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Grain-Free Decadent Chocolate Tart

- Vegan - Gluten-Free   - Refined Sugar Free This silky, wholesome dessert will satisfy your sweet tooth without the sugar crash afterwards. It’s so rich and decadent even a small piece will do. Best of all its super easy and quick to make. Total time to prep: 35 mins with 2-24 hours of chill time. Please also try my   Gluten Free Chocolate Mousse Cake recipe Also try   Healthy Dark Chocolate Truffles Bliss Meditation Meditation to receive Universal Love Tools needed: Food Processor   o r blender for crushing nuts. Farberware Classic 2-Qt. Covered Double Boiler 9 Inch Spring-form pan Ingredients: Filling: 1 pound  vegan chocolate chips 1 Cup nondairy milk (Almond or Soy) Raspberries  o r other fruit for topping Crust 1 Cup Walnuts 1 Cup Pecans ½ Cup Earth Balance Spread ½ Cup coconut sugar Preheat oven to 375 . Place the nuts in the food processor until crushed

Is Hibiscus Tea better than Green Tea?

The international team of researchers also compared hundreds of different beverages. They tested everything from Red Bull to crowberry liqueur. I could never imagine any beverage more antioxidant-packed than matcha, which is a drink made out of powdered  green tea  leaves (so you’re actually  eating  green tea). But M atcha may have met its match.  Hibiscus tea,  ma de from the dried petals of hibiscus flowers, topped the rankings. It’s known as  flor de Jamaica  in Mexico, sorrel in the Caribbean, and roselle in many parts of the world. It’s what gives the “zing” to red zinger tea. The health benefits of  Hibiscus tea  h ave been known worldwide since Ancient Egypt. An old Arabic medical treatise describes it as a cure-all and it was called, among other names, the “royal drink” and “drink of the Pharaohs.” Hibiscus flowers contain  linoleic acid which blocks the formation of cholesterol  plaques on the walls of blood vessels and metabolizes body fat, and they are a p o