This Energy and Mood boosting breakfast has been my recent breakfast kick that is super easy and quick to make!  It’s been cold, so I haven’t been in the mood for my normal green smoothie or juice.  I also like to switch things up in my diet every so often to keep it interesting and besides who can resist chocolate for breakfast!! This breakfast bowl has 2 superfoods: Raw Cacao and Maca. Feel free to play around with the ingredients and superfoods and make your own concoction – the possibilities are endless.

 Ingredients:

1 apple roughly chopped

1 Tbsp sunflower seed butter (or any nut/seed butter)

1/2 Tbsp raw cacao

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp – 1 tsp Maca

dash of good quality Sea Salt

 5 BENEFITS OF MACA

Maca is an “adaptogen”.  It comes from a root in the Peruvian mountains. Consuming adaptogen foods & herbs helps us to “adapt” – to balance our hormones and give us stamina to manage our stressful lives.

1. Rich in Calcium, zinc, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorous and amino acids.

2. Great for healthy skin

3. Balances mood and improves hormone health

4. Increases Libido

5. Increases Energy 

5 BENEFITS OF RAW CACAO

Raw cacao is made by cold-pressing unroasted cocoa beans.  The process keeps the live enzymes and removes the fat (cacao butter).

1. 40 times the antioxidants of blueberries

2. Highest plan-based source of Iron

3. Full of Magnesium for a healthy heart and brain

4. More Calcium than cow’s milk

5. Natural mood elevator and anti-depressant

ENJOY!