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You might be able
to relate with this scenario: Somewhere between the ages of 6 and 16 or so, you
are walking down the grocery isle with your mom and suddenly you spot it on the
shelf – it is unmistakable, glowing and so captivating, you swear it is
radiating an aura: NUTELLA.
It is beautiful, chocolaty
and exotically European-like. It’s practically screaming: “Buy Me! Buy Me!” So I
cross my fingers and hope this might be the day. In my sweetest,
how-could-you-say-no-to-me voice, I would ask: “Mom, can we get this?”
My mom, however, is
a sensible woman; her priorities were budget, health and not giving into
everything we asked for. The answer was usually a friendly but ever
disappointing “no”.
Eventually I saw
what my mom saw and even after I left home, Nutella barely made it into my
cupboard. Like so many other foods that line the store shelves, it’s just not healthy.
Sugar and palm oil are at the top of the ingredient list (even before
hazelnuts) and it contains soy as well as artificial flavoring.
I recently realized:
there must be a healthy and nutritious way to replicate this. And there is!
Why it took me
until now to put this together, I will never know. But I shall make up for lost
time by eating this every single day. For the rest of my life. My inner child
is thrilled.
NATUR-ELLA
1 cup raw hazelnuts
1 tbsp. coconut
oil
¼ tsp. sea salt
1 small or ½
large size avocado
2 tbsp. cocoa
powder
1 tbsp. vanilla
extract
3 tbsp. maple syrup
¼ cup almond milk
Roast the
hazelnuts at 400F for 5-7 minutes. Once they have cooled, rub them in a dishcloth
to peel off as much of the skins as you can. Put the hazelnuts in your food
processor with the coconut oil and blend for a few minutes. It should
eventually turn into a buttery consistency. If not, add a little more coconut
oil. Then add the rest of the ingredients and blend together. Spread it onto
your favorite healthy toast and enjoy!!
xoSusanne
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