The health facts included with these recipes remove all my guilt over enjoying chocolate. By combining it with fruit I get even more nutrition. When you think about it, orange and chocolate, strawberries and chocolate and cherries and chocolate are pretty common combinations. I just never thought of putting them together in a smoothie and those aren't the only things included in these amazing recipes. Being the proud owner of a VitaMix blender, I can put in almonds or flax seeds in their raw form and know I'll get perfectly smooth results so I don't have to use the flavorings or oils sometimes called for, but I'm sure they are great too.
I'm not very good at following recipes exactly and prefer to note the combinations of ingredients and then put my own spin on them. I would never have thought to put some of these things together, but the results so far are to die for. I was encouraged to buy the book because I just bought some high-grade double Dutch dark cocoa powder and wanted to use it in unexpected ways. Although the recipes call for various forms of chocolate, from chocolate bits to syrup, even chocolate milk or ice cream, so far I've used the powder all the time, even enhanced its flavor with some espresso powder, then added the other things called for and sweetened it with Stevia when necessary. Most recipes call for soymilk, rice milk or almond milk, but I use regular dairy and that works fine too. A few recipes have alcohol in them. I tried one of those tonight and was amazed at the decidedly decadent result.
There are funny asides along with the recipes and lighthearted facts and cute saying listed on many opposing pages. This is a small book, but the contents are so delightful, my daughter's already told me she and her husband intend to take it to the beach this summer and every night they'll have a different recipe to sip in the moonlight--or for breakfast or lunch or maybe all three. Well worth the price even if you only try a few of the combinations. The book starts with a list of ingredients that you may not have on hand in case you want to stock up on your next trip to the store. I already had most of them. Do buy this book if you love chocolate and prepare to have fun. Chocolate makes you happy and just reading this book makes me smile.
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