Ingredients:
makes 2 cups
1 cup non dairy milk of choice – soymilk, coconut milk, oat milk, almond milk or hazelnut milk
1 cup pure water
2 tsps raw cacao powder
1 tsp He Shou Wu powder or extract
2 tsp coconut sugar or honey
2 cardamom pods
1 tsp all spice powder
Method: Heat the milk and water, add crushed cardamom, all spice powder, coconut sugar. If using honey don’t heat it, rather add it at the end i the cup. Cover and simmer for 5 min. In two cups, add 1 tsp each cacao powder, 1/2 tsp each He Shou Wu Extract. Pour the warm spiced milk through a strainer in the cup. If you have a battery run whizz at hand, use it to whizz it up, it will create nice foam. Sprinkle some cacao or cinnamon powder, sit back and enjoy!
Nutritional Properties: He Shou Wu extract is restorative for kidneys and adrenals – very helpful for someone who feels burnt out, exhausted, wired but tired. Raw Cacao is known for its antioxidant properties and is also rich in minerals. Coconut sugar is a very healthy wholesome sugar, much better than white sugar that is just empty calories and devoid of all goodness.
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