Another Meatless Monday (insert fanfare) and another full day of eating, plus a recipe for chocolate covered brazil nuts. I’ve made a full vlog which is embedded and linked below but just to show you the most delicious food I ate Saturday it was this meal at Lotus Vegan: Chickn & Pancakes!!! Let me tell you it was freakin’ awesome!
Looks good right? Yep, vegan diets are so restrictive, lol! Bob had a chickn wrap and his was equally delicious. Their curry is good too (my favorite is the panang). If you’re in North Hollywood and looking for excellent vegan food, I definitely recommend. Rather than bore you here with pics of the whole day you can check out the vlog below, or watch it on my YouTube channel and don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE!!!!
So I know you’re here for the chocolate covered brazil nuts right? So a couple of weeks ago I decided to put everything I ate into cronometer to see how I was doing with micro nutrients. As it turns out I was doing really well for most things but was low in Vitamin D (I supplement anyways) and selenium. Say what? As Selenium plays a critical role in reproduction, thyroid hormone metabolism, DNA synthesis, and protection from oxidative damage and infection I figured it was time to make sure I was getting enough selenium. Guess what? ONE Brazil nut gives you 100% of your RDA! Perfect. Then I remembered having chocolate covered brazils (Just Brazils) in England, and figured I could make my own! Ta-da….
Ok it’s just me that calls them selenium bombs but hey the name might catch on right? So let’s get down to bizness and get this recipe underway. I say recipe, but there are literally two ingredients… can you even call that a recipe?
Recipe: Chocolate Covered Brazil Nuts
So you’ll need:
- 4oz Dark Chocolate
- 1 lb Brazil nuts
- baking tray
- parchment paper
- saucepan & metal bowl
Firstly you need to melt the chocolate. Add water to the saucepan and place on a medium heat. Break it up the chocolate into small pieces and place in the silver bowl, then place the bowl on top of the saucepan to create a ban-marie. The chocolate will melt but shouldn’t burn. Ensure you stir it occasionally. While you’re waiting for the chocolate to melt, line the baking sheet with parchment paper.
Once the chocolate is melted remove from heat, and stir in the Brazil nuts. Make sure they are thoroughly coated in the chocolate. Then comes the tedious bit. Take each one out and place it on the baking sheet. Try to ensure none are touching so they are individual nuts rather than a cluster. The idea is to eat 1-2 a day not a whole bunch, remember this is for our micro nutrients. Yeah, keep telling yourself that Di!
Once all the nuts are the the baking sheet you’ll find your hands are covered in chocolate. Now it’s a total shame to waste good chocolate so lick those fingers clean THEN wash your hands. Priorities people! Place the baking sheet in the fridge overnight. The next day take the nuts off the tray and into their storage container. I keep mine in the fridge. In our bag there was around 175 nuts which for a one nut daily supplement means this will last us around 3 months.
Question of the day:
What’s your favorite nut?
Eileen Kelly
I love your recipe. I am a huge nut fan as well, I love pecans and almonds. my family loves nuts so I must make your recipe for the family
Di Hickman
I’d never tried pecans till I moved to the US!
Mary
That looks delicious! I’m going to have to try it with almonds or pistachios.
Di Hickman
I’m thinking next time I’ll chop up a mix of nuts and do like a choc nut brittle!
Wendy
These are great! I try to make sure I get enough Selenium for my thyroid.
Di Hickman
definitely good for thyroid issues!
Cara (@StylishGeek)
My favorite nut? It’s a toss up between hazelnuts and pistachios! I can never get enough of these nuts. I love snacking on them…and I love them with chocolate too! Thanks for sharing your wonderful recipe! You can’t go wrong with chocolate!
Lauren
Everything is better with chocolate ;). And just one Brazil nut gives you the amount you need, I can do that!
Heather
Yum! Those look awesome! I think my favorite nut might be pistachios, or almonds…or maybe walnuts 🙂 I like all kinds over here!
Di Hickman
walnuts are one of my favorites too!!!
Julie
OMG get in my belly! These look amazing! Now I’m hungry, ha!
Di Hickman
hahahaha I thought the same thing.
Kiwi
I never had brazilian nuts! I bet it is amazing with chocolate you cant go wrong with that!
Di Hickman
wow you’ve never had brazil nuts? They are amazing!
Sheri
I dont really like nuts at all, I much prefer the pancakes you made, now those are delish!
Di Hickman
Ha I wish I’d made them, cos they were delicious, they were from a restaurant we went to. I need to dig out my pancake recipe though now berries are in season!
Kirsten
Thanks for the info on selenium, I never knew! I love a good dark chocolate and nuts so this is right up my alley! Yum! Pinned!@
Di Hickman
Thanks for pinning! I’m with ya on the dark chocolate!!!
Louise Bishop
Wow. I try to be health conscious but I’ve never calculated my nutrition intake like that. How crazy that you can make sure you get all your Selenium by eating just one nut.
Di Hickman
Always good to occasionally check to see if you’re getting all your nutrients. Crometer is awesome!
Tanya @ Moms Small Victories
I’ve been trying to cut my meat intake down to once a day and going dairy, sugar and gluten free to help ease autoimmune arthritis pain so I eat nuts and make my own trail mix. I will eat unsweetened dark chocolate so I gotta make these! Thanks for sharing!
Di Hickman
awesome, glad to help. Yes I hear so many times that when people cut out animal products there autoimmune disease symptoms greatly lessen
tiaras and tantrums
either almonds – very salted OR pistachios – I love them equally – but not together. My husband would really love these – he loves sweet and salty together.
Di Hickman
Ah see my Brazil nuts aren’t salted. I have to watch my salt intake, which is another reason I make my own 😉
Rachel Langer
This recipe is NUTS! Bahaha I crack myself up… looks awesome. I make cashews similar to this but I use 100% pure dark cacao with no sugar or milk added and then add honey so it is a bit sweet.
Di Hickman
Yeah I’m thinking next batch I’m gonna chop them up and do little a nut brittle. My hubby wasn’t keen on the whole brazils, he prefers cashews
Ana De- Jesus
I would love to have a delicious bowl of chocolate Brazil nuts right now. Pinning this to take note and learn.
Di Hickman
Thanks. Yep I remember having “Just Brazils” in the UK growing up, usually around christmas. But they were expensive for the amount you get!
Vicky
Now those look finger licking good! I have never tried chocolate covered brazil nuts but now I must make these.
Di Hickman
anything chocolate covered has to be good right? 😉
Kait
These look so tasty! It would be hard for me not to devour the whole batch before they were even done drying!! 🙂
Di Hickman
heheheeh yes self control can be a problem
Robin Masshole Mommy
I am not big on nuts, but my husband will eat any kind of nuts! He loves almonds especially!
Di Hickman
I like almonds too! Honestly I like most nuts but brazil and hazelnuts are probably my favorites