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A Sweet Little Recipe: {Vegan} Coconut Milk Chocolate Mousse

Vegan Coconut Milk Chocolate Mousse Recipe

I haven’t done a recipe post in a while.  But if you follow me on Instagram, you’ve probably noticed that I’ve been cooking up a storm recently.  I’ve been trying to cut back on dairy, processed sugars and gluten, but I got a bit of a sweet tooth the other day.  After a bit of experimenting, I came up with this chocolate mousse recipe that wound up being WAY more delicious than I anticipated.  I’d love for you guys to try it, and let me know what you think.

Ingredients

  • 14 oz. can coconut milk
  • 3-4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2-3 tablespoons unrefined coconut palm sugar or honey

Directions

  1. Refrigerate coconut milk overnight
  2. When you open the can the next day, the solids and liquids should have separated.  Spoon the milk solids into a small mixing bowl.
  3. Add cocoa powder and sweetener to taste, and beat 2-4 minutes on high speed with a hand mixer.
  4. Serve immediately.

I enjoyed mine with strawberries at first but wound up finishing it off the next day with just a spoon. I’m really happy with how this turned out, and I can’t believe how easy it was.

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Hey Peeps!

If you follow my shenanigans on Instagram and Facebook, you know that I’ve been workin’ on my fitness the past couple of months. I never thought I’d look forward to working out at 6am, but I’ve been doing it consistently for 5-6 days a week since the beginning of the year.  Anyway, I recently decided to clean up my eating habits as well (you know, one thing at a time), and I’ve been incorporating way more veggies into my diet.  To keep things interesting, I needed to branch out from my trusted sauteed spinach and roasted asparagus standbys, so I’ve been pinning away vegetable-based recipes like crazy.  Check out my Pinterest board for some of my favorites!

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A Sweet Little Recipe: Molten Lava Cakes

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If healthy eating was a part of your New Year’s Resolutions, then stop reading now and come back tomorrow for our regularly scheduled daily outfit programming.  Everyone else… keep reading!

Sometimes I get a chocolate craving that’s so intense that only the most sinfully delicious of desserts will satisfy it.  Last weekend was one of those occasions, and I turned to a recipe that’s served me well time-and-time again for the past seven years.  Beware: should you choose to take on this recipe, prepare yourself for a decadent, moist, ooey-gooey, chocolate-y EXPLOSION!

Ingredients

  • 6oz dark chocolate bar
  • 5 tablespoons butter
  • 3 large eggs
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 1.5 cups confectioner’s sugar
  • 1/2 cup flour
Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees
  2. Grease 6 (6-oz.) porcelain ramekins and set them aside on a baking sheet
  3. Heat the chocolate and butter in a large microwaveable bowl at 50% for ~2 min. or until the butter melts.
  4. Remove from microwave and stir with a whisk until the chocolate melts completely
  5. Mix in 1.5 cups sugar and flour
  6. Stir in whole eggs and yolks and beat until well blended
  7. Pour the mixture into the prepared ramekins and bake for 15 minutes or until the edges are done, but the middle remains soft and gooey (a toothpick or skewer might come in handy to test for doneness).
  8. Allow to stand for 1 minute before running a knife around the edge and removing from ramekins.
Additional Notes:
  • Be careful not to overcook!  They’ll still be delicious, but you won’t get the gooey chocolate center.
  • You could probably figure this out on your own, but this dish is absolutely divine with vanilla ice cream. (I made up a batch with my beloved homemade ice cream maker).
  • Whenever I serve these at dinner parties, I mix the batter and pour into the ramekins beforehand.  I then pop them into the oven just before the guests are ready to eat them.
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