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Let me start by saying I’m not vegan. In fact, I’m against veganism (or any other radically restrictive approach to eating) as a long-term diet. I’m also not gluten free, nor do I think you should be unless you’ve got a bone-fide medical reason or you know you’re intolerant to it.
So, why the gluten free vegan chocolate cake recipe?
I’m nursing a baby with eczema and food sensitivities. And since dairy, eggs and wheat are at the top of the list of things to eliminate to help heal my baby’s gut and skin, I’m saying goodbye to those ingredients for now. Otherwise, I’d be eating the real deal, baked with real flour & real eggs and topped with real ice-cream, made from real milk, from a real cow.
But, hey, in a pinch this vegan version will do. It actually tasted pretty good!
Ingredients
- 2 cups shredded zucchini
- 1/3 cup applesauce
- 2 medium mashed bananas
- 1 cup sugar (add an additional 1/4 cup if you like it sweeter)
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 2 cups gluten free flour – I used Trader Joe’s
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a 8 x 11 1/2 inch baking pan (9 x 13 would probably work too). I used coconut oil. In a large bowl mix together the mashed banana, applesauce and sugar. Add the vanilla, cocoa, baking soda, salt and mix thoroughly. Lastly, add the zucchini and mix together. Spread into your baking pan and bake for 25 – 30 minutes. Enjoy topped with coconut milk ice-cream!
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It’s time to surrender your slim-down struggle. For good this time. And I know a woman who can teach you how.
She’s the older, wiser YOU. And her wisdom goes something like this..
If it’s physical weight you wish to release, you must first release the weight on your heart. You must unburden your body of unprocessed shame, guilt, worry, judgement, sorrow and sadness. You must stop living your life in fear and start living your life in love.
As soon as you “lighten-up” your mind, your body will follow.
In order to do this, you must stop giving food a power it does not have. Food can not heal a broken heart. Food can not ease the pain of loss or rejection. Food can not wrap warm arms around you and hold you tight. Food can not remove the fears of stepping into uncharted territory. Food can not give you confidence or boost your self-esteem. Food is neutral.
Emotional eaters often have a difficult time processing emotion – which is why they turn to food. But, food can not process emotion for you – it can simply give you temporary relief from the heaviness on your heart.
It’s crucial that you honor the part of you – the troubled child – who binges on a box of cookies for diner instead of eating her sweet potato and baked chicken.
She simply wants to be heard. It’s damn time you stopped ignoring her and started to listen.
What she has to say might not be that difficult after all. But, when you ignore her – she feels abandoned, disowned, rejected, and throws a massive temper tantrum of the likes of 40 extra pounds, until you’re finally willing to meet her face-to-face.
Another diet or cleanse or fast will not help you release the emotional burdens manifested as a physical force field between you and the rest of the world.
Fear is not a fat loss plan.
Only love can help you dissolve this barrier. And just as food can not heal your emotional wounds, neither can losing weight. This is the illusion that keeps you believing you simply haven’t found that miracle diet. On the contrary, it is the miracle mindset and healing those wounds that allows for a permanent shift if your physiology.
My darling — if it’s “fast fat loss” you’re looking for, it’s time to stop ignoring the troubled child within. She has a message for you and the messenger never rests, until the message is received.
With Love, Lightness and Laughter,
Your older wiser self.
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