and Kale Chips from Awesome Foods, Organic Bilberries from The Raw Food World, and a new raw foods UNcookbook focused on desserts.

I also received a shipment from Indigo Herbs from the UK that I'm super excited about and will be blogging about VERY soon!  Here are the things I received!  Organic Cacao, Organic Pea Protein Powder, Organic Chia Seed Protein Powder, and 2 nut butters...Raw Almond and Raw Hemp!!!  YAY!  All 5 products are VEGAN!

Love Force is a brand that I am totally loving over the last few years and haven't gotten anything from in a while but will be placing an order for some of the energy bars and maybe even some of the Kale Chips!  I LOVE LOVE LOVE their Kale Chip flavors!  The Raw Vegan Energy Bars I have tried of theirs, too, are pretty amazing, as well!

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