I was a serious dieter all through by teens, 20’s and much of my 30’s and then finally I decided that the life of deprivation and rules didn’t work for me AT ALL!

It mostly left me feeling like I couldn’t “control” my food or my eating and that I was a failure ’cause I couldn’t get my act together when it came to food and body.

So in my mid 30’s (Just in case you’re wondering, I’m 50 years old now)  I stepped out of the trap of “I shouldn’t eat that!” and instead stepped into the land of I can eat that if it really works for my body.

I started a search for delicious foods that I loved and that didn’t leave my body feeling wired or tired or craving.

That’s when I coined the phrase I now use all the time to describe the kind of healthy and positive relationship you really want with your food. And that is…

LOVE THE FOOD THAT LOVES YOU BACK!

One of the first recipes that I created when I stepped out of food jail and into food freedom was this Healthy Fudge recipe.

It’s so easy to make (I made you a video to show how easy it is!) and it’s packed with protein and healthy fats so, even though it’s sweet and delicious it doesn’t send your blood sugar levels on a roller coaster ride that leaves you feeling tired, terrible and irritable.

Another reason I love about this Healthy Fudge recipe is that you can make it an everyday treat or dress it up for company.

Here’s the video and recipe:

Healthy Raw Chocolate Fudge – with orange and walnuts

• 1 cup raw almond butter
• 1/2 cup raw cacao powder – here’s a primer on Raw Cacao.
• 1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts (set aside to stir in separately – the fudge is delicious without the walnuts too, but I love the crunch)
• 4 tablespoons coconut butter or oil (if your almond butter is very oily, use less coconut oil or butter) – Coconut butter is thicker and richer
• 8 soaked, pitted dates (soak dates in warm water until they soften)
• 1 tablespoon of grated organic orange peel (optional or put less if you don’t want it too orangey)
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt

How to:

• Put all of the above in the food processor
• Get it nice and pasty, so it moves around the food processor in a ball
• Hand stir-in the walnuts

There are several ways to serve these depending on how fancy you want to be:

• Roll into bite size balls and roll in dried coconut – like a truffle.
• Roll into a log, cover with parchment, then plastic wrap and chill in freezer. This is an easy method for always having a sweet on hand. Then you can just slice a thin piece of it whenever you want.
• Spread it into a square cake pan (this looks more like traditional fudge)
• Put it in a small, round spring-form pan and chill. When you are ready to serve, pop your fudge out of the spring-form pan, cut it into little wedges – like tiny pie pieces – and serve on a plate with some fresh fruit. Very elegant.

Really…make any shape you choose, put it in the freezer to set.

I usually serve it straight from the freezer, either in balls like a truffle or thin slices off a log.

If you love having healthy sweet treats on hand, here are some other healthy candy recipes I think you’ll like:

• Raw Cacao Truffles
• Banana Candy
• Almond Citrus Candy
• Healthy Fudge
• Tamarind – Nature’s Candy

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Nina Manolson, MA, NBC-HWC, board certified Health Coach, Psychology of Eating Coach and Certified Body-Trust Provider, believes that every woman deserves to feel good in her own body.

She helps women create a healthy and positive relationship with their food and body so they can love their body and life! She’s the founder of NinaManolson.com and The Nourished Woman Nation.

She helps busy women feel good in their own body.. She specializes in working with women over 40 who have tried other diets and approaches but are still struggling with their body and food.

She’s the creator of the BODY-LOVE MAP and the recipient of the prestigious Health Leadership Award from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.

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Nina Manolson, MA, is the founder of Body-Peace®.She helps women end the war with food and body and finally feel truly at home in their body—as it is.

She is known for her deeply feminist, anti-diet, body-peace® approach. She brings her 30 years of experience as a therapist, Body-Trust® Guide and Psychology of Eating Teacher to helping women create a respectful and trusting relationship with their food and body.

Nina’s Body-Peace® work is all in service of helping people get off the diet roller-coaster, and into a compassionate and powerful way of eating & living which creates a positive long-lasting change in and with their bodies. Her courses, coaching, poems and Body-Peace APP positively change the conversation that women are having with their body.

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