Mesquite Powder / Flour

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Ground mesquite powder taste like an aromatic blend of cinnamon, chocolate, and coffee. This USDA Organic, Kosher mesquite flour is made from the seedpods of the mesquite tree from Argentina.

Like many other desert plants, the mesquite tree super concentrates nutrients in its seeds to compensate for the harsh environment. Consequently, it is so nutritious and mineral-rich that many consider it a superfood.

Mesquite powder is very high in magnesium, potassium, iron, calcium, zinc, fiber, and digestible proteins (including lysine). It also acts as an antioxidant, and its glycemic index is low in spite of its sweet taste.

Mesquite can be used as either a gluten-free flour or a superfood seasoning. 

As a flour, the most favorable and flavorful outcome occurs when mesquite powder constitutes from ten to twenty percent by weight of the total flour mixture (we suggest you combine it with coconut flour or almond flour). 

As a spice, you can sprinkle mesquite meal on almost anything to add flavor. It tastes especially yummy in Chocolate Bliss or other cacao-related smoothies of your own design.


16 oz Mesquite Powder

$13 + S/H

 


Ingredients
Raw Organic Mesquite Powder

About the Ingredients
All ingredients are raw. This is a USDA certified organic product.

For 2000 years, mesquite flour was a staple food of Native Americans from the Texas to California area, because mesquite trees thrive in arid climates where other crops wither. Mesquite pods were one of the most significant foods of the desert Apache, Pima, Cahuilla, Maricopa, Yuma, Mohave, and Hopi tribes.

Mesquite trees have small green leaves and yellow hanging seedpods. Mesquite flour is made by washing the pods with water, sorting them for quality, milling and sieving the pods to isolate the most flavorful portion of the pods in the same fashion that Indians did for centuries using stone mortars.

This product is offered via Earth Circle Organics


Nutrition Label Facts

Serving Size: 2 Tbsp (30g)
Servings per Container: about 15

 
Amount per serving
% DV
Calories
114
Calories from Fat
9
Total Fat
1g
2%
Sodium
4mg
0%
Potassium
514mg
15%
Total Carbohydrate
21g
7%
  Dietary Fiber
11g
43%
  Sugars
9g
Protein
5g
Vitamin A 0%, Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 16%, Iron 30%
Magnesium 11%, Phosphorous 6%
Zinc 6%, Copper 12%
Manganese 35%

Not a significant source of saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol.
% Daily Values (DV) are based on a 2,000 calorie diet


Recipes Using Mesquite Powder

Use Mesquite Powder as a super-nutritious seasoning in your favorite superfood recipes. Here are a few we add Mesquite Powder to, usually by the Tablespoon.

1 Blender of Chocolate Bliss / Smoothie

4½ Cups pure water  
½ Cup Chocolate Bliss mix
(or 6 Tbsp if you like it less chocolatey)
$5 + S/H
½ Cup Vanilla Agave Nectar
(or substitute about 20 dates or 6 Tablespoons honey if you are getting the Chocolate Bliss sample pack and don't have Agave)
$25 + S/H

Blend until smooth (works best in a Vita-Mix or other high powered blender). You may also desire to make a thicker smoothie by adding fresh or frozen fruit (we like bananas) and/or activated nuts (cashews or walnuts are particularly yummy). Chill and shake well before drinking. Enjoy!

 

1 Gallon of Chocolate Bliss - Standard Recipe

3 Cups pure water  
1½ Cups Chocolate Bliss mix
(or 1 1/4 Cup if you like it less chocolatey)
$50 + S/H
1¼ Cups Vanilla Agave Nectar
(or 1 Cup if you like it less sweet)
$25 + S/H

Blend until smooth (works best in a Vita-Mix or other high powered blender), pour into a gallon-sized sealable plastic container, and then fill the rest up with pure water. Shake well, and then chill.

To make a concentrate for warm drinks, fill your gallon container only to the halfway mark when adding the water. Then you can use half of the chilled concentrate and half warm water each time you serve yourself. Enjoy!

Even Better Chocolate Bliss

Follow the Chocolate Bliss recipe above and add any of the following ingredients as desired:

1-4 Tbsp Rain Forest Rush
The easiest blend of greens, adaptogenic stimulants and supportive nutrients
$50 + S/H
1-3 Tbsp Tocotrienols
Creates a creamier, frothier bliss - more like milk chocolate, high in natural vitamin E
$20 + S/H
1-3 tsp Pristine Guarana
An adaptogenic that gives your bliss a mocha-like flavor and gives you focus
$40 + S/H
½ - 1 tsp Pristine Yerba Matte
An adaptogenic that tastes a little like green-tea and gives you relaxation
$35 + S/H
1-3 Tbsp Vitamineral Green
For adding even more greens to your diet while still preserving the chocolatey goodness taste
$55 + S/H
½ - 1 tsp Mesquite Powder
Adds a cinnamon flavor to Bliss and even more minerals and superfood benefits. Works best when you stir it in to your just-poured glass of Bliss to your desired taste.
$13 + S/H

To make a concentrate for warm drinks, fill your gallon container only to the halfway mark when adding the water. Then you can use half of the concentrate and half warm water each time you serve yourself.

 

Our Personal Chocolate Bliss Recipe

We make a gallon of Chocolate Bliss in order to reduce time in the kitchen. This recipe will last in the fridge for about 6-7 days. We like the flavors of the added superfoods and the superfood benefits. Yummy!

3 Cups pure water
(Bliss blends best with this much water but you can do more or less to make it work in your blender ... you'll be adding more water soon)
 
1 Cups Vanilla Agave Nectar
$25 + S/H
1¼ Cups Chocolate Bliss mix
$50 + S/H
1 Tbsp Bee Pollen
Great for B Vitamins and a slightly floral taste and many other as yet unknown benefits of bee superfoods
$30 + S/H
2 Tbsp Tocotrienols
Creates a creamier, frothier bliss - more like milk chocolate, high in natural vitamin E
$20 + S/H
1 Tbsp Pristine Guarana
An adaptogenic that gives your bliss a mocha-like flavor and gives you more energy and focus
$40 + S/H
1 tsp Pristine Yerba Matte
An adaptogenic that tastes a little like green-tea and gives you more blissful state of awareness and relaxation
$35 + S/H
1 Tbsp Vitamineral Green
We don't always add this in - like every other gallon depending on how many greens we're eating outside of our Bliss
$55 + S/H

Blend until smooth (works best in a Vita-Mix or other high powered blender), pour into a gallon-sized sealable plastic container, and then fill the rest up with pure water. Shake well, and then chill.

TIP: We add our Vanilla Agave Nectar right after the water so we can use the measuring marks on the side of our Vitamix Blender and avoid dirtying an extra measuring cup.

Enjoy!

Chia Pudding

3½ Cups pure water  
½ Cup Chia Seeds
Soak Chia seeds in the water in a large bowl overnight to make Chia Gel
$20 + S/H
¼ Cup Vanilla Agave Nectar
$25 + S/H
¼ tsp Sun Fire Salt
$20 + S/H
¼ tsp Cinnamon  
½ Cup Activated Cashews (soaked for 4 hours and rinsed)  
¾ Cup Berries (frozen blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, strawberries)  

Optional:
   
1 Tbsp Chocolate Bliss mix or Pristine Carob Powder for a chocolatey taste  
1 Banana  
2-3 caps Salivarius (helps preserve pudding longer)  

After creating chia gel overnight, stir the gel well and place 1 Cup of it in a Vita-Mix or other high powered blender. Add remaining ingredients and blend on high until smooth and creamy. Pour mixture back in bowl with remaining chia gel and stir well. Keep refrigerated. Enjoy!

Learn more about chia seeds, special tips for making chia pudding, and other uses for chia gel with this short audio from our Superfood Tasting Night.

Get the Upgraded Chia Pudding Recipe Here. Even more yummy!


Laura's Bliss Kisses

4 Tbsp Mayan Gold Cacao (Chocolate) Powder or Chocolate Bliss powder
$25 + S/H
4 Tbsp

Tocotrienols

$20 + S/H
¼ tsp Sun Fire Salt
$20 + S/H
1½ Tbsp Vanilla Agave Nectar
$25 + S/H
1½ Tbsp Coconut Oil or Cacao Butter
$18 + S/H

Optional:
1 Tbsp Chia Seeds
$20 + S/H
1 Tbsp Goji Berries
$21 + S/H
1 Tbsp Cacao Nibs
Temporarily Unavailable
½ tsp Vitamineral Green or Blue-Green Algae
$55 + S/H
2 drops Orange Essential Oil  
3/4 tsp Cinnamon  

Stir the dry ingredients together in a bowl. If you are including any of the optional ingredients, add them in now too. If you decide to add any of the powdered greens, I suggest you also add the orange essential oil or cinnamon to cover any potential "green flavor".

Add the Coconut Oil and Agave Nectar and stir. It works best and is more fun to get your hands into the mix now and really mush all the ingredients together so that the oil and agave bind the dry ingredients well.

Create small teaspoon-size drops of the mixture and place them on wax paper. You can see pictures of the size and yummy messiness. You will get about 10 little bliss kisses per recipe. Freeze your bliss kisses for best taste and longevity, though you may find that after licking your fingers you desire to eat them all up quickly.

You can also use Carob in your bliss kisses to make a sweeter kiss. Try using half Cacao and half Carob or substituting Carob for the Tocotrienols in the recipe.

For an extra-creamy and more truffle-like bliss kiss that can sit out at room temperature, substitute Cacao Butter for the Coconut Oil. Mmmmmm. Enjoy!

 

Best Brownies Ever

3 Cups Brazil Nuts  
1 tsp Sun Fire Salt
$20 + S/H
3 Cups Dates (pitted Medjool Dates are best)  
2 Tbsp Vanilla Extract  
1 Cup Carob Powder
$15 + S/H
1/4 Cup Cacao Powder
$25 + S/H
1/4 Cup Mesquite Powder
$13 + S/H
1 Cup Hemp Seeds
$30 + S/H
1/4 Cup Bee Pollen
$30 + S/H
3/4 Cup Chopped Walnuts or Pecans  

Add the brazil nuts and salt to a food processor and grind as fine as you can before it starts to turn into a creamy paste/butter.  (Note that you do not need to soak brazil nuts – they don’t have enzyme inhibitors like most other nuts).  Add the dates and vanilla to the food processor and process until a smooth cake batter like consistency (you may want to add the dates a few at a time).

In a separate bowl add all the remaining ingredients and mix well.  Add the nut/date mixture to the blended dry ingredients and mix thoroughly (best if kneaded by your hands – and more fun).

Put the brownie mix into a 9×12 pan and spread evenly, pressing down with your hands to make a uniform appearance in the pan.

For more details on this recipe and updates, please visit the blog posting for our Best Brownies Ever.

Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

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