Hello Every one,

I wanted to make a chocolate mousse with vanilla creme sauce but the avocado that I had sitting out on the counter was not ripe. I had a taste for chocolate. I thought of compromising and making a chocolate shake instead. No, I can't compromise - I want my mousse. So out to the store I went to find a ripe avocado.


This Chocolate Mousse with Vanilla Creme Sauce is very good. From 'Raw Food Made Easy" by Jennifer Cornbleet.

CHOCOLATE MOUSSE

1/4 cup pitted medjool dates, soaked
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup chopped avocados (1 1/4 avocad0)
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa or carob powder

Place the dates, 1/4 cup of the eater, maple syrup and vanilla in a food processor fitted with S blade and process until smooth. Add the avocado and cocoa powder and process until creamy. Stop occasionally to scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula. Add the remaining 2 tablespoons of water and process briefly. Stored in a sealed container, Chocolate Mousse will keep for three days in the refrigerator or two weeks in the freezer.

VANILLA CREME SAUCE

1 cup
1/4 cup plus tablespoons water
2 tablespoons pure maple syrup or raw honey
1 teaspoon vanilla extract, or seeds of 1 vanilla bean

Place all the ingredients in a blender and process on high speed until smooth. Chill for a least 2 hours before serving. Stored in a sealed container in the refrigerator. Vanilla Creme Sauce will keep for five days.
Enjoy.

NOTE: You may wonder why Raw Food emphasizes on sweet desserts first when you start this life style. The reason is , so many people eat so much commercial sugar that their taste buds are full of toxins. People who eat this way can only taste sugar or salt. Getting a person to eat raw meals made of vegetables for the first time can be punishment. They really can't taste the natural flavors. If the raw food life style is going to be a success, then is must support what a person has been used to eating for long period of time. I speak from my own transformation. I hated avocados with a passion. Having taken a class where avocados were made into a dessert fascinated me. I was surprised how delicious and sweet it was. I was hooked.


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