Yay… I’m so excited!! Next friday.. thats 5th February, we are holding the first ever cacao dance party here in Auckland!!!

We are holding this dance into bliss at Freemans Bay Community Centre (Hepburn Street)… the fun starts at 8pm sharp with a blessing and traditional welcoming for our very special quest David Wolfe. David is a world expert on nutrition. He infact invented Raw chocolate!! This guy knows his stuff!! He will be giving a short talk on the benefits of raw cacao (chocolate). We will then have the pleasure to sample a delicious raw cacao elixir made specially for the night and a Natures Gold raw Chocolate heart… yum!!!

Jimi Dale and his band Tamani will start the rhythms off playing heart bouncing bliss enhancing West African beats!! Christina will add her touch of magic for a night that will be the BEST BOOGIE EVER!!!

dance your way into bliss

please register with Mark mark@vitalessence.co.nz

Welcome to Natures Gold Blog!!! My name’s Chalice and I have loved putting this delicious range of super food chocolate together for you!!

It all started over a year ago when I first tried raw chocolate… I never was a huge fan of chocolate.. always hated that greasy after taste it left in your mouth, so I was pleasantly pleased when I tasted Raw Chocolate to say the least!! YUM!! The effect it had on me was mind blowing, it tasted out of this world, I felt a huge happy warm glow move through me, and I also felt hugely satisfied after a small amount!!

I began to research about this amazing product, wanting to know why it had had such a different effect on me that eating regular dark chocolate.. what I discovered was that when we heat the cacao it loses so many of its wonderful healing properties, over 80% of the anti oxidants get lost through the heating process..trans fatty acids are formed, all the wonderful properties of this super food are reduced or destroyed completely.. then we add things like milk, sugar, palm oil..eek!!! and you are not really left with Chocolate at all..

Raw Chocolate really does leave you with that feeling of being in love, you want to be kind to each other, a skip develops in your step (ok this was my experience) but hey we all need more of this today I reckon!! Here is more about whats in raw cacao..

Raw Cacao:

Raw Cacao is a true super food, high in protein, beneficial oils, vitamins and minerals. Raw Cacao is reported to be the richest natural source for magnesium, an important mineral highly deficient in modern diets. Raw Cacao is surprisingly high in Vitamin C, and is also an excellent source of natural iron, a mineral associated with healthy blood, as well as proper liver function.

Raw Cacao is the most medicinal of all chocolate products, containing the highest levels of immune-enhancing antioxidant polyphenols, procyanidins, and other flavonoids known to protect against a wide array of aliments, especially heart disease. Containing 73% whole raw cacao bean, each NATURES GOLD Chocolate is a potent source of this raw superfood.

That was it.. I was hooked .. the great Cacao goddess appeared to me.. I was dreaming Chocolate recipes in my sleep, doors opened, the kitchen became a small version of Willy Wonker’s factory, the kids were going to school covered in Chocolate.. having been made to taste the previous nights recipe with their porridge!! Not that they minded!! Friends were called in.. thank you Silvanna from Love Cake.

Eventually the coffee grinder blew up, recipes were tried and tested, my helpful tasters and I drew the line on our 6 favorites… so here it is the Natures Gold Chocolate range, we love them, I hope you do too!

Raw Bliss My girls love this one, it contains vanilla bean from an old heirloom strain from Mexico, and cinnamon from India.. its heavenly smooth, sweet and been known to convert even the most stubborn Dairy Milk Chocolate consumer.. Tanya also loves it..

Raw Zest Thank you Grannie for your fabulous Houhora oranges, they truly make this zingy bar, add to that the flavour of anise and cardamom and you have raw zest!! Christina my fabulous 5 rhythms dance teacher loves this one!!

Go Goji One super food meets another, Goji berries have been well documented for their high vitamin and anti oxidant content, together they are delicious.. we have added a small amount of orange to marry out the flaovour, yum… sis Michelle can’t get enough of this new recipe.. see her comment

Cacao Nibs (raw LOVE) Harry my son rates this one!! Delicious Chocolate with Cacao nibs for that crunch!

Chilli Choc A medium hot chilli taste, with nutmeg, cardamom, cinnamon, and other spices to round it off… YUM, Darcy comes back for more each week!! Naomi web design master goes for this one also!

Mint Crunch Refreshing organic mint with crunch!! Yum.. I have a gorgeous 95 year old friend who eats one piece of this per day.. ‘to keep her wits about her’… Chocolate that is brain food.. thats what raw chocolate is!!

To buy feel free to order off my website, if you want cheaper freight, I can post chocolate to you for $4.50, or you can come, try and see me at Parnell Farmers Market on Saturday Mornings.. by the Blind Institute..

Yay.. !! And finally I have been playing around with a recipe for the cooler winter months which I would like to share with you..

Raw ‘HOT’ Chocolate

1 cup almond milk

3 teaspoons agave syrup

1 bar Natures Gold Bliss or

1 Bar Natures Gold Chilli Choc

Method

Grate Chocolate, add to almond milk and agave syrup.. heat very gently, stirring till Chocolate has melted and milk is warm… drink and enjoy..

To make almond milk, soak I cup of almonds overnight, drain, then add 2 cups of water, blend at high speed.. drain using a nut milk bag, cheese cloth, muslin, pillow case? …

Still under construction…..will be online and going soon.

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