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Since 1842, when Cadbury, England created the first chocolate bar, millions of people have had a love affair with chocolate. It is estimated that the average American eats 4.5 kilos per year and the average Swiss eats 9.5!

Of course the history of chocolate dates back to the old Olmec and Aztec civilizations where it was considered a food as "gods."

Personally, I did never been a big fan of chocolate, at least not until I started experiencing pure raw cacao. I think the reason is that the normal chocolate was literally cooked to death. To make a typical chocolate bar, cocoa beans are crushed, fermented and then roasted 150 ° C (300 ° F) for 1 to 2 hours. After that, they are soaked in boiling water for 20-30 minutes.

When you add sugar processed dairy products, preservatives, artificial colors, flavors and chemical substance in this life without chocolate is not surprising some people develop allergies to chocolate. Interestingly, though, I saw that most people with allergies to chocolate have a similar reaction of raw cocoa.

Raw cacao has many nutritional benefits and is generally regarded as one Food most comprehensive on the planet.

Since the experience of the effects of cocoa first for me, I find myself using it often. I add regularly a few whole beans to my smoothies, I use cocoa in salad dressings and sauces, and sometimes I just snack beans with little agave or honey.

But thank you for loving my partner Gabrielle chocolate, I get most of my raw cacao in the form of bars chocolate taste delicious wines.

I am happy to share her recipe with you here.

To make this recipe you need grinder or mortar and pestle

Ingredients for chocolate simple

1 / 2 C whole peeled cacao beans, ground
1 / 8 coconut C oil
1 / 8 C melted cacao butter (use oil coconut if not available)
1 / 4 C raw honey or raw agave syrup

Optional Ingredients:

1 / 4 cup raisins
1 T finely chopped almonds
Orange 1 drop of lemon, clove essential oil lavender or other
Cinnamon to taste
Celtic Sea Salt to taste

Preparation:

Grind cacao until it is very thin. The cocoa will have a consistency like raw almond butter and stick to the walls of the mill. Mix ground cacao with coconut oil or cocoa butter in the grinder. Remove and add the mixture of honey and other ingredients. Mix well with a fork. The mixture should be able to be cast. If not, add more coconut oil. Pour into ice cube trays and / or other forms and freeze 45 minutes. Serve immediately after removed from the freezer.

Some Interesting Facts About Cacao and Chocolate

The word "chocolate" comes from the Aztec word, "cacahuatl" or "Xocolatl. This means bitter water. "

Raw Cacao has been considered an aphrodisiac by the Aztecs.

In 1624 Johan Franciscus Rauch Austrian professor, tried to ban chocolate from monasteries and urged monks not to drink chocolate as he said he "Inflamed passions."

Cacao contains antioxidants which may help prevent cancer and heart disease.

Cocoa provides comfort Instant and acts as a mild anti-depressant by increasing our level of serotonin and endorphins.

Cocoa contains theobromine, which is a mild relative of caffeine and magnesium. This chemical is found in certain tranquilizers. Because coffee also contains caffeine, both you and makes you calm.

Cocoa beans were so valuable in ancient Mexico that the Maya and Aztec civilizations following Toltec and used them as a means of currency to pay for commodities and taxes.

French Leader Napoleon insisted that wine, the Burgundy vineyard called Chambertin, as well as chocolate be available during military campaigns.

During the Second World War, the U.S. government commissioned Milton Hershey to create a chocolate bar to be included in the ration of the soldier. The candy bar chosen was the famous Hershey Milk Chocolate Bar.

Each Russian and American space travel has included chocolate bars.

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easter bonnet hats

Paper plates are cheap basic ingredient in how to make party hat creations for kids your party. If you have a theme single party and can not find hats to match, just make
your own. Children will enjoy hands on approach and will save you some dollars in the process.

Paper plates Party Hat

Start with a quantity of paper plates cheap, the kind with the edge scalloped. The outer edge of the plate will form a group that goes around the child's head. The center of the plate will be colored, drawn on, or otherwise decorated

Start by cutting just outside the headband part, leaving the inner part of the circular plate returned to decorate. Simply paste on a table that relates to the theme of your party. This could be a Barbie picture, a race car, or
whatever. It is easy to copy pictures that you see Internet or in coloring books for children, and let the kids color in.

Another simple design of the paper plate is a hat shaped like a heart. Fold plate in half and draw half a heart on it. Keep the folded plate and cut around the heart, leaving it connected to the scalloped band. Then, just open the plate and bend the heart up. This same method could be used to make a pop-up birthday cake hat, hat Castle, choo-choo train hat, hat cat Kitty, you name it! Drawings of symmetry work best.

Try cutting the entire interior plate, and simply glue or staple on bits of tulle, ribbon streamers, or anything on the edges. It works well for Easter bonnets that fancy dress-up party hats.

Another option is to cut the inner circle of a paper plate. Staple a paper bowl to plate cardboard. Decorate with silk flowers, fabric, tulle, felt, ribbon markers. Add
ribbon or light elastic to opposite sides of the plate to secure on the head.

You can even take an intact paper plate and decorate with a daisy, sunflower, sun, or design ladybug. Paint the plate in the desired color and let dry. Cut flower petals, sun rays, or ladybug spots in the appropriate colors and let the kids build the design of their choice. As always, run a ribbon tied through a hole on each side of the plate to take the "cap" on.

Paper plates Crown

Place a sheet of 9 inches on a 10 3 / 4 inch paper plate and trace around him. Divide the circle of 9 inches on the large paper plate into 8 equal parts, like a pie. Start at the center and cut along each line 3 inches. Fold the triangle up forms
like a crown. Paint and decorate with glitter or foil cut-outs.

Paper Plate Visor

Make a hat visor by cutting the center of a sheet of paper to make a band to keep on top of the child. Then cut the round plate center into a half circle and staple it to the band. Decorate as desired.

Paper plates are not just for eating! Use these ideas for making one-of-a-kids party hats in nature to your advantage Kids Next.

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