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Chocolate, Raspberry & Coconut Cups

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Sometimes I surprise myself with my creations! Or it just happens that Saturday nights - the only chilled time in the kitchen - happens to be my magic time. Either way these chocolatey, coconut, raspberry morsels come with a warning of 'highly addictive'. Oh and they are dairy-free and gluten-free! You can also check out the video for this on my you-tube channel! Ingredients: Dr Julie's Chocolate (slightly adapted) 5 Tb of Coconut Oil (heaped) 1/2 C of Coco Powder 1 Tb of honey Dash of vanilla essence Filling: 1 Cup of frozen raspberries 2 Tb coconut oil ½ cup of shredded coconut 1 Tb honey 1 Tb coconut milk Directions: 1. Make Dr Julie's Healthy Chocolate -Melt coconut oil on low heat and quickly mix in other ingredients. You may find you can take it off the heat to mix in the other ingredients, the less temperature the better! This has slightly less honey than my original recipe due to the sweetness of the filling...but you could add a bit extra if you wanted!  Pour

Product Review - Vitality Wraps by The Vegery

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It is fair to say I am still in the novice category when it comes to school lunches....our eldest son has just started back but as he turned five towards the end of last year he has been going less than two months. I am well aware of the long stretch of school lunches that lies before me. Already I am not a huge fan....I actually believe that we need to bring back in provided lunches at school BUT that is a blog for another time. What I will openly confess is that no my child does not have 'perfect' school lunches. Getting vegetables in to him at a lunch box is pretty difficult so it is far to say I am always on the look out for creative ways in which to do this! I was very excited to come across these Vitality Wraps (and the amazing Kathryn who makes them) at a business networking event! These genuis wraps are made from actual vegetables!!! In fact check out this impressive ingredients list: To have a wraps made from 63% carrots, 25% linseeds and 10% avocado oil with just a da