Mixed fruit smoothie

Ingredients

• 1 small bowl of mixed fruit (blueberries, pomegranate, raspberries, strawberries, cherries)
• Almondmilk (enough to allow it to blend ingredients together)
• 1 Frozen bananas
• 1 tsp Maca powder
• 1 tsp pumpkin powder power
• 1/2 tsp goji berry powder
• 1 scoop of Raw hemp Meal replacement 

Blend all ingredients and enjoy!

 All ingredients

 mixed frozen fruit

 Cheers!

What I Ate Today 1/1/2015

What I ate today + workout times

A typical day of meals, snacks, drinks and workouts in my detox January

Drink
5:45am -28 oz of water (I shoot for 32oz) (as soon as I woke up) Probiotic pill.

11:00am - Oil pulling

Drink
11:30am - Dandelion powder and Brown Seaweed powder in 1/4 cup of mango juice, plus one cup of plain mango juice after.

First meal

1:00pm ~ Smoothie - 1 cup blueberries, 1/2 cup frozen strawberries, 2 small frozen bananas, 1 tsp Maca powder, 1 tsp pumpkin powder power, 1 tsp goji berry powder, and enough almond milk to allow it to blend together.

A powerhouse start to the day...and oh so delicious too! 
It made a full glass and an extra small cup.

Snack - Meal

4:00pm ~ 1 Dr. Mercola Whey bar (came free with an order of other Mercola products I purchased, and they're delicious!)

Workout~ 6:30pm-7:00pm

Gym - 20 minutes on the stair climber (short day today...did weights along with the climb yesterday)

Dinner

8:00pm ~ Veggie soup topped with bean sprouts and spicy wakame kimchi in a nori roll

 My probiotics for this meal

Drink

9:30pm ~ Golden tea - Almond milk, turmeric, raw honey, ginger, cinnamon and passion flower powder

“Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open.”  
~B.K.S. Iyengar

Morning Smoothie

 Now that my day consists of such an intense workout, I like to start my day with a powerful punch.

Ingredients:

• 1 scoop Raw Hemp Meal Replacement
• 1 spoon Goji berry powder 
• 1 spoon wheatgrass powder 
• 1 spoon pumpkin seed powder 
• 1 spoon raw cacao powder
• 1/4 tsp Betaine powder (healthy part of beets)
• 1 banana
• almond milk 
• ice cubes

Directions:
I used about a little less than a teaspoon of each powdered ingredients, apart from the Betaine, which I used just a 1/4 measured teaspoon. Make sure your banana is nice and ripe. I didn't measure the almond milk, but filled my Magic Bullet up with almond milk and ice, after all the ingredients were added.
Blend all ingredients and enjoy!

Kale & Berry smoothie

Ingredients:
bunch of kale
1 frozen banana
frozen raspberries
frozen strawberries
frozen blueberries

dates
resveratrol powder
betaine powder

maca powder

grapefruit extract

coconut milk

Recipe:
Blend!

 Add all to blender and Blend! Add coconut milk until consistency desired

Once blended it had the prettiest speckles of color!

Green Smoothie Girl- Health with smoothies

Leading by example...this is a wonderful video presentation by Green Smoothie Girl, Robyn Openshaw, who teaches a high-energy class to educate and inspire people towards achieving optimal health through a whole-foods, mostly living, plant-based diet. She demonstrates a way to spend just 10 minutes in the kitchen to beat the Standard American Diet by 750 percent and see weight loss, energy gains, and better digestion.

Robyn Openshaw is the founder of GreenSmoothieGirl.com, including Robyn's blog, which she started in 2007, and which now gets nearly 100,000 hits monthly. Her mission is to help and inspire people towards vibrant health through whole-foods nutrition. She has earned degrees from Brigham Young University and the University of Utah. She has also taught at Brigham Young University and lectures throughout the country. She has published ten books including the bestselling The Green Smoothies Diet, and the 12 Steps to Whole Foods course. She resides in Lindon, Utah and is a mom to four teen-aged athletes. A competitive tennis player herself, she enjoys many other sports, and loves to grow organic vegetables, cook and read everything in sight. She is currently on a worldwide tour studying non-toxic cancer treatment.

Videography and editing by William Harris, M.D. on March 17, 2012 at McCoy Pavilion, Ala Moana Beach Park, Honolulu, Hawaii
Sponsored by: Vegetarian Society of Hawaii http://www.vsh.org

Green Smoothies for St. Patty's Day

In honor of Saint Patrick's day I'd like to share several Green Smoothies, courtesy of gotgreenrevolution.com

The Basic Green Smoothie Recipe

This is what we recommend for starting out (makes about 1 quart/1 liter).

1 or 2          ripe bananas

1/2 cup       of another fruit: (pineapple, blueberry, apple, peach, mango)

1 1/2 cup    fresh greens:   (~2 chard leaves or ~1 handful spinach)

~ 12 oz water (or to desired consistency)

Mint Melon Medley Green Smoothie Recipe

For a sweet refreshing mint feeling.

3          bananas
1          mint sprig, or 2
3 cups  spinach packed in the blender
2 cups  cantaloupe
~ 16oz water (to desired consistency)



Green Apple Glory Green Smoothie Recipe

For sweet creamy goodness.

1        ripe banana
1        large apple cored
1/2     medium ripe avocado
1 cup  packed spinach
1 cup  packed romaine (about 3 large leaves)
~ 1 pint of water



Irish Banana Split Green Smoothie Recipe

Sweet dessert goodness.

2          frozen ripe bananas
1 cup    frozen pineapple
1/2 cup frozen strawberries 
2 cups   packed spinach
~ 1 pint of water



Tropical Dream

Sweet visions of the tropics.

1/2       mango
1 1/2 c  pineapple
1          frozen banana 
2 cups  spinach
4          small kale leaves
~ 1 pint of water

Today my breakfast smoothie may not have been green in color but the straw sure was! ^_^ 

However it did include some fresh organic baby spinach and green organic wheatgrass powder.  I no longer crush up Chlorella and put in my smoothies, I just swallow the tables with water ( I don't particularly like the taste, and since they are in pill form I might as well swallow them! Easier and no taste).

My Smoothie today (makes 12 oz)- 1/3 cup blueberries, 1/3 cup frozen strawberries, 1 frozen organic banana, 1/2 tsp chlorella (has the highest chlorophyll content of all known plants...detoxifier), 1 tsp of freshly ground flax seeds, 1 serving True Whey vanilla protein powder,  ¼ tsp pure resveratrol powder, 1tsp MSM, 1 tsp Maca powder, 1/2 tsp deer antler velvet, 1 tsp goji berry powder, 1/2 tsp wheatgraa powder, 1/2 tsp pumpkin seed powder, and enough water and almond milk to allow it to blend together (roughly 1/3 cup total). 

 

What I Ate Today 2/13/2012

Random Share Day

What I ate today + workout times
A typical day of meals, snacks, drinks and workouts

Drink
5:45am ~Glass of warm water with juice of 1/2 organic lemon (as soon as I woke up)

Breakfast

8:00am ~Green Smoothie (makes 12 oz)- 1/2 cup blueberries, 1/2 cup frozen strawberries, 1 frozen organic banana, 1/2 tsp chlorella (has the highest chlorophyll content of all known plants...detoxifier), 1/2 tsp spirulina contains more bio-chelated organic iron than any other whole-food...nutritional), 1 tsp of freshly ground flax seeds, 1 serving True Whey vanilla protein powder,  ¼ tsp pure resveratrol powder, 1tsp MSM, 1 tsp Maca powder, 1/2 tsp deer antler velvet, 1 tsp goji berry powder, 1/2 tsp wheatgraa powder, 1/2 tsp pumpkin seed powder, 5 drops Fulvic acid, 10 drops grapefruit seed extract and enough water to allow it to blend together.

A powerhouse start to the day...and delicious too:)

~Juice of 1 orange
~ Cod Liver oil, digestive enzyme and probiotic

~(vitamin supplements)

9:00am ~Green mint tea 

Drink

10:30am ~ Hot cocoa with Ho Shou Wu (herb-a general tonic for the liver and kidney)- I/2 tsp Ho Shu Wu, 1tsp cacao powder, half a mug of unsweetened Vanilla almond milk, half a mug of filtered water.

 

Snack

11:30am - Raw sweet potato chips with cinnamon (click here for recipe blog) Ate while making the kale chips.

Task
For 8hrs ~ Dehydrated some raw bbq kale (tomorrow's snack). Look for the recipe in tomorrow's blog. Put in Dehydraw to at 1pm and took them out at 9pm. They turned out amazing!

Lunch

12:30pm ~Kale, Broccoli and Quinoa with 1 boiled egg

 I used the kale pieces that weren't big enough for kale chips and used all the stems for my cooked meal...as the stems aren't very palatable raw.  I lightly steamed the kale on low heat until the steams were easy enough to eat. The flavoring was from some left over Chinese food (Broccoli in garlic sauce...which was a very delicious sweet sause with a little bit of a chili kick to it). I cooked the 1/2 cup of quinoa separately and stirred it in at the end when it was ready to serve.

 Every since I started eating cooked foods again, and brought back eggs into my diet I've been addicted to organic boiled eggs! So I sometimes include them as my protein. Just lightly sprinkled with garlic powder, onion powder, Himalayan salt and pepper. I boil the egg to keep the yoke as soft as possible for optimal nutrition.

My lunch kinda looked like a Sesame street character:p

Drink

1:15pm ~ herbal tea in teapot- I tsp yerba Mate loose tea leaves, 1tsp Chanca Piedra, 1 tsp hibiscus flowers, 1/2 tsp organic ginger powder (to have small cups of it throughout the rest of the day. Great way to stay warm, get your daily water intake with herbal benefits!

 

Workout~ 5:30pm-6:00pm

10 minutes on the re-bounder (little trampoline...warm up body), 20 minute interval running on the elliptic machine (30 seconds run fast, 90 seconds recover jog...repeat 8 times).

Snack

7:00pm ~ 1 apple

Drink

7:15pm ~ herbal tea from teapot

Dinner

8:00pm ~Raw chia meal (One of my favorite meals). Don't really know what to call it. I called it a chia breakfast, but I have it at any meal. I call it chia cereal, but it's not really a cereal, or chia dessert, but I have it for the main course, so "Chia meal" will have to do. 

I need to prepare it about and hr before I want to eat. I like to chill it in the freezer during that time, it becomes like ice-cream for dinner!

2 tbs of chia, about 2 1/2 cups almond milk, 1/2 tsp of cocoa powder, 1 tsp mesquite powder, dash of cinnamon, 1 banana, 5 prunes (cut in small pieces) Raisins or dates could work too, small handful of mixed nuts, chopped (almonds, pecans & walnuts). (Click here for Recipe Blog)

Drink

9:30pm ~Sleepy Tea

“Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open.”  ~B.K.S. Iyengar

Powders from nuts.com

Here are a few powders I purchased from nutsonline.com 

Super healthy smoothie boosts!

Gojo Berry powder

Mix 1-2 tablespoon of this powder with smoothies, teas, drinks, and yogurts for a sweet, healthy snack.

Goji berries are known as a superfood because of their high concentration of nutrients and antioxidants. They are believed to enhance the immune system, eyesight, the liver, and many other organ systems in the body. The antioxidants in goji berries are thought to promote longevity.

Our goji berry powder contains the nutrients of goji berries, concentrated into a powder, including high amounts of fiber and minerals. 

Pumpkin Seed Powder

 A great protein boost for smoothies!

 Certified: Gluten-Free

Pumpkin seed powder is a balanced source of good proteins. In addition to protein, they are an excellent source of iron, B vitamins, vitamin E, fiber, oil, and minerals. Pumpkin seed powder is an excellent supplement to help aid in the health of the prostate.

Organic Wheatgrass Powder

A great nutrition boost for smoothies!

Organic wheatgrass powder is all natural whole leaf organic wheatgrass bound into a perfect powder. Considered one of the most potent leafy green vegetables, wheatgrass powder is packed with beta-carotene, calcium, chlorophyll, fiber, iron and vitamin K and is non-GMO.

What I ate today 10/14/11

Random Share Day
What I ate today + workout times
My typical day of meals, snacks, drinks and workouts

Drink
5:45am ~Glass of warm water with juice of 1/2 organic lemon (as soon as I woke up)

Drink

6:15am ~Yerba Mate tea- I tsp yerba Mate loose tea leaves, 1/2tsp raw Balance honey (Vitality and hormonal balancer containing Mesquite Honey, Tribulus, Ashwagandha, Holy Basil, and Maca.)

Workout~ 6:30am-7:00am

5 minutes on the re-bounder (little trampoline...warm up body), 20 minute interval running on the elliptic machine (1 minutes run fast, 1 minute recover jog etc.) 5 minutes of weights and stretching (dumbbells for arms and back leg curls for legs). 

Breakfast

8:00am ~Green Smoothie (makes 24 oz)- zerowater ice cubes, 1/3 cup blueberries, 1/3 cup frozen strawberries, 1/2 a frozen organic banana, 1/2 tsp chlorella (has the highest chlorophyll content of all known plants...detoxifier), 1/2 tsp spirulina contains more bio-chelated organic iron than any other whole-food...nutritional), 1 cup unsweetened almond milk, 2 tsp of freshly ground flax seeds, 1/2 serving organic hemp protein meal powder, 1/2 serving True Whey vanilla protein powder,  ¼ tsp pure resveratrol powder, 1tsp MSM,  1 tsp Maca powder, 1/2 tsp deer antler velvet, 5 drops Fulvic acid, 10 drops grapefruit seed extract and 1/2 dropper of liquid stevia.    
(check out future blog for morning breakfast prep)

~Juice of 1 orange

~1tsp of kojac glucamannan in water (fiber)
~ Krill oil, digestive enzyme and probiotic

~(vitamin supplements)

10:00am ~Ho Shou Wu tea (herb-a general tonic for the liver and kidney)- I/2 tsp Ho Shu Wu and 1/2tsp raw Balance honey (Vitality and hormonal balancer containing Mesquite Honey, Tribulus, Ashwagandha, Holy Basil, and Maca.)

Task
For 10hrs ~Dehydrated some pineapple and papaya for a snack on the go (a lot easier than fresh fruit in your purse)

I left a little moisture in the pineapple (they turned out perfect:)

Lunch

12:30pm ~Raw onion bread sandwich

 1 slice of onion bread, raw cashew un-cheesy sauce, kidney beans (for protein), spinach, tomato, avocado and cucumber

Definitely a 2 handed sandwich

Snacks

3:00pm ~Small bowl of SuperPowder nutty berry chocolate balls(a couple with banana, a couple with blueberry, a couple with blueberry and goji berries, and a few plain)

4:00pm ~ slushy chocolate milk (ice, 2 tbs raw organic cocoa powder, raw agave, 1 cup of unsweetened almond milk...blended)
 

Workout~ 6:00pm-6:40pm

10 minutes on the re-bounder (little trampoline...warm up body), 20 minute interval running on the elliptic machine (1 minutes run fast, 1 minute recover jog etc.) 10 minutes of weights and stretching (dumbbells for arms and back leg curls for legs).

Dinner

7:30pm ~Raw kale/avocado salad
Kale, baby spinach, romaine lettuce, avocado, tomato, cucumber,  lemon, Himalayan salt

Click here for Recipe

Drink

8:30pm ~Ashwagandah tea- I tsp Ashwagandha powder (Ashwagandha is known to be a mild sedative as it reduces mental chatter and promotes calm sleep. In Ayurvedic medicine, ashwagandha has been used as a tonic to stimulate long-term endurance and resistance to stress), 1 tsp Yacon powder (Yacon root is considered the world's richest source of fructooligosaccharides (FOS), a unique type of sugar (inulin) that can't be absorbed by the body. FOS acts as a prebiotic, serving as food for the "friendly" bacteria in the colon, and preclinical studies have indicated that consumption of FOS may help increase bone density and protect against osteoporosis), 1/2tsp raw Balance honey (Vitality and hormonal balancer containing Mesquite Honey, Tribulus, Ashwagandha, Holy Basil, and Maca.)

Drink

9:45pm ~1 tsp Apple Cider Vinegar in water (last thing I have before going to bed at 10:30pm)

What I ate today 9/5/11

Random Share Day- What I ate today

Breakfast

~Smoothie- ½ cup blueberries, ½ a frozen organic banana, 1/4 cup frozen tart cherries, 1 small organic peach, 1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk, 2 tsp of freshly ground flax seeds, organic hemp powder, ¼ tsp pure resveratrol powder, 1tsp MSM, 5 drops Fulvic acid, 10 drops grapefruit seed extract.   

~Juice of ½ grapefruit

~1tsp of kojac glucamannan in water

~(vitamin supplements)

Lunch

~Pluot fruit 

~Raw marinara with Zucchini pasta- (ate 1 of 3 servings)- 1 large and 1 small tomato from neighbor's garden, 6 slices of organic sun dried tomatoes (in olive oil), dash of that olive oil, 1/2 Red bell pepper, 5 dates, bunch of fresh Sweet Basil, dried Oregano, fresh Cilantro, 1/4 tsp Himalayan salt, dash of strong organic cayenne pepper.  1 shredded zucchini

Snacks

~Kale chips- 1 bunch of kale, drizzle of olive oil, sprinkle of garlic powder, 1/2 tsp of Himalayan salt (dried in oven...until I buy a dehydrator!) So not a raw snack. 

~Raw homemade chocolate bits- ground almonds, sunflower seeds, raw cocoa powder, coconut oil, mesquite powder, Maca powder, dash of Himalayan salt, squirt of raw agave nectar for sweetening (mixed up and made into bite size bits for snack).   

Drink
~Yerba Mate tea- I tsp yacon loose tea leaves, 1/2tsp raw immunity honey (containing Desert Wildflower Honey, Amla, and Camu Camu.)
~Chocolate slushy mint drink- 1 cup sweetened almond milk (prefer unsweetened but realized it was sweetened too late). Look for recipe in tomorrow's blog. 

Dinner
~Green smoothie- ice, 1 cup unsweetened almond milk, raw vanilla whey protein, 1/3 large cucumber, 1 apple, frozen spinach, 1tsp spirulina powder, 8 drops of liquid stevia.