One Healthy Smoothie Recipe with the Flavors of a Traditional Thanksgiving Dessert
This smoothie tastes like pumpkin pie, apple pie and cranberry-orange sauce all rolled into one. Thanksgiving breakfast may never be the same again after you make this delicious smoothie! It’s a rich blend of apple, fresh cranberry, and pumpkin flavors all infused with pumpkin-pie spices for a party in your mouth. The surprise is that there is no pumpkin in it. The carrots are the substitue for the pumpkin. It makes me happy just writing about this recipe because I can’t get enough of these flavors this time of year. I promise, it’s worthwhile to make this recipe for yourself or share it with your family. Start a new Thanksgiving tradition with this epic smoothie.
Organic ingredients are always best for the Cranberry, Pumpkin & Apple Smoothie.
Cranberry, Pumpkin & Apple Smoothie
Makes 1 large or 2 small portions
Ingredients
2 C organic fresh cranberries
3 large organic carrots
1/2 organic honey crisp apple
1 banana, frozen
1 Tbs hemp seeds
3 Tbs. carrot pulp, from the juice
1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
3 Medjool dates
1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
5 ice cubes
Process
Juice the cranberries and carrots in a juicer.
Place juice at the bottom of a high speed blender, like a Vitamin.
Take 3 tablespoons of the carrot pulp and add to blender.
Add the remaining ingredients to the blender.
Blend on low speed at first until the ingredients are incorporated and then on high speed for a smooth texture.
Get in the healthy holiday mood.
Top The Carrot, Cranberry, Apple "Pumpkin Pie" Smoothie with pumpkin pie spice and hemp seeds.
The 12 most mind-bending, life-altering, eye-opening, podcasts I’ve listened to, Plus a recipe for Blue Majik & Blueberry Smoothie
After 57 years on this planet, I thought I knew a thing or two, but my mind has expanded so much from listening to these pods. I love Albert Einstein’s famous quote “The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don't know.”
I've fallen down the rabbit hole of these fascinating and informative conversations by experts in the fields of health, business, psychology, and nutrition. I find the podcast medium to be a very accessible way to consume information while power walking, doing errands, riding the subway or cleaning the kitchen.
The stories are full of inspiration, transformation and liberation. My picks are in no particular order. Four of them are from the same podcast host, because well, they’re just that good. I hope you take the time to listen and enjoy, as much as I have. I truly believe that important conversations like these make the world a better place.
We don’t know what we don’t know.
— Unknown
1. Rich Roll. Host: Rich Roll
Episode: Dr. Zach Bush “Glyphosate, GMO’s and Healing the Gut”
2. Rich Roll. Host: Rich Roll
Episode: Bruce Friedrich, “Innovating the Future of Clean Meat”
3. GOOP. Host: Elise Loehnan
Episode: Marianne Williamson “Who are You in Crisis?”
4. PodShip Earth. Host: Jarod Blumenfeld
Episode: “Everybody’s Plastic” “Fasting Mimicking Diet”
5. Super Soul. Host: Oprah Winfrey
Episode: Carolyn Myss: “Discovering your Life’s Purpose”
6. Marie Forleo. Host: Marie Forleo
Episode: Brene Brown “Braving the Wilderness”
7. School of Style. Host: Luke Story
Episode: Daniel Vitalis “Water Wars / Unlocking the Mysteries of Nature’s Greatest Gift”
8. Good Life Project. Host: Jonathan Fields
Episode: Geneen Roth “You Don’t Need to Be Fixed”
9. Finding Mastery. Host: Michael Gervais
Episode Satya Nadella “Microsoft CEO”
10. Rich Roll. Host: Rich Roll
Episode: Ray Cronise & Julieanna Hever. “Nutrition and Oxidative Priority”
11. Rich Roll. Host: Rich Roll
Episode: Dr. Valter Longo. Episode: Fasting Mimicking Diet"
12. GOOP. Host: Elise Loehnan
Episode: Michaela Boehm “Creating Sexual Tension”
I promise you'll love this quick and delicious smoothie bowl, especially if the taste of bitter greens is not your thing. This blue-ness is rich, sweet and satisfying.
BLUE MAJIK & BLUEBERRY SMOOTHIE
Blue is a hard food color to find when eating the rainbow. The blue color itself is the most nutritious part of the food. The phytonutrients which naturally occur in blue food, called anthocyanin, catechin, quercetin, and kaempferol, are powerful antioxidants for our bodies. This blue smoothie is just so pretty -- and tastes so damn good.
Ingredients
1/2 C coconut water kefir
1 C plain coconut yogurt
1 frozen banana
1/2 C frozen blueberries
1/2 C steamed & frozen cauliflower and zucchini, each
1 tsp Blue Majik spirulina
1 Tbs pea protein powder
1/2 tsp maca, mesquite, lucuma, each
1/2 C spring water - add as needed.
Process
In a high-speed blender, add ingredients in order as listed.
Blend all ingredients using the tamper to help mix.
Add water, one tablespoon at a time, if it’s too thick to blend.
Top with frozen blueberries, a sprinkle of hemp seeds, and shredded coconut flakes.
Enjoy and feel good about taking the time for self care!
xxNK
A Delicious Anti-Inflammatory Drink that Combats Hunger and Fights Any Pro-inflammatory foods that you might (accidentally) Eat
Golden milk is a delicious, anti-inflammatory, milky turmeric drink that's easy to whip up and so nutritious. I find this healthy, non caffeinated coffee replacement, warm and comforting at the beginning, middle or end of my day. And even more importantly it contains a healthy dose of turmeric, which contains the compound curcumin, one of the top anti-inflammatory foods. Science based evidence shows that excess cellular inflammation in the body is an epidemic in our country and the root cause of almost all diseases, such as heart disease, Alzheimer's, cancer, diabetes, arthritis, high cholesterol and obesity. This drink can combat hunger and any pro-inflammatory foods that you might (accidentally) consume. Use this list of anti-inflammatory and pro-inflammatory foods as a reference to keep inflammation and it's many systemic symptoms at bay.
Anti-inflammatory foods to eat regularly
Green Leafy Vegetables (spinach, kale, swiss chard)
Bok Choy
Celery
Beets
Broccoli
Blueberries
Pineapple
Salmon (wild caught, Alaskan)
Walnuts
Coconut oil
Chia seeds
Flaxseeds
Turmeric
Ginger
Exercise
Pro-inflammatory foods to avoid!
Trans Fats (bad fats found in all processed, prepackaged foods)
Soda Pop
Refined Sugar (white sugar, candy, cake)
Refined Carbohydrates (bread, petzels, pasta)
Corn-Fed Beef
Below is the Rawception recipe for golden milk, but first we have to make a turmeric paste.
GOLDEN PASTE
½ cup turmeric powder
1 cup spring water (+ a little extra if too thick)
1.5 tsp ground black pepper
1 Tbs. coconut oil (optional)
PROCESS
Mix water (1 cup) with turmeric powder in a pan and slowly heat it up and stir for 6-10 minutes until you get a thick paste (add the additional water if necessary).
Add black pepper (for better absorption of the turmeric) and coconut oil and continue stirring until all the ingredients are fully mixed in together.
Allow the paste to cool. Store in the refrigerator in a jar for up to 2-3 weeks.
GOLDEN MILK
1 heaping teaspoon turmeric paste
1/2 C almond milk
1/2 C hot water
1 tsp. organic, raw, unfiltered honey
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
PROCESS
Mix all the ingredients together over medium heat, except the honey, vanilla and cinnamon.
Do not allow the liquid to boil, just warm.
Pour in a mug and add honey, vanilla and cinnamon.
Mix well and drink as soon as it is cool enough.
I hope you enjoy this yummy drink as much as I do! It's one of my favorites drinks and on high rotation at my house.
Eat well and be your healthiest you! xx
Tropical Bowl
I see acai bowls all over social media and I've tried not to jump on the smoothie bowl bandwagon, but I made a smoothie bowl the other day, my super-food, super-herb kinda way, and I thought it was worth sharing. Why? Because this version is packed with Omega 3 fatty acids, protein, vitamins, minerals, fiber and iron.
There are 3 crucial Omega 3's that our body's need for optimum health. ALA, DHA & EPA.
ALA is only from plant sources like the hemp, chia, flax seeds and nuts in this bowl.
DHA and EPA are found Sea Algae and certain fish (salmon)
Omega 3's have so many vital health benefits such as reducing heart disease, depression, arthritis, inflammation, and much more.
This bowl contains 3 sea algae: Spirulina, Chlorella and Marine phytoplankton - high sources of DHA and EPA. And Spirulina is the highest protein food on the planet at 70% protein. Need I say more?
Base Ingredients
1 frozen banana
1 C frozen pineapple
1 C ice
2 tsp. marine phytoplankton powder
2 tsp. chlorella powder
Optional Super Foods
1 tsp. maca powder
1 tsp. lucuma powder
Optional Super Herbs
1 dropper ginseng
1 dropper astragalus
1 dropper schizandra
Process
Build blender in order of ingredients.
Start with a little less liquid to be sure the smoothie is thick.
Pour smoothie into a shallow bowl.
Decorate with chia, hemp, sunflower and pumpkin seeds, fresh fruit/berries, almonds, dried mulberries.
Terrific Turmeric
Turmeric is a beautiful golden orange root that has traditionally been used in Indian cuisine to give curry it's yellow color. Turmeric contains a compound called curcumin which gives turmeric it's color and is the most nutritious part of the root. Turmeric may be one of the most effective nutritional supplement in existence. Many high quality studies show that it has major benefits for your body and brain. I love to juice turmeric root for it's zing which instantly energizes my body!
Here are the top ten evidence based benefits of turmeric.
Curcumin may help delay aging and fight age-related chronic diseases.
Curcumin is a natural anti-Inflammatory compound.
Turmeric is an antioxidant.
Curcumin has been linked to improved brain function and a lower risk of brain diseases.
Curcumin leads to various improvements that can lower your risk of heart disease.
Turmeric can help prevent cancer.
Curcumin may be useful in preventing and treating alzheimer’s disease.
Arthritis patients respond very well to curcumin supplementation.
Studies show that curcumin has incredible benefits against depression.
Turmeric contains bioactive compounds with powerful medicinal properties.
Turmeric Juice Tonic
1 C turmeric root, 1 C ginger root, 2 carrots Remove from juicer and set aside. Then juice 2 C spinach, 1 C kale, 1 cucumber, 4 celery stalk, 1 green apple. Alternate pouring the yellow and green juice into the glass.
Matcha Latte Tonic
This is my favorite, most delicious morning drink. It wakes me gently and matcha tea time releases light amounts of caffeine over the next three hours.
Matcha Latte Tonic
1/1/2 C. warm spring water
1 Tbsp. organic matcha powder
2 Tbsp raw shelled hemp seeds
Tonic herbs
1 Tsp. he shou wu powder
1/2 dropper of deer antler
1/2 dropper of ant
1/2 dropper of liquid B12 vitamin
1/2 dropper of astragalus root.
1/2 dropper of duanwood reishi
1/2 dropper of marine phytoplankton
2 tsp. honey or 1/2 dropper butterscotch stevia
Super Foods
1 Tbsp. vita-mineral green powder
1 Tsp. brazillian magic (prebioic)
1 Tsp. maca
1 Tsp. lucuma
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp vanilla powder
Process
Place all ingredients in a blender in order of appearance and process on low speed until everything is integrated. Then process high speed two or three minutes until hemp seeds are milky and foamy! Drink.
Top 10 Smoothie
My experiment with this Top 10 smoothie, was toto see if I could get the top 10 super foods to tastes delicious blended together. It didn't require much. Simply the addition of a frozen banana to sweeten it and voila.
YIELDS TWO SMOOTHIES
Top Ten Smoothie
1 C kombucha or coconut water or base of your choice
1 frozen banana
6-8 ice cubes
2 dates (optional)
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1 Tbs spirulina
1/2 Tbs chlorella
1/2 Tbs marine phytoplankton
1 Tbs liquid blue/gren algae (E3 Live)
1 Tbs bee pollen
1 Tbs raw honey
1/2 Tbs maca
1 tsp camu camu powder
1 Tbs coconut butter
1 tbs cacao powder
1 tsp acai powder
1 Tbs Dragon herbs "brazillian magic" green powder
1 Tbs tocos
Process
Build high speed blender in order of ingredients listed. Blend on low speed until well incorporated. then bring to high speed until all ice and powders are completely smooth. Top with extra cacao and swirl into smoothie. Enjoy and let me know how you like it!
Secret Sea Smoothie
The last five years of my life have been centered around changing tides, ebb and flow and riding the waves of this lovely life. Standing and facing the ocean is a powerful reminder of just how insignificant the menutiae of my life is, and in stark contrast, feeling the enormity of the universal and it's infinite energy.
Living at the bottom of the ocean is another powerful and important source. Possibly the most nutritionally important food discovery for land creatures, like us. Sea algae and sea vegetables blow land vegetable out of the water!. Sea algae are at the top of the super food chart with dense amounts of vitamins, minerals, fatty acids, and amino acids.
About Marine Phytoplankton
This single cell micro algae is the foundation of the food chain, and is considered to be one of the most powerful super foods, and one of the most nutrient dense, bioavailable foods on the earth, containing all amino acids for complete protein and all 92 minerals.
Here's the best part, due to it's microscopic size and concentrated nutritional value, the body quickly delivers the proteins, vitamins, antioxidants, minerals, trace minerals, chlorophyll, pigments, essential fatty acids, phytonutrients, and phytochemicals directly to our cells bypassing digestion! Amazing, right? There's more.....
Through the process of photosynthesis, marine phytoplankton produces nearly ninety percent of the Earth's oxygen and absorbs most of the Earth's carbon dioxide! Vital nutrients and energy is also produced in the process. There are only four species beneficial for human consumption, with the Nannochloropsis gaditana variety being most common. It can be purchased in raw unprocessed liquid
or raw powder form.
About Spirulina
Multi-cell blue green algae
300 times more calcium than dairy milk per gram.
Complete Protein; contains all amino acids.
Minerals: Easily absorbable Iron, Calcium, Magnesium,
Zinc, Phosphorus, Copper, Manganese, Boron, Iodine.
Vitamins; A, C, D ,E, K, V, B1, B2, B3 B6, B9.
More Phytonutrients / 5 servings of fruit and veg.
About Chlorella
Single cell green algea.
400 times more chlorophyl than wheat grass.
Vitamins; A, C,D, E,K, V, B1, B2, B6, B12.
Minerals: Iron, Calcium, Magnesium, Zinc, Phosphorus
Omega 3 and 6 fatty acids.
About E3 Live
This blue green algae is harvested in a lake not the ocean but it boasts 65 vitamins and minerals and is a rich source of chlorophyl. Available in frozen liquid form. Hint: defrost and pour into ice cube trays, refreeze for perfect individual serving size.
Sea Smoothie Recipe
Base
1 C. gynostemma based herb tea, brewed and cooled.
Core
2 C. Spinach
1 C. Kale
1/2 Cucumber
1 Whole Grapefruit, peeled
1 Whole Lemon, peeled.
Sea Vegetable Enhancers
1 Tsp. Spirulina
1 Tsp. Chlorella
1 Tsp. Marine Phytoplankton
1E3 Live-ice cube
Super Foods
1/2 Tsp Maca
1 Tbs. Tocotrienols
Frozen
1 Frozen Banana
4-5 Ice Cubes.
Topping
Bee Pollen
Process
Build the blender in order of ingredients. Blend on low and finish on high speed. Top with Bee Pollen or Hemp Seeds. Get ready for this smoothie to blow you out of the water.
Beat of my Heart Juice
I love green or red juices. Drinking vegetable juice is the quickest and most delicious way to super charge my body and mind. I love beet juice for generating my energy, balancing my weight, boosting my mental clarity and elevate my mood.
This red juice does just that! Red beets are a high source of betaine; betaine is a vital to good cardiovascular health. Betaine lessens your body’s concentration of homocysteine, a harmful substance that damages blood vessels and can contribute to vascular disease, stroke and heart attack.
Beet juice is also high in Vitamin C and a natural source for liver detoxification. Beets provide heavy antioxidant and anti-inflammatory support. However, like most vegetables, cooking beets reduces their nutrients and important phytonutrients, which is the advantage of juicing beets. One beet has about 58 calories, 4 grams of fiber and 9 grams of sugar. Because it’s high in natural sugar it will keep your craving for processed white sugar at bay.
Ingredients
2 red beets peeled and chopped to fit into juicer
1 yellow beet peeled and chopped
1 whole cucumber, washed unpeeled
2 stalks celery, washed
2 carrots, washed
1 whole lemon, washed and quartered
Process
Juice as per juicer manufacturers instructions or go to your neighborhood juice bar of choice and order this beet juice.