The Sweet Things in Life - Chocolate!!!

We had planned for this blog to be a video blog but due to technical issues we will just use words and photos because we did want to post one blog before Christmas. All we can say is it has been an insanely busy week (as it has probably been for everyone!).
So this is what we got up to this week:

TED - Dessert
We spend Christmas with our families every year, and their dietary requirements are quite different to our. We are vegetarian and on TED (and have been for several months). So this poses an issue for us when it comes to meals. Thankfully our family are all lovely and thoughtful and cater for our vegetarian needs. However, dessert is often overlooked as dairy, processed sugar and gluten are often used. So this year we have decided to make dessert for ourselves and also share how delicious TED desserts are with those we love. So today we have made a Choc Mint Slice - TED style!! (recipe is on the website).

Choc Mint Slice!!

YUMMY!!!!!

TED - Christmas Presents
For Christmas this year we came up with the idea that it would be more thoughtful to make something for our friends and family - especially relating to TED so they can experience the amazing benefits and foods the earth provides us with. So we decided to make them all Chocolate Balls, but in different flavours.
The base ingredients for all the chocolate balls are: almonds (ground), cacao powder and maple syrup. Then we added the following to come up with 3 amazing and delicious flavours:

Coconut - coconut oil and shredded coconut

Peanut - 100% natural peanut butter

Crunchy mint - a few drops of peppermint essential oil,

 cacoa nibs for crunch and mint leaves to garnish

We than presented these in lovely Christmas boxes:

 TED - Dog Chocolate
All of this lead us to coming up with some chocolate balls that are suitable for dogs to eat, as we didn't want Atlas to feel let out. So we came up with some treats that we can give Atlas as a reward or on special occasions. Most of the dog treats you can buy are processed and are just as bag as processed dry and tin foods. Introducing - Doggie Carob Balls:

Ingredients: carob powder, almonds (ground), water

The finished product :)

The first try =

SUCCESS!!!!

"YUMMY!!! I want more!!"

Dogs can eat nuts, but only in small amount, the same goes for carob. These treats are very small (the size of an Australian 5 cent piece) and we plan to only give Atlas 1-2 per day at the most.
So just because it's Christmas doesn't mean your dog should miss out on healthy and delicious chocolate as well.

We hope you all have a very Merry and Safe Christmas surrounded by loved ones :)

Love & Light xox