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Chocolatey Hemp Seed Squares

So this making chocolate - the raw stuff, it's messy! And it may not always look as refined and pretty as a Lindt or Haigh's chocolate, but it tastes good - surprisingly good!

The base of this recipe uses three ingredients: coconut oil, cocoa powder, maple syrup. It doesn't set like chocolate, to me it's more like a ganache. The syrup makes it thick and sticky which is where the 'mess' factor comes from.

The end product is very rich and you only need a small piece with a cuppa. Or you could add it to a berry desert, the acidity of the berry will cut through the richness of the cocoa.

Ingredients

1/4 cup melted coconut oil

2/3 cup cocoa powder

4 tblsp maple syrup (or another sweetener of your choice)

2 tblsp hemp seeds

To make

Melt the coconut oil, but be sure not to overheat it. Bring it to just melted.

Add in the cocoa powder and whisk constantly.

Add in the maple syrup and whisk quickly. At this stage it will go all chunky but don't panic!

Place the mix onto a piece of baking paper and gradually mix in the hemp seeds using the knife to fold them through.

Using the knife spread the mix til it's 2cm thick, sprinkle on more hemp seeds and put in the fridge for 30mins.

Remove from the fridge and cut into small squares.

This isn't your usual chocolate and melts quickly once in your fingers so small squares are easiest to eat. If you're planning to share then place it in the freezer in a sealed container for a few hours.
Other flavours you could try are:

Sea salt

Roasted almonds
Frozen berries
Peppermint

Enjoy!

Blossom x

Hemp Bliss Balls

I love protein balls but many are just too sweet. I have played around with this recipe and found maple syrup works a dream! You can vary the sweetness to suit your taste buds, mine are a good balance of salt from the peanut butter and sweet from the syrup.

They're super easy to make and delicious!

Prep time: 10mins

Time to make: 10mins

Makes 8 balls

Ingredients
2 tblspn hemp seeds
1 1/2 tspn hemp protein powder
1/4 cup puffed quinoa
2/3 cup peanut butter (I prefer natural peanut butter - crunchy with salt)
3 tspn real maple syrup
1 tblspn coconut oil
2 tblspn coconut flakes (& more to roll the balls in, you can use desiccated)
1 tspn cinnamon

To make
1. Place the peanut butter in a bowl and mix in the hemp seeds, hemp protein powder and cinnamon and mix well using a metal spoon or knife
2. Add the maple syrup and mix
3. Add puffed quinoa and mix gently
3. Add coconut flakes and coconut oil

Using a teaspoon, roll a heaped teaspoon in your hands and then in either coconut flakes or desiccated coconut.
Store in a lined airtight container, use baking paper or brown paper, and keep in the fridge.
Enjoy!

Hemp seed & Banana flour pancakes

These pancakes are so delicious!

The quickest & easiest breakfast treat you can make. The hemp seeds are a perfect taste match for the banana flour, adding a nutty favour and texture.

Banana flour is made from unripe green bananas and is full of potassium. You can use banana flour instead of self-raising or white flour. For one cup of white flour use 2/3cup banana flour. It has a very mild banana flour.

The pancakes are gluten and work just as well without the egg.

Prep time: 5mins

Cooking time: 10mins

Makes 4 large or 8 small pancakes

Ingredients

2 tblspn hemp seeds

1 cup banana flour

1 egg

1 1/2 cup almond milk - (I use Pureharvest which has rice malt syrup)

2 tspns Cinnamon

1 tspn Freshly grated nutmeg

To make

Place all the dry ingredients in a bowl.

Add milk and egg and mix all together with a hand whisk till smooth and no lumps.

Add 2tblspn hemp seeds, cinnamon and nutmeg & stir until evenly mixed.

To cook

*note: you can let your mix stand for 20mins to thicken if you like thick pancakes.

Heat a non stick pan & add in a small amount of coconut oil or butter.

Make sure your own is hot and pour in half cup of the batter slowly

When you start to see small bubbles form and the edges starting to look cooked flip your pancake and cook for a minute.

Toppings

Go for it!!

I love sliced banana, strawberries, goat yoghurt, real maple syrup & hemp seeds.

Chocolatey Hemp Seed Squares

Hemp Bliss Balls

Hemp seed & Banana flour pancakes

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