Green Kale Smoothie Recipe

A friend just got a Vitamix blender and is looking for smoothie recipes.  He got a post about Joe Rogan's Green Smoothie Recipe that I thought I'd share with you 'cause it sounds pretty good.  He has a YouTube video that you can Google - the sound quality isn't really good and it's not PG.

    4 stalks kale
    4 celery stems
    1 cucumber
    1 pear
    1/2″ ginger
    8 oz water (optional, to help items blend together more smoothly)

Blend the items together in a heavy duty blender.

Yummy!

My daughter and I were shopping in Lifestyles Market today and she found a yummy little cookie package 85g (with a fairly high price tag $8.49).  Suggested 3 servings per package.  The cookies are raw and the seeds are sprouted which means they still have all their enzymes so they are easy to digest.  No sugar but you would never know it!  I would suggest throwing a package in the kids' lunches but the price might make them just a really great surprise once and a while.  Yum!

Go Raw - Real Live Food

No Impact Man

A friend of mine put me on to this video.  I post the trailer here because I believe that taking care of yourself extends to taking care of the environment.  In fact, when Colin Beavan and his family started eating locally and seasonally, they started to eat healthy!

The Story of Stuff

Here is one of my favorite videos.  It is a great reminder for the coming season.

Indian-Spiced Quinoa

Indian-Spiced Quinoa with Raisins and Pine Nuts - Yum!
Straight out of the Vegan Planet cookbook p. 229

Serves 4

1 1/2 cups quinoa
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 large shallots, minced
1 teaspoon peeled and minced fresh ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1/8 teaspoon cayenne
3 cups vegetable stock (or water), heated
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/3 cup golden raisins
1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted
2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley leaves

Rinse the quinoa well to remove the bitter white coating.  Drain thoroughly and set aside.

Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat.  Add the shallots and ginger and cook, stirring, until the shallots are slightly softened, about 1 minute.  Add the quinoa along with the cardamom, coriander, cumin, and cayenne and stir to coat with the oil.  Stir in the hot stock and bring to a boil.  Reduce the heat to low and season with salt and pepper to taste.  Cover and cook until all the water is absorbed, about 10 minutes.  Remove from the heat and stir in the raisins, pine nuts, and parsley.  Serve hot.

Smoothie - Experimental Mark I

My kids are great at coming up with fantastic smoothie recipes.  Here is one my son made for us tonight.

Experimental Mark I
(serves 2-4 depending how much you want to share)

1 banana
1 kiwi
1 cup blueberries
1 heaping teaspoon almond butter
1 cup So Delicious cultured coconut milk "Plain" (just like yogurt!)
5 ice cubes
2 scoops Vega One powder "French Vanilla"
2 cups Rice Dream "Original"

Blend and serve. 

I was going to post a picture but we drank them too fast!  Next time.

Laughter Is The Best Medicine

Most of my family are British.  Maybe that is why I find this so hilarious. In fact, I think some of my family are IN this video!  Allen!  Allen!  Allen!