Curing the Cravings
With pregnancy comes cravings.
'Nuff said, right? *wink*
However; since don't do dairy, try to avoid wheat, and have tried to cut sugar out of my diet.... I have to get creative sometimes! After Anna was born, my sweet tooth was satisfied with dark chocolate... And up until the past week, I've relied on it to come to my rescue in dire situations.
Newsflash though... I'm NOT one of those petite little pregnant women who gains 20 pounds while she's pregnant. In fact, during my pregnancy with Davina I gained 50 (yes, that's fifty) pounds! (I had NO nutritional knowledge. At All.) After Davina was born, I started learning more about nutrition, the importance of exercise, and have managed with subsequent pregnancies to reduce my weight gain - but I still always gain between 35-40 pounds. I've learned that for myself - I have to be cautious of hidden sugars while I'm pregnant. But I still have a sweet tooth!! And my beloved dark chocolate bars have sugar... What to do, what to do....
Enter my amazing sister, Heather, who came up with this recipe while I was pregnant with Anna. It's AMAZING. Seriously, truly yummy!
Coconut Fudge - Basic recipe
1/2 cup coconut oil
1/2 cup honey (adjust to your liking)
2-3 Tbsp peanut butter
3 tsp vanilla
2/3 cup cocoa powder
dash of celtic sea salt
Mix all of these ingredients together until smooth. At this point, you can either leave the fudge as is, or add in yumminess to your hearts desire.
This time around, I added:
shredded coconut (about 1/3 cup)
cocoa nibs (about 1/4 cup)
We've previously added slivered almonds, raisins, orange zest, dried cranberries, and a ton of other yummy add-ins.
When the fudge is to your liking, lay a sheet of plastic wrap in a glass container or small baking tin.
Spread mixture evenly, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until "hard".
Spread mixture evenly, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until "hard".
This makes a soft fudge... and it is bound to put a smile on your face!
*Okay, so it's not exactly "curing" the cravings... but.... it's satisfying them in a healthy way - so I think that kind of counts?
Enjoy!
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3 comments:
Glad to see your sister is looking after you. From personal experience, too much weight gain can have serious consequences. My last pregnancy included gestational diabetes. Take good care of yourself.
It was nice to see you today at GHEA. Hope you got lots of shopping done.
Victoria
Oh, yummy! thank you so much for this recipe!!! I am refined sugar and fructose syrup free (as well as gluten free) myself, so candy is non-existent unless you count fruit. :D I can't wait to try this!
{by the way....if your husband is who I think he is (Mr. W?) then my dad went on an overseas trip with him in 2009. Funny!}
Victoria,
It was a pleasure running into you! Hope to see more of ya'll in the future.
Madeline,
Nice to meet you! :) I believe you're right, if you're talking about the New Zealand trip in 2009. It's a small world! ;)
I hope you thoroughly enjoy the coconut fudge! Let me know how you like it!
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