Day 7 ~ Making Paleo Milk and Paleo Chocolate

Today has been really great!
First I spent the greater part of it experimenting with making all kinds of goodies for the kids...
and myself... hehe
Then I must admit I got a little frazzled towards the middle of the day trying to juggle getting all my housework done, blogging, cooking and spending time with the family including the bunnies.
...So I guess you are wondering how the goodies turned out????? well... to be honest... they turned out FANTASTIC!!
Then, not only did I make yummy treats but I also made some nut milks as well! ...and again... turned out amazing! Keep reading to find out just how good...

Before Breakfast

5ml omega 3 fish oil
5ml slippery elm paste
1 VitaKlenz

Breakfast

Fruit salad with walnuts...

 

Making Chocolate

What you'll need;

• 1/3 cup organic cocoa powder (approx 100ml)
• 125ml organic cocoa butter (grated
• 125ml coconut butter
• 1 tbsp raw unpasteurised honey
• 1 tbsp coconut sugar
• 60ml chopped walnuts
• 60ml goji berries

Coconut butter is available from all good health food stores. Use sparingly as it is very costly! :) ...but is also very delicious!!!

Raw unpasteurised honey is also available from all good health food stores. It is available in fresh tubs during the spring and summer months.

These products can also be used in various recipes as alternatives to butter, oil and sweetener.

Method

Grate the cocoa butter

Combine all ingredients in a heat proof bowl and place over a pot of boiling water (on low) to melt the cocoa butter and coconut butter with the other ingredients.

Add the goji berries and walnuts.


Place on a tray or dish lined with baking paper and place in the fridge or freezer til set.

Fridge usually takes 60 minutes and freezer 30 minutes.



The finished product will amaze you!

   Choc Goji Berries

Chocolate & Walnut



Lunch

Pan fried chicken and bok choy with salad and olive oil, garlic and apple cider vinaigrette

Making Paleo Milk ~ Coconut Milk

 

Step 1. Place 250g of dessicated coconut in a bowl and add 500ml - 1 litre of warm water. I would prefer to use fresh coconut but they are not always easy to come by. Dessicated coconut works just as well.

Step 2. Allow to stand for an hour or more stirring occasionally.

Step 3. After coconut mixture has been sitting for a while and thickened slightly pour into a blender. Blend multiple times, let stand, blend again, let stand, blend again.

Step 4. Use a (fine-holed) metal strainer or muslin cloth to strain the milk from the coconut pulp. I used a metal strainer and used the back of a soup ladle to really squeeze the milk out of the coconut by pressing and rolling into the mixture.

Step 5. With the coconut pulp that is left over you can repeat steps 1-4 one more time to get out even more milk.

Step 6. Divide into daily portioned containers (approx 500ml) and freeze to keep from spoiling.

Making Paleo Milk ~ Almond Milk

Making almond milk is a similar process to making coconut milk only with almonds. It requires the same technique although I like to add a few extras for flavour with almond milk otherwise it can taste a bit funny.

Step 1. Blanch the almonds in a bowl with hot but not boiling water, allow to stand for 2 hrs.

Step 2. Add cinnamon, coconut sugar and 2 drops of vanilla essence to the water, stir and allow to stand for another 30 minutes.

Step 3. Pour the blanched almonds and water into blender. Blend blend blend... as often as you like, remember the more you blend the more likely you are to get more milk. You can also add more water (filtered) at this stage.

Step 4. Use muslin cloth to strain almonds because it is the only method that will be effective.

Step 5. Portion and freeze to stop from spoiling.

* note the almond milk will have a sweet and very pleasant taste unlike shop bought almond milk and without all the nasties.