Cleansing Recipes

Detox Juice

yields one gallon

1.

 make dandelion root tea:

2 c. filtered water

6 t. Starwest Dandelion Root (see link below)

thumb of fresh ginger or you may used dried pieces of ginger

bring water to near boil but not boiliing

add dandelion root

steep for 5-10 mins

strain this mixture and  allow to cool

( I re-use the dandelion root by adding more water and warming it up and allowing it to steep for at least 30 mins or more and then strain it and store for the next batch)

2. 

in your gallon jug add:

1/3 c. Just Cranberry Juice (no sugar..I use Knudsen)

1/3- 1/2 c. organic lemon juice ( I use Volcano Lemon Juice available at Costco)

add Dandelion Tea and water to fill jug....I also add a couple droppers of  alcohol free NuNaturals Stevia

My daughter and I are drinking this freely throughout the day.

This juice is super cleaning for your skin, kidneys, liver, digestive system and it's anti-inflammatory and alkalizing . It may help with weight loss, it's a diuretic, helps to balance blood sugar, is rich in micronutrients,  helps with the digestion and emulsification of fats. 

We have seen major improvements in my daughter and my skin, our digestion and elimination of excess water weight.

See the links below for more benefits of add this juice to your day.  (be sure to check for contraindications before using)

Check out this except from the book by Peter A. Gail, Ph.D, titled" The Dandelion Celebration-The Guide to Unexpected Cuisine"

Benefits of Ginger

Benefits of Cranberries

Benefits of Lemons   

My Daughter and I love to periodically cleanse and reset our system.  It is so easy to get off track and begin adding too many convenience foods (even if they seem to be healthy or you got them at the health food section of the store), or too many cooked foods

 into our life and before you know it, you are experiencing old symptoms.....digestive or skin issues,  weight gain, excess fluid build up...etc.....you fill in the blank.

Green  and Carrot Juice Prep

Green Juice

celery

parsley

cilantro

mixed greens

cucumbers

ginger

lemon 

pear

Carrot Juice

carrots

pear

parsley

The red juice is a green, onion, garlic, carrot & beet juice.  My daughter called it hamburger juice, because the flavor reminded her of the smell and taste of hamburger.  :)

She eats a vegan diet...but you never forget.

My favorite Blended Salad/Soup

spinach

cilantro

mango

cucumber

tomato

celery 

Serrano pepper

lime juice

topped with dulse flakes

I also had a few pieces of onion bread with my soup!

This is the most delicious bread I have ever made.  I call it onion ring bread.

SWEET ONION BREAD

recipe from Raw on $10 a Day

I doubled my recipe and used sweet red onions instead of yellow/white

makes two trays of bread

Mix together in large bowl until seeds gel~

2c. ground golden flax seeds

2 c. water

2 t. salt

Add:

5 carrots chopped up in Vita Mix or shredded

4 large red onions sliced in Food processor or other sweet onions

3 T. EV olive oil or grapeseed oil

mix together with hands until thoroughly amalgamated

dry on one side, flip and dry until desired texture and cut up with kitchen scissors

my bread is moist but firm and delicious...and sometimes I will make it extra crispy!

Chinese Kale Salad

baby kale

cucumbers

grape tomatoes

radishes

Chinese five spice

lime juice

 massage lime juice, kale and Chinese Five Spice then add other ingredients

Daily Greens

Cacao Soft Serve and Daily Greens

Daily Green Juice

4 collard leaves with stems

big handful of romaine

3 stalks of celery

lemon

ginger

stevia

I made this in my Vita-Mix and strained it through a nut milk bag.

I try to have green juice everyday...

you can click here to read some of the benefits of jucing

(I am not affiliated with this site but they have a good explanation of the benefits of juicing)

Cacao Nib Soft Serve

2 frozen bananas

fresh raw almond milk

vanilla

small handful of cacao nibs

Blend  bananas and almond milk in Vita-Mix or food processor until smooth then add nibs

serve as is or place in freezer to eat later

Blended Salad

2 vine ripe tomatoes

large bunch of romaine

handful of cilantro

2-3 celery stalks

small jalapeno

2T. tahini

lemon

water to blend

pulse in Vita-Mix to desired consistency.

I topped mine with ground sesame seeds, nutritional yeast and dulse

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These are some of the good eats we enjoyed at our house today.  I also had a green smoothie, a super food cacao smoothie and veggies with hummus.

I encourage you to eat a plant based diet for your good health!

Cheezy Kale Chips, Beet Salad & Tabbouleh

Pictured above is kale with the tahini dressing prior to massaging this mixture..

CHEEZY KALE CHIPS

                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

2 bunches of Kale washed and large stems removed~place in a bowl and sit aside

In a blender or Vita-Mix  add:

1/4 c. Bragg's Apple Cider Vinegar
1/4 C. Bragg's Liquid Amino's
1/2 c. filtered water
*you may need a little more water~you need to be able to pour this out of the blender,
but you don't want it runny.
3/4 c. Tahini
1 garlic clove
2 T. dried onions
1/4 t. sea salt

1/4 c. nutritional yeast

Blend until smooth, pour over kale and massage dressing into kale.

Place on Teflex sheets in dehydrator and dehydrate for 6 hr @ 115 degrees.

 

Today's green juice was an endeavor to clean out the fridge.

pictured:

swiss chard

cucumber

zucchini

kale stems

beet tops

celery

ginger

I added lemon juice and liquid stevia

This juice was extremely GREEN!!

This made one gallon of juice

Beet Salad

1 bunch of raw beets shreddeed

2 large garlic cloves

dash of ground cloves

salt

1/4 c. lemon juice

1/4 c. extra virgin olive oil

Mix in a large bowl and allow flavors to marinate before eating.

Did you know that  CLOVES neutralize garlic breath?

Remember clove gum?

I used to love it!

This is not garlic clove. 

Cloves are sometimes used by the dentist to pack a dry socket when in pain.

Tabbouleh

1 bunch of parsley chopped fine

1 bunch of celery cuttings chopped fine

2 small sweet onions diced

2 bell peppers dicd

4 cucumbers seeds removed and diced

2 c. soaked bulgar

4 t. spearmint

black pepper

Himalyan salt

6 T. lemon juice

6T extra virgin olive oil

Blessings to you today!

Juicing and loving Crispy Dulse

Ingredients for my juice today:

top left~clockwise

celery

swiss chard & zucchini

peeled cucumbers

broccoli and ginger

100% organic Volcano lemon juice

 (there is the juice of 40 lemons in this bottle.. $3.89 at Costco!)

This made 1 gallon of Green Juice

Bottled and ready for the fridge

Mid afternoon meal~

Cheezy Kale Salad

Beet Salad

Not Tuna Pate

Cabbage with olive oil, lemon juice and Himalyan salt

Topped with Spicy Cheese

After the picture I sprinkled granulated dulse on top and then ate it with strips of dulse...lovin me some crispy dulse

This is my Dulse!! 

 A yummy Sea Veggie

Dulse is full of Iodine... the natural kind...

(I do not eat iodized salt, it will harden your arteries)

and potassium, iron, calcium, vitamin C, vitamin A

When you crave something salty and chewy..like jerky...just eat some dulse!

Breakfast of Champions! Green Juice and Fruit Pudding

Green Ginger Juice

7 cucumbers

ginger

lemon juice

big handful of:

kale

dandelion

Kohlrabi green tops

liquid stevia to sweeten

I bottled two pints and then to the other quart I added wheatgrass, beet and carrot powder and mixed it very gently

 This is the finished juice after I blended in the powders.

Fruit Pudding

2 altaulfo mango's

4 large strawberries

pulsed in my Vita-Mix

topped with chia seeds

Liquid-y Day.....Lori Painter~Yoga for Back and Hips!

I hope you all are having a good day!  I've been busy around the house today.  I love home! 

Routine cleaning~food prep and some schooling with my daughter

Pictured above are part of my liquids for the day. 

Two bottles of Cucumber, Celery, lemon, ginger juice and a green smoothie.

Daily Green Juice

2 whole cucumbers

4 cups of celery

about 1/3 c. lemon juice (I didn't measure)

1" piece of ginger

squirt of stevia

I just blended this in my Vita-Mix and strained it!

Easy peasy!

this made a little over 32 oz.

I already had one 16 oz prepared in the fridge (not pictured) that I drank this a.m.

This juice is hydrtating, cleansing and beautifying for the skin! We could call it an anti-aging juice.

You can add a granny smith apple, pear or pineapple to sweeten it up if you like.  I prefer the fruit in my smoothies and not in my juices most of the time.

Green Smoothie

1 container of blackberriess

2 mango's

2 banana's

1 c. pineapple

1" piece of ginger

4-5 oz of spinach

few ice cubes

Blend in Vita-Mix or high powered blender

All of this should keep me going until dinner tonight and then I will prepare a savory blended soup or salad with some hemp seeds and/or tahini.

Lori Painter from Inspire 2 Act has posted a great video for stretching and lengthening lower back and thigh muscles.

Check it out!

Remember to warm up before trying these poses!!!

If you are interested in learning the other poses Lori mentioned you can find pictures of them and instructions at About.com Yoga pages

Green Drinks and Ear Candeling

Hello Blog family! 

 I haven't been blogging much lately because I've been hanging with my own family and working on some projects in my community.  I encourage you to do the same. 

Get out in your community and find ways to connect and be an encourager.

You've heard the saying it is better to give than to receive...check it out!

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I've been getting my Green on, but I've put my juicer aside at the moment for the quick blender method of juicing in my Vita-Mix.

Green Juice

Below I have blended~

2 cucumbers

huge handful of celery

pineapple

ginger

and then strained it through my nut milk bag and placed it back in my Vita-Mix container

and added:

beetroot powder

carrot powder

barley powder

squirt of stevia

and pulsed it quickly to mix

This is super hydrating and great for the skin!

no pic of the finished juice....but trust me it was delicious.

This is another Greenie I've been enjoying

mango

banana

(one day I used  kiwi instead of banana)

strawberries

 4 oz of spinach

(one day I used 3 oz. spinach and one oz. of romaine)

a little water and a few ice cubes and blend until smooth

This lasted me most of the morning and then I had a

Banana Celery Smoothie

3 med banana's

2 1/2 oz of celery

ice and a little water

blend until smooth and sprinkle with cinnamon

Ear Candeling time for hubby!

Ear Candeling is a great way to remove wax from my husband's ears instead of going to a doctors office for wax removal and it is less expensive.

Ear Candeling may or may not be for you. This is a decision everyone must make for themselves.

The first time we did this a few years ago, some of the burnt paper fell onto his arm and he wasn't too thrilled about this method.  Now I lay a towel around his shoulders and arms to keep this from happening.

Watch this video for simple instructions on Ear Candeling.

This video explains how the Ear Candle works.

God Bless your week!

CSA, Rejuvelac, Mexican Nori Crackers, Cheezy Cauliflower Salad, Nacho Chips

CSA is Available!!!

This was my first special order....

1 bunch of green onions

 (they were so large, my daughter thought they were leeks!~I told her they were from Canaan)

1 bunch of radishes

3/4 lb of baby swiss chard

1 lb of spinach

2 lbs of lettuce mixture

Our first official CSA portions is expected around May 18th...until then we are able to place special orders of what is available

Everything is delicious...I juiced some of the spinach in my 1 gallon of

Green Juice

today~no pic

4 bunches of celery

1 lb of spinach

1 bunch of beet tops

stems from 2 bunces of kale

outside leaves from 1 head of cabbage

6 granny smith apples

3 big pieces of ginger

1 c. of lemon juice

liquid stevia to sweeten

delish....and very mild

REJUVELAC

2 c. of wheatberries~soaked, sprouted

after the tails are as long as the wheatberries, rinse and fill jar with filtered water, cover with cloth and let sit on counter 2-3 days until a foamy film develops on top...pour off rejuvelac into sterile glass containers, place in fridge

add more water to berries and let sit on counter and ferment one day...pour off rejuvelac and compost wheatberries.

Rejuvelac has a tangy fermented taste that reminds me of whey...the real stuff...

therefore I decided to make some

Fire-y Lemonade with it!

juice of one lemon

dash of cayenne pepper

4 oz of rejuvelac

squirt of liquid stevia

water & ice

mmmmmmmmmmm....much better!

A little sprouting going on~

from top left~alfalfa, radish, wheatberries, mung beans, sprout salad mix (red and green lentils, radish, alfalfa)

MEXICAN NORI CRACKERS

On nori sheets spread not-Refried Beans and on top of that spread Macho Nacho Sauce

place in dehydrator and dry at 105 until slightly dry, then cut with kitchen scissors into cracker size

remove from teflex sheets and continue to dry until done

From the top celery tops, Mexican Nori Crackers, and Buckwheaties

Final product~Mexican Nori Crackers!!!  These sound weird, but they are delicious....

I say never let your nut cheeses go to waste...dry them in the dehydrator and crumble on top of salads or smear them on a nori sheet and make crackers!

Yummy Kale Salad

2 bunches of kale

1 extra large green onion

2 radishes

3 baby carrots

4 small garlic cloves

sprinkle of Himalyan salt

1/2 c. of lemon juice

massage until wilted and then add:

1/2 c. olive oil

and 1-2 t. dulse granules

My Salad from top left

guacamole~avocado's, red onion, vine ripe tomato, garlic, lemon juice

chopped red beet, 4 baby carrots, 1 celery stalk

kale salad

cheezy cauliflower salad

on a bed on green lettuces and baby swiss chard

sprinkled with dulse and more nutrtional yeast

CHEEZY CAULIFLOWER SALAD

1 head of cauliflower chopped

1/2 c. red onion chopped

2 garlic cloves minced

1 c. nutrtritional yeast

1/2 c. lemon juice

1/2 c. olive oil

dulse

salt

Yesterday's Salad

baby chard

spinach

kale salad

cauliflower salad

radish

radish sprouts

mung bean sprouts

lentil sprout mix

1 tomato

1 spring onion

garlic

Balsamic vinegar

dulse granules

my cukes, swiss chard and collards are coming on

waiting on the spinach and parsley

Nacho Chips

Chocolate Lips!

my daughter was messing around...

Have a great weekend and remember to SMILE!!!!

Cacao Fudge, Salads, and more Salads...

Lunch Time~

I've been in the kitchen most of the morning and had to take a break.  I will juice after lunch, clean up and go work out.  :)

On my plate today is: Beet Salad topped with raw sunflower seeds, Cauliflower Salad, Kale Salad and on topside is another one of Ani's Hemp Sun Burger's with Mustard and a piece Sesame Flax Bread.

BEET SALAD

2 bunches of beets~peeled and shredded

6 garlic cloves

1/4 c. olive oil

1/4 c. lime juice

sprinkling of ground clove

salt to taste

Saving my tops for juicing

KALE SALAD

2 bunches of curly kale

1/2 red onion

handful of raw pumpkin seeds

4 garlic cloves

1/4 c. lime juice

1/4 c. olive oil

3-4 T. Bragg's LIquid Amino's

Set up for Juicing~

2 bunches of beet tops

5 cukes

3 bunches of celery

bowl full of kale stems, broccoli stems, cauliflower greens

I will add approx. 1 c. lemon juice

5-6 granny smith apples

big piece of ginger

and enough stevia to taste good to me

I'll be juicing my greens in my Greenstar...and the pulpy stuff in my Jack..you can see my nut milk bag in the pulp catcher...it is quicker this way and it keeps for about 3 days

Cheezy Kale Chips

2 bunches of Kale washed and large stems removed

place in a large bowl

In a blender or Vita-Mix blend until smooth & then pour over kale and massage until completely covered

1/4 c. Bragg's Apple Cider Vinegar

1/4 C. Bragg's Liquid Amino's

1/2 c. filtered water

*you may need a little more water~you need to be able to pour this out of the blender

but you don't want it runny.

3/4 c. Tahini

1 garlic clove

2 T. dried onions

1/4 t. sea salt

1/4 c. nutritional yeast

Place on Teflex sheets in dehydrator and dehydrate for 6 hr @ 115 degrees.

 

Dessert....

Cacao Fudge

1 c. raw walnuts~grind into flour

add: 1 c. pitted dates...one at a tim until mixed into nut mixture

add: 1 c. raw cacao

dash of salt

process until it sticks together...you may need to add a bit of water to get fudge consistency..add very slowly though, so you don't get a sticky, globby mess..

top with cacao nibs and place in fridge for 1 hr.

I also made a batch of Carob Fudge by substituting carob in place of cacao...

I made this for my hard core raw vegan son.... :)