Healthy Chocolate Mousse

This mousse recipe is sugar-free, dairy-free, gluten-free, paleo, soy-free, and egg-free.

Ingredients:

• 2 or 3 ripe avocados
• 1/3 cup raw cacao powder
• 1/3 cup raw honey
• 1/2 cup macadamia nut milk (see recipe below)*
• 1 Tbsp coconut oil
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/4 salt

Method:

1. Blend all ingredients until smooth
2. Scoop into ramekins
3. Enjoy immediately or refrigerate for later
4. Simple!

* You can also use home-made almond milk, rice milk or coconut milk in place of the macadamia nut milk

You can play with the quantities of each ingredient to get the right sweetness, chocolatey-ness or moussey-ness that you prefer!

Macadamia Nut Milk
(also sugar-free, dairy-free, gluten-free, paleo, soy-free, egg-free)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Ingredients

• 750mls water
• 1 cup raw macadamia nuts
• 3 – 5 pitted dates
• 1 tsp raw honey
• 1/4 tsp vanilla extract or seeds of 1 vanilla pod
• Pinch salt

Method:

1. Blend all ingredients in a blender until smooth
2. Strain using cheesecloth or a nut milk bag to separate the pulp from the milk
3. Pour macadamia nut milk into a glass bottle and store in the fridge (will keep for 2 – 3 days)
4. Dehydrate left-over pulp. Add to muffins or muesli’s or process into a nut flour.
5. No dehydrator? Dry in the oven on the lowest temperature possible with the door slightly open.