Announcement time! My latest book is now available, Kristen Suzanne's Ultimate Raw Vegan Chocolate Recipes. (The ebook is not available yet; it should be this week.) If you'd like to view some pictures of featured recipes in the book, go here. As with all of my books, the pictures are not in the book. To keep the cost of the books as low as possible, I have pictures posted on my website.This book is the ultimate introduction to chocolate in its most pure, natural form by using raw, dark chocolate (also called "raw cacao nibs"), raw chocolate powder, raw cacao butter, and raw cacao liquor. These are my favorite chocolate-based recipes -- both sweet and savory.
This Raw food vegan recipe book is filled with delicious recipes, including:
30 Chocolate Desserts
11 Chocolate Beverages
11 Chocolate Snacks, Soup, Salad Dressing, Crackers & Breakfast
A "Raw Basics" introduction to Raw food (with 6 basic "must have" recipes) for people who are new to the subject.
Want to try a recipe from the book? Here you go!
Chocolate Chia Crackers
By Kristen Suzanne of KristensRaw.com
Yield 1 tray (quantity depends on size you cut)
1 cup chia seeds
2 cups water
Juice of 1 orange
1 apple, cored & chopped
1/4 cup raw chocolate powder
2 tablespoons raw agave nectar
6 dates, pitted
dash Himalayan crystal salt
Soak your chia seeds for 30 minutes in a large bowl with 1 1/2 cups of the water. Blend the remaining ingredients (including the remaining 1/2 cup of water) together. Add the blended mixture to the bowl with soaked chia seeds and stir to mix. Break up any chia seed clumps with your rubber spatula or spoon. Let the mixture sit (as is) for 15-30 minutes.
Spread the mixture on a dehydrator tray lined with a non-stick Paraflexx sheet and score to desired size. (For a thinner cracker, divide between two trays.) Dehydrate at 135 degrees for 60 minutes. Reduce the temperature to 105 degrees and dehydrate another 6-8 hours. Flip crackers onto another tray without a Paraflexx sheet and peel off the Paraflexx sheet being used. Dehydrate another 6-10 hours, or until you reach your desired dryness.
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29 comments:
Congratulations Kristen! That is fabulous. I will announce it on Go Dairy Free news this month.
Thanks, Alisa!!! :)
these sound great, but I have a question...if you DH or heat anything up higher than 115/118 degrees, does this not kill off all the enzymes and goodness within the ingredients??? just curious. Thanks for sharing the recipe....def gonna try it today
:0) Loulou
Ooh la la, sounds delish! I have been adding raw cacao and carob powder to all my desserts lately - avocado and coconut puddings and dessert balls. Yum!
Congrats on the book release Kristen. Sounds fab!
Kristen, so many of the recipes call for a dehydrator or any expensive equipment? I am keen to purchase your book for a gift for a chocolate loving friend, but she is not into raw or even healthy eating so I don't want to get it for her if it is time intensive or you need lots of equipment. Appreciate your feedback!
Cheers
Casey
Hi Loulou,
Great question!
It's often recommended that during the first hour of dehydrating you crank the heat to 130-140 to help prevent any mold or bacteria from growing (this is the recommendation from Excalibur).
There is no destruction of nutrients because, while the air around the food is 130-140, the temperature of the actual food is not, because it "sweats" (which cools it off). After an hour or so, you drop the temp to 105-115.
Cheers,
Kristen
HI Casey,
Only a handful (4) of the recipes use a dehydrator. Most of the others use things like: blender and/or food processor. A couple of them you can just mix in a bowl.
Most of my books are like this, exception is the dehydrating book - ha ha.
Cheers,
Kristen
Thanks Kristen, in that case, I will get it for her bday present in the near future. Yum!
Cheers
Casey
Hi Kristen,
Sounds great! I am intrigued by chocolate soup and a salad dressing... I'll look forward to your ebook being made available.
~ Emily.
Congrats Kristen! This book looks awesome - I so love chocolate!
Karla
thanks for the free recipe! congrats on the book!
Félicitations for your new book!! Woohoo! Will it be available in PDF soon? Can't wait... ;)
Yay for another e-book!!! I still need to try raw chocolate!
The photos are gorgeous, Kristen! Truly beautiful! I can't wait for the recipe book.
xo
WoW I love chocolate - this book is surely at the top of my wish list :o)
Sounds absolutely delicious. I will make as soon as I move into my new apt!!
I can't wait.. I should get that book too...
Love this!! I'll def. be getting--even though I'm much more of a carob girl myself! :D
-Erin @ "Vegan & the City"
Thanks for stopping by and commenting everyone :)
Hi Erin,
Obviously, you can sub the delicious carob into the recipes :) Would be super yummy :) I'm a fan of raw carob - such a nice earthy sweet flavor. hhhmmmm Okay, I have to go order some now! haha!
Oh this sounds like such a fantastic book, I've definitely got to check it out!
Ohh,lala! Chocolate is a fave of mine. I am so excited to have this recipe to try until I get the book! Thanks for posting a teaser:)
yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! So excited! You KNOW I can't wait.
Rawk on Chef Goddess
oh i am so making this one. just purchased a new batch of chia seeds.
and getting this book too.
Choco soup...you got me there..yum!
Can you tell me how manu recipes need a dehydrator...(I don't have one) ?
Congrats and thank you for an amazing blog.
Gabrielle
Hi Gabrielle,
I answered that question in the comments above :)
4 of the recipes (crackers, nuts, seeds, and a plant leather require a dehydrator) but the rest don't. :)
Cheers,
Kristen
A RAW CHOCOLATE BOOK?? A whole book about raw chocolate? Oh my, you are speaking my language, Kristen!
The book is in my Amazon cart and I'm stocked up on raw chocolate. I'm ready for some chocolate-goodie-makin'! Can't wait to try it! We love absolutely every recipe of yours that we've ever made. Thanks for sharing all your raw-goodness!
i made it. it's delicious. some of the batch did not make it into the dehydrator....makes a fabulous pudding. also ordered the book...can't wait to play with more recipes. thanks kristen.
~jessica
Sa-WEET, Jessica! Glad you liked it! Eating it before it gets to the dehydrator??? Brilliant! Haha Love it!!!
Hi Kristen,
I have all your ebooks. Just this one missing. WHEN will it be available? Please, please let it be today!!!!! What will be the price?
Please advise.
Regards,
Isabelle :-)
Hi Isabelle,
It's in ebook format now, I just have to get it on the website. Check your email though... I have a surprise for you there ;)
Cheers,
Kristen
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