Mi novio es el hombre mas dulcero que hay. Me cuesta muchísimo hacer recetas sanas y ricas que sean lo suficientemente dulces para el... siempre le falta azúcar, o la textura no es la adecuada para la receta o simplemente prefiere comer una galleta comprada. Todo esto cambio, cuando lo di de probar estos brownies!
Me regalaron Raw Almond Butter en Raw Co. Juicery and Food, tenía chocolate amargo y coco, y hice esta receta, libre de harina y de gluten, agregando solamente coco y harina de quínoa. Cuando los prueben se van a dar cuenta que no es necesario decir que es libre de gluten, o hecho con mantequilla de almendra cruda... son tan ricos, que nadie te va a creer que son saludables! Y esa es la idea de comer algo dulce!
Lo importante al hacer un postre dulce y saludable es elegir tus ingredientes con cuidado. Sustituí la harina tradicional o avena con harina de quínoa, agregale coco rallado (puro y sin endulzar), para darle saber y textura. En vez de usar manteca, utiliza mantequilla de almendras (pura y sin endulzar), y para el chocolate, elegí alguno orgánico (en Costa Rica hay chocolate de excelente calidad a muy buenos precios) que sea 70% puro o más.
Tips para elegir un buen chocolate:
Elegí chocolates amargo. Mientras más obscuro el chocolate, la mayor cantidad de cacao presente. Cuando una barra dice 70% cacao, esto significa que tiene una mayor concentración del producto puro y por ende mayores beneficios. También significa que hay menos lugar para ingredientes no saludables, como el azúcar procesada, aceite o saborizantes. Si el chocolate no tiene CACAO como el ingrediente principal, no lo compres!
Lee los ingredientes. Un buen chocolate debe tener 3 o 4 ingredientes: cacao o chocolate, mantequilla de cacao o licor de cacao y azúcar. Si en los ingredientes solo dice leche, o productos lácteos, sabor natural a chocolate o preservantes, no lo compres.
Compra orgánico y local cuando sea posible. La planta de cacao, por su difícil producción es una de las que reciben mayor cantidad de pesticidas. Estos pesticidas se almacenan en el producto final y son dañinos para la salud. En Costa Rica hay muchos excelentes productores de chocolate. Mis favoritos: Nahua, y Caribeans Coffee and Chocolate.
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My boyfriend has de sweetest tooth possible. I struggle a lot to make healthy and delicious recipes that are as sweet enough for him ... but all this changed when he tasted this brownies!
The recipe started with a fresh batch of Raw Almond Butter by Raw Co. Juicery and Food. It was a gift from the brand and I knew I had to make something sweet and decadent with it. I started brainstoring for recipes, went to the supermarket and got dark chocolate coconut and quinoa flour. When I came home, I started playing with the recipe and the results where beyond good! The recipe is so rich that no one will believe you are healthy! And that's the idea of eating something sweet!
The important part of making sweet and healthy desserts is to choose your ingredients carefully. I replaced the traditional flour or oatmeal with quinoa flour, shredded coconut (pure and unsweetened) for texture, and instead of using butter or ghee, used almond butter (pure and unsweetened). For the chocolate, I chose organic (in Costa Rica there are chocolate of excellent quality at very good prices) 70% pure or more.
Tips for choosing a good chocolate:
Choose Bitter Chocolate. The darker the bar, the higher the cocoa mass percentage will be. When a bar says it is 70% cocoa that means it has a relatively high concentration of health-promoting compounds, like polyphenols and antioxidants. It also means that there is less room for schwaggy stuff like refined sugar, processed oils, and flavourings. Always choose a bar with a minimum of 70% cocoa solids for maximum benefits. If the chocolate bar does not list a cocoa percentage, don’t buy it.
Read the ingredients. A good chocolate should have 3 or 4 ingredients: cocoa or chocolate, cocoa butter or cocoa liquor and sugar. If the ingredients just say milk or milk products, natural chocolate flavor or preservatives, don't buy it!
Buy local and organic when possible. Cacao plants are some of the most heavily sprayed crops in the world. As pesticide residues can end up in the final product, choose chocolate that has been made from organically grown beans. In Costa Rica there are many excellent chocolate producers. My favorites: Nahua, and Caribeans Coffee and Chocolate.
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