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Barbara Wilkinson shares a recipe for quick and easy Ashwagandha Chocolate Bites

Ingredients

• 1/3 (third) cup tahini light
• ¼ cup + 1 tablespoon almond butter
• ¼ cup + 1 tablespoon honey
• ¼ cup + 1 tablespoon dark chocolate chopped small
• 2 tablespoons ashwagandha powder
• 2 tablespoons cacao
• 2 tablespoons hemp seeds
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1tsp ground ginger
• 1 tsp cardamom pods crushed
• ½ tsp nutmeg
• ¼ tsp vanilla extract

Mix together tahini, almond butter and honey until smooth.

Add rest. Roll into balls the size of a walnut. Enjoy!

Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), is a restorative tonic herb used in Ayurvedic Herbal medicine. It is also an aphrodisiac, astringent, analgesic, often used for rheumatic conditions. Good for the aging process and helping to support the elderly.

Taking the powder is very easy, a little can be added as above or in yoghurt, on porridge etc. Food is medicine after all.

Cacao is the unrefined form of chocolate less sweet and healthier than cocoa.

Honey is best when not heated on extraction,if you want the therapeutic properties, so choose wisely from a local beekeeper asking how they extract their honey.

Tahini is crushed sesame seeds, a naturally high source of calcium.