Valentine's Day is 3 days away! Whether or not you choose to celebrate it, it is nice to know what herbs and recipes can be used to not only enhance libido but also tone your menstrual cycle, improve fertility, calm your nervous system & more. But not only supportive for the female system. Perfect for males also!
Nicole from Heavenly Cacao and I teamed up to create something doubly delicious for you!
Below are 2 recipes for you to create & enjoy with 5 chosen aphrodisiac ingredients. Their benefits are outlined below:
BANANA - rich in vitamin B’s & potassium which are needed for sexual hormone production. These nutrients are also key to muscle strength.
CACAO - the natural properties stimulate the senses & heighten feelings of joy & pleasure. It’s contains the “love” chemical releasing dopamine.
VANILLA - soothes emotional tension & reduces anxiety & stress while stimulating sexual desire. It has a euphoric effect on the brain & central nervous system to combat sexual debilitation.
BUTTERFLY PEA - a sexual enhancer which also supports fertility & correction menstrual disorders.
SCHIZANDRA - increases mens staying power & stimulates sensitivity in female genitalia.
Aphrodisiac Parfait
Chocolate Layer
170g frozen mango
1 fresh date
20g Heavenly Cacao cacao powder
¼ tsp vanilla paste, powder or extract
½ tsp Superfeast Schizandra berry powder
Butterfly pea layer
300g young coconut flesh
2 tsp Just Blends butterfly pea flower powder
Pink Layer
3 frozen bananas
1tsp Just Blends freeze dried Pitaya powder
Directions
Blend and pour each layer into two glasses, starting with the chocolate layer. Store the glasses in the freezer while making the next layer.
You will need to rinse your blender before starting each layer to ensure vibrant colours.
Top with coconut chips.
Sexy Time Chocolates
Coating
100g coconut paste
50g cacao butter
1/8 vanilla powder
3 tsp Just Blends freeze dried Pitaya powder
30g maple syrup
Filling
50g Heavenly Cacao basic dark chocolate or 70% raw cacao bar
40g cashew butter
35g maple syrup
¼ tsp Superfeast Schizandra berry powder
Pinch of Himalayan salt
Pinch of vanilla powder
Directions
Coating
1) Melt the coconut paste, cacao butter with the vanilla in a glass bowl over hot water, stirring frequently
2) Once melted, whisk in the Pitaya powder
Filling
1) In a glass bowl over warm water, melt and mix the cashew butter, maple syrup, salt and vanilla
2) While that’s happening, melt your chocolate in a glass bowl over water or make it.
3) Take 50g of the chocolate and gently mix it into the cashew mixture
4) Mix in the Schizandra powder
5) Put in chocolate moulds and place in the freezer until hard, approx. 1 hour.
6) Enrobe the chocolates in the coating and set in the fridge
7) Decorate if desired.
I would love to know what you think of both of them in the comments below?! :)
Janelle x