Race recape and Raw Chocolate Treats


Hi all,

Hope you are all having a lovely weekend. It is always my intention to write a post during the week.. technically i have time.. but one thing leads to the other and before I know it the weekend is upon us and i think oh no better write something!

I spent a good chunk of today helping out at my local school's May Faye. I have helped several times before, it gets so busy but its all for the kids and they love it. Hope we have raised lots of money for the school.

Last Sunday i completed a local 10km run. This is the second time i have done this particular one. Last year i did it for a local charity, however this year i just did it for fun. It was my first official race this year. I had secheuled two half marathons earlier in the year, however i was injured for one and the other which i was really looking forward to Edinburgh Rock and Roll was cancelled :(
I have been saying to myself since i came back from traveling that my aim is to get under the one hour mark... it is yet to happen. Im always so close and Sunday was no exception!! Official time was 1 hour 1 minute and 4 seconds!!! On my Garmin i had 1 hour 7 seconds, so incredibly close to the point of being frustrated with myself that i didnt push harder. First half i ran quick for me, as for training again i was only doing 5km the last month, i managed on the day 29mins for it when own practice was about 34/36 minutes. I clearly was pushing that too much to the point of not being able to sustain it. Live and learn. The atmosphere was great regardless and there were hundreds down at the beach enjoying it all. In typical British weather the sun came out after i was home in the afternoon. Regardless it was much more enjoyable knowing as i ran with one of my best friends this year. Next Sunday the two of us plus our other best friend are participating in The Kilt walk which is a full marathon distance. More on that another time though.

Thought id leave you with a recipe just because :)

This was an originally a raw brownie recipe from Mel at The Greengoddesslife her site is here However i found although the recipe was good it didnt hold together as well as i could do. So i added more liquid the second time i made them and they turn out great. Unfortunately that was a few months ago (Before Christmas??) so i cant remember what i put in. Dont worry though i made them again the other week and now have created a new recipe!!

For this particular batch i halved the dry ingredients from the original recipe.

2 cups of pitted dates
2 cups of walnuts or almonds
1/2 cup of raw cacao powder
Half an avocado
1/4 cup coconut oil
3/4 tablespoons of rice syrup (original recipe is for agave nectar but id ran out)


Chop dates in food processor until fine crumbs.
Add dates slowly until mix begins to stick
Then add the rest of the ingredients

Before placing into a dish to set Mel's recipe calls for adding pumpkin seeds and goji berries. As i was taking this to work i didnt not know how they would go down so i left them out. Due to the extra liquid, the brownies were much softer and fudgey like so in my opinion that's what they are Fudge!!
Delicious
either way you look at it and feel free to add superfood extras.

Enjoy