Siouxland Magazine - Volume 3 Issue 1

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body uses food to replenish the ATP in your body,
which means it is vital to use the best ingredients to
increase your energy!
Being prepared.
The absolute best thing I can do for myself is to be
prepared every day. I do this by looking at the items
in my kitchen and deciding what I am going to eat the
next day. When I use this tool personally, it has helped
free up brain space to do other things throughout my
day. Use a journal to prep the night before, writing
down what you will eat for breakfast, lunch, and
dinner. Also, make certain to Include all your snacks.
Everything is documented. As time progresses, it will
get easier to eat with intuition; however, for now,
following this style helps connect the brain with your
desire for change. You are creating a new habit.
Choosing the highest quality ingredients.
I’m all for enjoying occasional treats, so I make
homemade treats with the highest quality ingredients.
Trading out refined/processed ingredients, and using
ones that are healing. This would include replacing
white flour with coconut or almond flour and
replacing cane sugar with coconut sugar or honey.
I recommend this transition to anyone wanting to
cut back on their sugar intake, or overall feel better
about eating sweet treats.
Anytime you make lifelong changes towards a
purposeful life, it’s going to feel exciting at first. After
a couple of weeks, you may feel the desire to go back
to your old habits; however, I encourage you to stick
to the things you desire to create long-term changes
in order to become the best version of yourself. One
way to achieve that is to have things that you do
when you feel unmotivated to pick you back up. Here
are a few things I do to inspire me: take a warm bath
with soothing essential oils, call a friend who is on
my level to chat with, read a book that awakens my
senses like books by Dr. Joe Dispenza, making some
fresh juice like apple-cucumber or celery, invite a
friend over and cook for them. You know the things
that spark joy in your life, make a list of them and
put that list somewhere you can return to when not
feeling up to your daily rituals.
Passion is the outcome of finding your purpose,
it is the zest of life. Those uncontrollable emotions
that you feel when you find something pleasurable
and make life worth living. For me, passion comes
from an innate desire to help others live vibrantly
through healing their relationship to food. This, too,
means our relationship to foods being pleasurable,
Chocolate Cake with Fudge Topping
Ingredients:
¼ cup coconut flour ½ cup cacao powder
¾ cup of coconut sugar ¼ tsp sea salt
½ cup of coconut oil 1 teaspoon baking powder
1 tbsp vanilla extract 8 lg. eggs, room temp
Fudge Topping:
¾ C vegan chocolate chips 3 T organic coconut milk
Optional Topping:
Vanilla Bean ice cream or chopped strawberries
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
In a 10 inch cast iron skillet, melt the ½ cup coconut
oil and let it slightly cool while also coating the pan.
In a large mixing bowl whisk together the eggs,
sugar, coconut oil, vanilla, and salt.
In a separate bowl sift cacao powder, coconut flour,
and baking powder removing any clumps.
Stir in the dry ingredients to the wet and mix well.
Pour batter into the cast iron pan and place into the
oven.
Bake for 20-25 minutes until the center begins to firm
up. Remove from the oven and set aside.
While the cake begins to cool make the topping; in a
small saucepan over very low heat add the chocolate
chips and coconut milk and melt stirring continually
until smooth, then add to the top of the cake.
like enjoying something sweet. Here’s a fun recipe I’ve
made for birthdays that ranks at the top of my list for just
enough richness. I hope you enjoy it!
Hali Benson, Certified Holistic Nutrition and Wellness
Practitioner & Owner Blossom Services.
Photos Contributed by Hali Benson.