We’ve cracked it! After many trials and tribulations we’ve managed to come up with a white raw chocolate recipe for all you white chocolate lovers. This raw chocolate version is still dairy free, gluten free and guilt free and although may taste a little different to commercially produced white chocolate, still tastes pretty divine (if [...]
So where did I get up to? Right we still have the cocoa plantations to visit! After spending the entire morning learning about fermeting and drying cacao seeds/beans, we hit the road again and wound our way up the mountain side to our first cacao plantation. Calisto, who was the first president of the cacao [...]
After an amazing 7 hour drive through the jungle from Quito to Esmeraldas, the intrepid cacao explorers (or more like Cosmic Banditos!) Santiago, Josh, Sarah, my Dad and myself managed to find a comfortable hotel in Atacames and woke up the next day refreshed and ready for cocoa action! After a traditional breakfast of Bolon [...]
My adventures in Ecuador. We started off in beautiful Quito and then travelled to the coast of Esmeralda on our way to visit cocoa plantations. Part 1.
How to make raw chocolate with chilli and coconut.
Easy to make raw chocolate spread recipe that perfect for pancake day and for spreading any time of the year.
It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day and I’m feeling good… Happy New Year everyone!! After totally overindulging at Christmas and enjoying every moment of it I must say, it is definitely time to get back into a healthier eating routine. I’ve started doing the CHOCShot Non Diet this week and am drinking 1tps of raw [...]
Delicious mulled hot chocolate with spices, rum and raw cacao powder. Absolutely perfect on a cold and frosty night.
I have been completely glued to the television coverage of the rescue of the 33 Chilean Miners (Los 33) these past 24 hours. What an incredible feat of human endurance, engineering, dignity and faith. This incredible event seems to have captured the world’s imagination; we have all shared in the joy of seeing each Miner [...]
Overall, we are having a pretty decent summer here on the South Coast. We are pretty lucky to have had quite a lot of sunshine so far (I’ve even managed to top up the Ibiza tan this week!), but there have been some stormy and rainy days and with the kids off school, making chocolate [...]
