Chocolate Beans

This is one of my very best recipes that has developed over the last year and it is really easy.  Perhaps my masterpiece?  Please give it a try and tell me what you think!

- 2 cups dry pinto beans soaked overnight, drained and rinsed well

- 1 butternut squash cubed

- 1 sweet onion diced

- 1 tsp salt

- 3 heaping Tbsp plain cacao powder

- 1 to 2 tsp chipotle powder depending on how hot you like your spice (or 2 dried chipotles)

- pinch of cinnamon

Put all the ingredients in a crock pot and mix well.  Cover with water and cook on high for 6 to 8 hours so the beans are very soft.

Buen Provecho!

Chokola'j - to drink chocolate together

We stumbled on this amazing little sipping chocolate place in Santa Fe with Jafari last month which has really inspired us.  We found it unintentionally, thinking that we were looking for an herb store.  It was so magical - we walked in almost in a dream state and sat down and ordered three different varieties of sipping chocolate. It was pure Mayan medicine and love.

Real cacao is good for everything - especially your heart.  It is also full of magnesium, which is one reason why we crave it during our moon time.  Lita and I have been making this delicious Mexican hot chocolate drink...

1 cup boiling water

1 heaping spoon organic cacao

1 teaspoon agave syrup

pinch of cinnamon

pinch of chipotle 

1 star anise

How beautiful that a culture had a word especially for drinking chocolate together:  Chokola'j