RAW CHOCOLATE AMARANTH SLICE

Every now and then I come up with a new recipe that is so good to I decide I should blog it for easy reference, as opposed to just putting it on my Angie's Healthy Kitchen Facebook page. This is one of those!

If you've made my Choc goodness balls before and enjoyed them then you are bound to love this raw slice recipe. It's even easier to make as you won't need to spend any time rolling the balls. You just push it into a rectangle tray and pop it in the freezer to set quickly.

This slice uses Amaranth, a gluten free grain that is super charged with protein! It has more protein per gram than wheat or oats and roughly twice as much protein as rice. It contains lysine, a crucial amino acid, it is high in calcium, iron, fibre and is very easily digested in the body. Amaranth is lower in carbohydrates than most other gluten free grains, including brown rice. In short, if you haven't considered eating this powerpacked grain then give this slice a try to start yourself off.

TM=Thermomix
FP=Use a food processor instead of a TM

RAW CHOCOLATE AMARANTH SLICE

Ingredients:

60g Puffed Amaranth
50g Shredded Coconut
80g Sunflower seeds (any seeds can do also, think sesame, pepita, etc)
80g Raw almonds (substitute for other nut or various seeds for nut free)
50g Raw Cacao powder (can opt for 30g for less chocolatey flavour)
120g Raw Cacao butter (or coconut oil if preferred)
120-150g Raw Honey (depends on how much a sweet tooth you are)

• Melt cacao butter first (I use the TM for this on Temp 80 for approx 2 mins)
• Add almonds into TM or FP and roughly chop to desired size (I blitz mine for 3 secs on Spd 4)
• Add remaining ingredients and process for approx 10 seconds or until the mixture combines.
• You'll know when it's well mixed as it will stick together and the sound of the machine changes!
• Line your tray with baking paper and push the mixture into a small rectangular dish (a slice sized baking tray is perfect) and pop in the freezer to set for at least 30 mins before serving. Make sure it's pushed down well so it will set hard into a slice.
• Pop out onto a chopping board and slice widthways and then lengthways into small squares and they are ready to serve.
• Keep in fridge or freezer in airtight container.
• Enjoy!

These would keep well in a kids lunchbox alongside a frozen water bottle or frozen popper juice. Just tell your children to eat it first lunch so it doesn't soften too much ;)

Apologise for the photo, I will put up one of the slice when cut up next time. My kids ate all the slice on the weekend and I didn't get a chance to take a pic of it after being put in the freezer!