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## Easy, simple, chocolate pudding… to die for

January 26th, 2015 Lynn

The food manufacturers have convinced us that fast and easy pudding has to come out of a box. This home made recipe is just as fast, pure in ingredients and a keeper (my kids gave it a huge thumbs up and they’re my biggest critics).

1 Lindt bar dark chocolate (3oz) (I use 85% dark chocolate)

3 cups of your favorite milk (I use Unsweetened Almond Milk)

1 tsp vanilla extract

3Tbl Gluten free Cornstarch

Stevia

Melt the chocolate bar and 21/2 cups of milk in a pot. On the side, whisk the remaining 1/2 cup of milk and cornstarch in a cup and pour into the pot. Add 6 drops of stevia. When the chocolate mixture boils, turn it off. Pour your pudding into individual cups or into the simple almond meal crust below for a pudding pie . It’s delish. Enjoy.

Be well,
Lynn

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## What are the best sweeteners to use?

October 6th, 2014 Lynn

I’m often asked what are the best sweeteners to use on an occasional basis. It is becoming common knowledge that refined sugar is indeed bad for us. It overloads the liver, delivers no nutrition, gets stored as fat, binds with proteins to create cellular damage, is linked to heart disease, diabetes, and degrades the digestive system, just to name a few. Still artificial sweeteners can be just as damaging toying with our pleasure centers and stressing out our bodies and creating just as much havoc as refined sugar.

Dr. Mercola recently reviewed the best and the worst sweeteners. Here’s his summary:

The Best:

- Stevia
- Sugar alcohols
- Honey (I recommend Manuka honey, or raw local honey in very small quantities)
- Pure glucose

The Worst:

- Aspartame
- Agave (which I would expand to include all sources of fructose)
- Sucralose (Splenda)

Find the full article here

Be well,

Lynn

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