Well I am here to tell you...the sugarless, grainless purely Paleo variety that I developed in my kitchen this weekend. So here is my latest creation...
I started with a lot of coconut oil melted in a double boiler to liquid form. I slowly stirred in cocoa powder, cinnamon and stevia until it resembled a thick dark chocolate pudding and tasted as sweet as I felt necessary. I threw in some salted dry roasted macadamia nuts that I roughly chopped and unsweetened shredded coconut. As you can imagine the possible varieties are endless..you could try adding everything from nutmeg to ginger to cayenne for a kick! Or almonds, pistachios, brazil nuts, hazelnuts, cashews etc. the list goes on and on. Next I poured the mixture on wax paper and froze. About an hour later I began chipping away at it...quite literally, breaking pieces off and enjoying. My five year old got her own batch of the chocolate free of nuts and then asked why we were having sugar? Yep she was fooled as was the rest of the occupants in my home...Ted included!
Now that I have your attention I wanted to follow up this post with a bit of my own personal disclaimer...in the next few months I will begin to share more and more regarding my thoughts and opinions on training and nutrtion, my past beliefs and my evolving present beliefs. I am human, I learn and I grow. My views change with new science and nutrtional breakthroughs. I do my best to keep as informed and educated as possible but please understand I am not a Dietician or a licensed nutrtionist. I am experienced with body composition. I know how to gain positive body composition changes and how each of us respond to nutrition and of course exercise through pure experience. I have personally been to the extreme with my body and back more than once as well as with MANY of my clients. I learned many lessons, most didn't come easy and I will never regret any of them. My hope is that some of my own experiences will help others make sensible choices, motivate and encourage you to change your health and fitness in a positive way that is attainable and MAINTAINABLE without obsession over food or exercise. Neither is healthy and believe me I have done both! Stay tuned for more....
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