Tender Loving Care for Your Belly
HEALTHY DESSERT FEEDS THE SOUL
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What fun to share some of my favorite tips for feeling great, detoxifying your body, and loving your belly! If it seems cleansing and healthy eating is all about limitations and restrictions, I want to change that by sharing these two delicious desert recipes that will satisfy any sweet tooth. They are wheat, gluten, and dairy free, and sweetened only with agave nectar, so you can enjoy them guilt-free. Yummy!
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Chocolate Chip Banana Cake
2½ cups finely ground almond flour
½ tsp. sea salt
1 tsp. baking powder
½ cup clarified butter or coconut oil
½ cup agave nectar
3 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. cinnamon, 1 tsp. nutmeg
1 cup dark chocolate chips, unsweetened
1 cup mashed bananas
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Oil and flour a cupcake pan or 9 inch cake pan. Combine all ingredients except the chocolate chips and blend vigorously for 2 minutes.
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Fold in the chocolate chips and bake 35-45 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool for 30 minutes and serve. For a lighter cake, substitute 1 cup potato or rice flour for half the almond meal.
Aunt Nell’s Carrot Cake (Sans Sugar, Wheat & Butter)
3 cups finely ground almond flour
1 tsp. sea salt
1 tsp. baking powder
3 cups grated carrots
3 eggs
¾ cup agave nectar
½ cup coconut oil
1 tsp. nutmeg
Optional: 1 cup walnuts, chopped
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Oil and flour two cake pans. Blend all the wet ingredients except for the grated carrot until the batter is smooth. Fold in the carrots, and if desired, the walnuts, and pour into cake pans. Bake 30-40 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean and let the cake cool for one hour before eating.
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