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Drink a Daily Green Shake!

11/24/2013

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A great way to get lots of veggies
into your body EVERY DAY is to start the day off with a green shake! You might be the type, like my dad, that can enjoy ANYTHING and this will actually appeal to you, but if you are like most of us and this does not sound appetizing, you should still do it...here's how.

Put your veggies in a blender, add water (preferably alkaline, or at least pure - maybe distilled) and blend. When I had a $20 blender it used to take 10 minutes to blend our shakes and I needed to add ice in order to keep it from getting warm.

A great base to start with is a huge handful of organic spinach (about 2 cups) 1/2 English cucumber, and 1/2 -1 avocado, 2 teaspoons of sea salt and a clove of garlic with about 24 oz. of water. Make sure your green/spinach is organic. A few years ago after an outbreak (I believe it was e.coli) linked to spinach, the FDA approved irradiation of spinach and lettuce. Organic standards prohibit irradiation, so greens is one area we always make sure we buy organic. As for you cucumbers, make sure they are not GMO crops. The way to tell is with the 4 or 5-digit code on the produce or label above the produce in the store. A 4 digit code starting with 4 is standard farming, not organic or GMO. A 5 digit code starting with a 9 it is organic, you can see this in the organic section, all of the organic fruits and veggies will have their code start with a 9. If it is a 5-digid code starting with an 8, it is GMO. Always double check, we have found GMO produce at Costco, and even one of our local health food stores, Sprouts - had all 3: GMO, non-GMO, and organic, but only the organic is labeled as such. We have also found GMO grapes, and celery. GMO zucchini, papaya, and bell peppers are also very common. Don't skip the avocado, it adds great fats and helps to emulsify the shake for a much smoother drink! The sea salt is important, too for adding mineral salts to the body and keeping our tissues alkaline!

You can add other veggies on hand: parsley is a great to strengthen the urinary system, garlic is a great blood cleaner, tomatoes are very alkalizing, lemon is great for alkalizing and adds a nice tang, jalapeño pepper adds a nice kick and also helps boost circulation, celery is great, bell pepper, zucchini, and/or broccoli are all great to add if you have them on hand!

If you are nothing like my dad, and more like my husband, who actually gags - literally - with a green shake, you should still do it. He has his own system of holding his nose, guzzling the drink in seconds, followed by a chaser, and then needs to smell something as soon as he lets go of his nose. But, he has proven to himself that his health - energy, vitality, joint pain, heartburn, sleep trouble all are improved when he has his daily green shakes. In fact, I am so proud him - he averages 2 a day, breakfast and lunch everyday he insists on a green shake!

CHEERS!

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Alkaline Food Chart!, How-to without Special Equipment, Amazing Coconut Bacon and Kale Chips 3 Ways

11/14/2013

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The first place to start on a journey to vibrant health is with your nourishment! The following is a list of foods in 3 categories according to how healing and energizing they are to the body. You can not over alkalize, and we will learn more about that in another post and the scientific reasons why. For now, try to memorize these food charts so that you can start making the most beneficial decisions when it comes to your daily diet so you can achieve health with every bite! Enjoy!
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Alkaline Food Chart
Alkalizing Foods: Eat Freely: 70-100% of your diet!
Green Veggies! and the following RAW: kale, spinach, lettuce, bell peppers, tomatoes, radishes, onions, garlic, lemons, limes, cucumbers, coconut, asparagus, fresh herbs such as basil and parsley, eggplant, chives, celery, fennel, sprouts, leeks, avocado, cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, and grasses. Also, plenty of healthy salts, raw oils and pure alkaline water.
Transitional Food List: Should make up 20-30% of your diet
Whole grains such as quinoa, barley, rice, buckwheat, and spelt, tofu (non-GMO!), fruit, sweet veggies such as carrots, squash, pumpkin, grapefruit, potatoes, peas, most seeds and nuts, and beans/legumes. Oily fish such as wild salmon and tuna.
Acidic Foods: Should never be eaten...yikes!
mushrooms, algae, meat (red, white, or pink, from any animal or bird), dairy products (includes raw, pasteurized, or from any animal), alcohol, yeast of any kind, vinegar, coffee, chocolate, peanuts and peanut oil, corn, canola, non-organic soy, GMO foods, microwaved food, eggs, fermented products, white flour, sugar of any kind, agave, and processed foods

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Even if you don't have special equipment...
~What if I don't have a juicer?
Use a blender and make smoothies instead of juices. Just add a little water. :)
~What if I don't have an expensive high-speed blender?
Use a cheap $20 blender, just blend longer. It might take 10 minutes to get your recipe smooth, but before we were blessed to barter for a Blen-tec, we used an inexpensive blender for years. Tip: add some ice so your smoothie isn't warm. :)
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What if I don't have a dehydrator?
If you want raw food, this is vital for many recipes. You can get a super cheap dehydrator for less than $50 at many department stores. We are still using an inexpensive one before we can invest in a serious one. Tip: MAKE SURE you can control the temperature so you can keep your drying below 120 degrees! If having the food raw isn't that important or the inexpensive ones are still out of budget for now, use your oven. It won't be raw, but your bacon will still be made of coconut and your chips will still be kale. :)
This Week's Very Amazing Alkaline Recipes:
Coconut Bacon
Kale Chips 3 ways
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Boy It's Hard to Know So Much!

11/3/2013

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So, this is my blog launch. There is so much I want to share but I can get so excited that everything wants to come out at once and I just get stuck. Laying awake in a drowsy state last night as I went back and forth between babies needing me all night long, it came to me, and this is it:
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A  few weeks ago, I learned…
yet another appalling fact (from Tiffany at http://dontwastethecrumbs.com/)…if our spices are not organic, they are just gross. The US FDA has a division called ASTA: The American Spice Trade Association. ASTA regulations allow up to 20% of the spice to be natural defects including rodent hair, poop, insects, and mold.

I actually read one of their documents about paprika – for which they allow 20% to be mold and 11 rodent hairs and 75 insect fragments per 25g! 
 
I don't know about you, but when I sprinkle cinnamon onto my little girl's raw pancakes in the morning, I don't want 20% of the cinnamon to be rat hair, bug legs, mold and poop. 

When you buy organic,
you are only getting the herb or spice on the label, and nothing more. There are a few other reasons too, but for me, this was all I needed. A few days prior I learned from http://wholenewmom.com/, that even raw almonds are processed with engine fuel. I thought that I knew pretty much when it came to organic living. I am often overwhelmed by the challenge of implementing what I know about whole alkaline foods and staying the course. 
 
With knowledge comes responsibility 
and for me this means 100% when it comes to feeding my babies...but this new info...I was sitting in the rocking chair about to nurse my 4 month old when learning just these 2 little facts felt so heavy…I need to make sure all our spices are organic spices (it turns out most of them are) and buy special almonds, too. I leaned back in the chair with a huge sigh and said
  "Boy, it's hard to know so much!" and then I laughed out loud at how silly the statement sounded. 

I look forward to learning more and sharing all I can with you, so that we can strive together on a quest for healthy living. 
 
When feeling overwhelmed 
about all these things everyone around me seems to be oblivious about (GMO's everywhere; New Biology; The Real Scoop on Essential Oils; Herbs vs. Homeopathics; What is really the deal with Rescue Remedy/Bach Flowers???; Why algae, fungus, and probiotics are acidifying to our bodies; Is it true babies need colds to build their immune system - NO!!! and here is why; Why I would leave the country before voluntarily vaccinating my family - against anything... - some of the upcoming blog posts to look for)

I quickly feel great relief
as I look at my amazingly healthy children (my 2 year old has had 1 mild cold her entire life) and prefer the challenge over a family always fighting colds and flu, or worse. I know we are blessed beyond measure…part of that blessing is information, and that is what I want to share with you.



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Macadamia Nut Cheese
Avocado Pesto
Chocolate Decadence Pie
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    A Holistic Health Practitioner and Instructor since 1997, pH Miracle Certified Nutritional Microscopist, and full time mom of 2 and wife dedicated to raising an alkaline family. Above all of that, my ultimate aim in life is to be a disciple of Christ.

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