A Special Request

M's Chocolate Mousse

I was chatting about the Advanced Plan with one of our Practice Members the other day.  After I had finished telling him and his wife that they needed to eliminate all sugar, all grains, and most fruit from their diet, he looked at me with determination written all over his face and said, "Ok Steph, I can do this.  But I would really reaaaalllly love to have chocolate mousse once in a while."  We all chuckled.  But everyone has got their thing.  Their vice.  Mine is muffins.  His was chocolate mousse.  Pretty cute.  So anyways, after some experimenting... here it is, chocolate mousse!  You can still have a life AND eat on the Advanced Plan.  Honest.  :) 

Ingredients

• 2 ripe avocados
• 2 tsp. liquid stevia (more or less, depending on your preference)
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup organic unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted (make sure to sift - there's nothing worse than lumpy mousse!)
• 3/4 cup unsweetened almond milk
• 1/2 cup organic full-fat coconut milk
• 1 tbsp. brandy or rum (obviously an optional ingredient, and maybe not so Maximized, but live a little!) 
• 1/4 tsp. cinnamon (another optional ingredient, but I think it makes a big difference.  It doesn't add a real cinnamon flavour, but it really helps to cut the super-sweet after taste of stevia, which is important in these sweet dishes when so much stevia is used.)

Method

• Place all ingredients in the food processor (a blender can be used in a pinch) and process until completely smooth and creamy.
• Dollop into pretty bowls or ramekins and refrigerate. 
• Garnish with strawberries, slivered almonds, mint leaves, whatever your heart desires!