The recipe above made about 6 cups. I drank 4 cups and then went for a powerwalk with my daughter and one of the dogs. When we got back I placed the rest of my smoothie in the blender and added 1/3 of a cucumber, 2 stalks of celery and some more ice for a recovery smoothie.
My daughter filling up the jug to make some Spearmint Sun Tea!!
1 gallon of filtered water
large handful of fresh spearmint leaves
cap and sit in the sun for several hours
remove leaves when finished and add sweetener of choice...we like liquid stevia
I hope you all had a wonderful time celebrating Christmas with your family and friends and that you took time out to remember why we actually pause this time of year. It is still the only day of the year when almost everything closes down to observe this day.
I hope that Jesus is a part of your everyday life.... because He is our Life and the giver of Life.
Now we are on the verge of beginning a new year. My hope for you is that the new year will bring you closer to God through Jesus Christ and this for the salvation of your souls.
This is my longing...to know Him more. Also, to stay balanced and not allow the things of this world to distract me from my purpose here on this earth. The Bible tells us to, "...Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness" Mt. 6:33. May this be our goal for the new year.
I do plan on continuing to blog and post my eats with new recipes as we go into the new year. I may not post every day as I need to make sure that my priorities are in place and I do not rob my family of myself.
Since I began blogging I have consistently maintained a super high raw diet, about 98-100%. This is the best diet for me. Remember that each of us are unique and have differing needs according to our individual health concerns. I encourage you to eat as much organic raw fruits and veggies as you are able and can tolerate. Try to incorporate more of these items into your diet each week and eliminate the processed foods from your diet at a pace that will achieve your success.
Blessings and Peace to you from God above!
today's eats~
banana
lucuma/mesquite
raw almond milk
herbal mint tea
Carrot/celery/apple/ginger juice~24 oz
SUPERFOOD SMOOTHIE 1 qt
raw almond milk
banana
green powder w/ probiotics and superfoods
chia seeds
cacao nibs
lacuma
mesquite
New Recipe today~
Kathy's Raw Cheezy Chips~my potato chip substitute
Daikon~sliced on a mandolin
sprinkle with
nutritional yeast
onion powder
salt of choice
mix together. you can eat these raw to get a water dense chip or dehydrate until crisp
*if you let these sit too long before eating they will get very wet
Raw Pizza
raw crackers
Rich Cheddar Sauce~recipe below
marinated portabella mushrooms sliced
marinated fennel and roma tomatoes
I also ate some sliced cukes on the side
Dessert/snack~ banana slices topped with chocolate sauce and pecans
chocolate sauce~cocoa, lucuma, mesquite, vanilla, water to thin
RICH CHEDDAR SAUCE
adapted from "Rejuvenate Your Life: by Serene Allison
1/2 large red bell pepper
1/4 c. water
1 c. raw cashews, sunflower seeds and/or almonds (soaked overnite)
1 T. tahini
2 T. nutritional yeast
1 1/2 t. sea salt
2 t. onion powder
1 clove garlic
2 T. lemon juice
blend until creamy. add more water if it is too thick. this will thicken after it is refrigerated
Marinated Mushrooms/fennel and tomatoes
clean and slice small portabella mushrooms place in a shallow dish (keep separate from tomatoes and fennel
clean and slice fennel in a food processor very thinly inluding the tops
clean and slice roma tomatoes thinly
place tomatoes and fennel together in another shallow dish
marinate both with Braggs liquid amino's and olive oil for at least 30-60 mins.
To make pizza's spread cheese onto crackers then top with other mixtures and make sure you get a little juice on the pizza also. Do not let these sit long because the cracker will get too soggy.
SUPERFOOD SMOOTHIE
water
Swiss Chard~10 leaves
Romaine Lettuce~big handful
1 Container of alfalfa sprouts
banana
gala apple
strawberries
blackberries
blueberries
cranberries
goji berries
Just Barley
Amazon Bliss
Raw Cacao Nibs
Ruth's Hemp Protein with Flax and Maca
Whazoo! This is green berry goodness! I made a batch for tomorrow and thought I better get the ingredients down before I forget them. This made 2 quarts of smoothie.
After viewing the above youtube I hope you are encouraged to make positive changes that will enhance your health and spur you on in your own journey.
The Bible says, "Know ye that the LORD He is God: it is He that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture" (Psalm 100:3). Should we not honor God with our body. I Corinthians 10:31 says,"So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all for the glory of God"
For most people we are reaping what we have sown into our bodies, by what we have eaten or drank, factoring in our own individual genetic weaknesses of course. Can you or I say that we are truly honoring God and taking care of our bodies? The mirror will tell us the answer and if we cannot see it, our doctors are telling us by his diagnosis.
You may be in good health and are only seeking to maintain it. May the Lord continue to bless you. But if you are like many, you are struggling with issues and emotional attachments or addictions that you are feeding your body that are destructive. There is freedom. We can overcome them.
I have found this the hard way, perhaps through ignorance and self-indulgence I came to a place that demanded a response. A CHANGE. The road has been painful but educational and now very freeing, if I choose to view it as such. I now follow a high raw diet out of necessity and out of choice. I must follow this way for freedom from pain. Freedom from pain. Freedom to feel good. I choose to feel good and to be free from pain and free from medication, free to make my own choices~I do not have a doctor making them for me.
Green smoothies are one of the tools that the Lord gave me to help me along the way. I highly recommend them. There are too many benefits to mention in this post. I will try to post links on the sidebar.
All along this path the Lord God has been with me, to direct, comfort and give me the strength to persevere. He is my anchor and my hope. I hope that you know HIM. He knows you, He made you. Seek Him while He can be found. His name is Jesus.
Choose Life today...There is salvation in no other Name.
Today
rawpuchinno
32 oz of Green and Carrot juice
Superfood Smoothie~check yesterday's post for recipe
2 baby cucumbers sliced
1/4 of a roma tomato
1/4 c. Valya's spicy almond cheese
4 raw carrot cake cookies with Cashew Cheese & topped with pecans
