Easy Almond Milk

Homemade almond milk has unbelievable flavor when compared to the boxed varieties.  If you are on the fence about taking a few minutes to make your own fresh nut or seed milks at home check out all the benefits:

fresher, more creamy taste
you can flavor the milk any way you like (vanilla, cacao, fresh berries, or [...]

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day

Skip the carb and calorie loaded green beer and throw back a delicious green drink full of cancer fighting phytonutrients.  You will love the light feeling this ginger, apple and spinach juice gives your body.  The ginger gives this delicious drink that “whisky burn” as it goes down, so it feels like you are having [...]

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Citrus Slushy

Pink grapefruit is at it’s flavor peak from late winter through early spring. That’s NOW! Pink Grapefruit, like its other citrus relatives is full of vitamin C, but it also contains lycopene which gives it its lovely color. Lycopene helps fight free radicals in the body protecting you against cancers and cell damage. Enjoy this sweet, refreshing slushy for all the healthy grapefruit benfits with no bitter aftertaste.

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Getting Off The Bean

A Healthy Substite For Coffee That Tastes Great

Want the java monkey off your back without headaches, cold sweats, and an ever-present fear of falling asleep at the wheel? This delicious raw beverage was created during a two week living foods cleanse to keep my husband from going postal on anyone within five feet of him.  [...]

Dill-icious Green Smoothy

Fast and Fabulous Green Smoothie with Dill
Starting you day with greens gets your body off to a  healthy start, but salad may not sound appetizing in the morning.  This smoothy is sweet, light and delicious, making it a good choice for your morning does of fresh greens. Toss all ingredients in your Vita-Mix and off [...]

 

Spinach For Baby

A Delicious Way to Drink Your Spinach
This delicious smoothie evolved from a need to ensure my nine month old son gets plenty of iron.  The experiment went well, he loves it and so does the whole family.
1 cup spinach
1 cucumber
1 large or 2 small Asian pears (apple or pear are great too)
1 cup loosely packed [...]

 

Deliciously Drinkable Chard

An Easy Delicious Green Smoothie Kids Love
Always on the lookout for a tasty way to drink greens, I have tried quite a few with kale and chard and been disappointed. That’s always a bummer because I’d feel too guilty to waste the yummy fruits I put in the botched juice, so I end up pinching [...]

 

Creamsicle Cravings

One of the sweets I wanted to emulate with healthier sweets was the good old fashioned orange creamsicle. Now when I was a kid this was actually made with regular sugar, fruit juice and ice cream, but take a look at the ingredients list on a box of those things nowadays and you’ll need [...]

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Pear Slushy beats a Slurpee Any Day

Avoid the high fructose corn syrup and excessive food coloring in Slurpees or Icees by giving your kids this healthy alternative. Save the juice from canned pears or peaches and toss the liquid and any small bits of fruit left in the blender with ice. Provided you are using organic fruits canned [...]

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