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Ingredients
3 medium oranges, peeled
½ C. almond milk
½ tsp vanilla powder
1 ½ Tbsp Tupelo honey
1 C. leafy greens, loosely packed
2 C. ice cubes
Preparation
Add all ingredients to a high speed blender like the BlendTec using the WildSide+ or FourSide jar in order listed and secure the lid. Blend on Smoothie cycle or on a Medium speed for 40-50 seconds.
Ingredients
½ C raw cashews
24 oz. water
5 Medjool dates, pitted
1 tsp vanilla powder
? tsp ground cinnamon
Dash Himalayan salt
2 ½ Tbsp carob powder
Preparation
Put all ingredients in a high speed blender like a Blendtec. Use the FourSide or WildSide+ jar. Place ingredients in order listed and secure lid. Blend on Smoothie cycle or on a Medium speed for 40-50 seconds and serve.
Ingredients
1 C orange juice
½ C almond vanilla yogurt
½ tsp vanilla powder (extract)
1 C fresh or frozen berries
Preparation
All liquids first to blender then frozen solids last. Blend on high for two minutes until smooth. Serve and enjoy.
Ingredients
6 oz unsweetened almond milk
½ banana
1 Tbsp soaked almonds
2 Medjool dates, pitted
1 ¼ C frozen blackberries
Preparation
Add ingredients to Blendtec FourSide or WildSide+ jar in order listed and secure lid. Select “Smoothie” or blend on a Medium speed for 40 seconds
Ingredients
1 C almond milk
¼ avocado
½ frozen banana
½ C ice cubes
Preparation
Blend in a high speed blender. Add 2 dates if not sweet enough.
This is tart, sweet and low in calories.
Ingredients
2 C fresh berries
3 Tbsp lime juice, freshly squeezed
4 pitted chopped dates
3 C ice cubes
Preparation
Add ingredients to a high speed blender like the Blendtec. Place ingredients in a FourSide or WildSide jar in order listed and secure lid. Select Ice Cream or high speed and enjoy.
Ingredients
2 oranges
2 carrots
Preparation
When juiced in a masticating juicer, this juice comes out thick and creamy. Try the Angel® stainless steel juicer. It is very quiet with easy clean up.
Ingredients
¾ C water
2 C fresh pineapple chunks
½ avocado, peeled and pitted
2 C leafy greens
½ C ice cubes
Preparation
Add ingredients to high speed blender (or if you have a Blendtec use the WildSide jar) in order listed and secure lid. Select Smoothie and enjoy.
Ingredients
½ C water
1 orange
2 C fresh pineapple chunks
1 carrot cut in half
½ beet cut into pieces
½ C ice cubes
Preparation
Carefully use a paring knife to peel a few pieces of zest from the orange. Peel and halve the orange. Add the ingredients in order listed, including the zest, to high speed blender. If you have a Blendtec use the WildSide 
jar and secure lid. Select Whole Juice or blend on a Medium High speed for 50-60 seconds. Serve over ice.
Caution with kale, it is high in oxalates. A quick dip in boiling water for a few seconds will decrease oxalates. Toss the water which contains oxalates.
Ingredients
½ C water
2 C organic leafy greens
1 large organic kale leaf
1 organic pitted date
1 organic apple, cored and quartered
1 organic banana
1 C organic fresh pineapple chunks
½ C ice cubes
Preparation
Add ingredients to a high speed blender (like a Blendtec) in order listed; secure lid. Select Whole Juice or blend on a Medium High speed for 50-60 seconds.
Ingredients
6 oz almond milk
1 apple
1 banana
½ C fresh pineapple or a slice skinned
1 tsp almond butter
2 dates, pitted
1 tsp ground cinnamon
2 C leafy greens
1 C ice cubes
Preparation
Add ingredients to high speed blender in order listed and secure lid. Select Smoothies. For a smoother drink put it through twice. The cinnamon, greens make this a maximum weight loss smoothie.
Ingredients
2 C raw soaked almonds
Preparation
2 cups of raw almonds soaked 10 – 12 hours in 3 cups of mineral, filtered, or tap water allowed to sit overnight to dissipate any residual chlorine.
Pour 3 cups of water over 2 cups of raw almonds soaking overnight to rid of phytic acid. Rinse the almonds under running water in a sieve. Place these pre-soaked almonds with 3 cups of fresh water in a high speed blend [like a vita mixer]. Blend until it resembles a thick cream. Line a large sieve or colander with a double thickness cheesecloth or unbleached muslin, single thickness. Place this over a wide bowl and allow it to drain. Grab the corners of the cloth; hold together securely and squeeze to extract all of the almond milk, much like squeezing a tea bag. The remaining pulp can be used in raw candies, cookies or as a filler to give desserts a cookie like consistency. Transfer the almond milk to a container and refrigerate up to 3 days.
This makes a delicious almond milk. The almond milk will keep refrigerated for 3 days. If you wish to use a machine to make a grain, seed, or nut milks, the soy milk maker machine heats the grain beverage milk product slightly. It requires overnight pre-soaking of the nuts, grains or almonds. One can produce fresh almond milk for a fraction of the cost of commercial varieties and the taste is far superior. Use the left over almond pulp for cooking, baking, or even as a luxurious facial or body scrub. Hard nuts, like almonds, are better when soaked for approximately 4 hours and rinsed; this makes the milk easier to digest. You can use both blanched and un-blanched almonds along with almond pieces, slivered almonds or even mix and match with your other favorite nuts. Un-blanched almonds produce a darker, nuttier milk, whereas blanched almonds produce a whiter, creamier milk. The total amount of almonds used is approximately 1 cup; this will fill the filter cup about 2/3 full. Some people prefer unheated almond milk. Automatic soy milk Maker is a machine useful for making almond, barley, or rice milk. It gives you the choice – simply push the start button to produce cooked milk, or use the motor button to grind the nuts, producing an unheated almond milk.
BlenTec blender (high speed blender) has another recipe for almond milk. Soak the almonds overnight. Here is a youtube video.
Ingredients
1 C almonds soaked
Preparation
After soaking 1 cup of almonds overnight, strain and rinse the almonds. Add 4 cups of water and 1 tsp tupelo honey. Blend on high whole fruit. Press blend again until mixture is totally smooth. No need to strain this almond milk recipe.
A few more almond milk recipes:
almond cheese
almond yogurt
almond dill cheese
Ingredients
1½ C water
½ cucumber
1 banana
1 C pineapple chunks
¼ bunch Cilantro or Chinese parsley
1 C ice cubes
Preparation
Add ingredients to high speed blender in order listed. If available select Whole Juice. Cilantro Chinese parsley helps with kidney disease.
Kale may require a quick dip in hot water to diminish oxalates.
Ingredients
2 C almond milk
2 Tbsp tupelo honey
1 banana
1 orange peeled halved
1 C fresh raspberries
3 C kale or leafy greens
2 C ice cubes
Preparation
Add all ingredients to high speed blender (like Blendtec) in order listed; secure lid. Select Smoothie.
Ingredients
1 C almond milk
1 oz soaked almonds
1 apple cored quartered
½ banana
1 C ice cubes
Preparations
Add ingredients to high speed blender in order listed and secure lid. Select Whole Juice or Liquify.
Ingredients
Half an avocado
Half an apple seeded
¼ C coconut milk or plant milk
1 C ice
Tupelo honey 2 Tbsp
Squeeze lime juice
Preparation
Place all ingredients in a high speed blender (like Blendtec) and blend until smooth. Top with an extra swirl of tupelo and a squeeze of lime juice.
Ingredients
2 kiwis
1 banana
2 C leafy greens
¼ avocado
½ C ice
2 Tbsp tupelo honey
¼ C water
Preparation
Put all in high speed blender (like Blendtec) and serve.
Ingredients
2 kiwis
1 apple
2 C fresh leafy green
1 whole carrot
½ C water
2 Tbsp tupelo honey
½ C ice cubes
Preparation
Put tupelo, then carrot, leafy greens, apple, peeled kiwis, top with ice in high speed blender.
Ingredients
2 C cut up honeydew melon
Preparation
Place in a high speed blender on whole fruit juice setting. Serve and drink. All melon juices are strong alkalizes, loaded with vitamin C, and beneficial to kidney health.
Ingredients
1 C almond yogurt Ø carrageenan
1 C fresh cut pineapple
1 apple banana peeled
1 C frozen mango
½ C almond milk Ø carrageenan
Preparation
Blend in a high speed blender (like a Blendtec) and serve.
Ingredients
3 C frozen mango
2 Tbsp lime juice
2 Tbsp tupelo honey
1 C vanilla almond yogurt
without carrageenan
Preparation
Blend in a high speed blender (like a Blendtec) and serve.
Ingredients
3 C frozen mango
2 Tbsp fresh lime juice
2 Tbsp Tupelo Honey
1 tray ice cubes
Preparation
Blend in a high speed blender (like a Blendtec) and serve.
Ingredients
1 C almond milk
2 C frozen mangoes
1 peeled lime
2 tsp almonds
2 Tbsp tupelo honey
Preparation
Blend together in a high speed blender (like Blendtec). Pour into two wide stemmed glasses. For added sweetness, drizzle a little tupelo honey over the top but do not stir in.
Ingredients:
½ C water
1 sweet limes peeled
2 Tbsp tupelo honey
1 ½ C frozen green grapes
Preparation
In a high speed blender (like Blendtec). Add ingredients in order listed and secure lid. Select Whole Juice and serve. If you don’t have frozen grapes on hand or do not care for a slight grape flavor, substitute ice cubes for the frozen grapes.
Serves 2
Serving Size 8 fl oz
Calories 130
Fat 0 g
Saturated Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium < 5 mg
Carbohydrates 35 g
Fiber 2 g
Sugar 29 g
Protein 1 g
Caution leafy greens can be high in oxalates. A quick dip in boiling water for a few seconds will decrease oxalates. Toss the water which contains the oxalates.
Ingredients
2 sweet apples cored
Leave skin on
1 thin lemon slice
2 C. raw kale
Preparation
Juice these in the order listed. Stick close to home after drinking this juice. It acts like little brillo pads ridding the body of old toxins. The lemon slice aides in digesting nutrients from kale.
Ingredients
10 oz of water
1 Tbsp dry chia seeds
Tsp lemon or lime juice
Tupelo honey to taste
Preparation:
Stir the chia seeds into the water; let them sit for about five minutes. Stir again, and let sit for as long as you like. The more it sits, the more gel-like the seeds and water become. Add citrus juice and sweetener if you wish.
Chia Seed Oil
Chia oil is an interesting source for omega 3’s. Some have tried fish oil (really causes severe liver aches). all variety of forms of flax seed and its oil and capsules. These too seem to cause intense liver pains, liver growth and bloating. Currently hemp seed oil capsules,tend to give the munchies and a craving for sweets. Raw foodie caterers (raw fruits and vegetables only) from a local farmer’s market recommended some give Chia seeds a try.
Chia Seed Oil Capsules
Chia seed is one food that is super high in leucine. Leucine has been found to be helpful to create more muscle mass in middle aged men and help dialysis patients.
Chia seed is high in calcium, 5 times the calcium of milk. 631 mg per 100 grams of seed.
Chia seed is also high in protein, with 18 grams per 100 grams of seed.
The optimum ratio of Omega-3 to Omega-6 should be 3:1
Chia seed provides that ratio.
Chia seed is hydrophilic. Absorbing up to 14 times (Mix @ 9-10 times) its weight in water. This helps extend energy and endurance.
Chia seed is rich in antioxidant oils.
Chia seed contains chlorogenic acid, and
caffeic acid as well as myricetin, quercetin, and kaempferol flavonols. These compounds are both primary and synergistic antioxidants that contribute to the strong antioxidant activity of chia seed.
Chia seed is also low in sodium, only 19 mg per 100 grams.
A few my remember when Chia seeds were spread as a paste of clay figurines creating chia pets. This is the exact same chia. One can purchase chia in its natural seed form or grind them up and sprinkle them salads. Some people prefer the convenience taking chia oil capsules. Anutra Whole Salvia Hispanica Seed is all chia. It is an ancient Aztec product. It can be added to smoothies or sprinkle on top of salads or added to a sandwich. This is a good source of omega 3’s and essential fatty acids needed daily. Born to Run a book about the Tarahumara Indians from a remote village in Mexico are a running tribe. For their fuel for long distance runs reaching 500 miles they drink chia seeds with water and lime. Read about one runner’s recipes from the meatless runner. Chia seeds have the interesting property that when they’re left in water for a few minutes, the water begins to gel. Supposedly this is helpful in digestion, but I’m wondering if somehow chia could be used to make an energy gel. (I’ll let you know if I perfect that one.) For now, you’ll have to be satisfied with chia fresca (or iskiate), a popular drink made with chia seeds, water, and lemon or lime. Born to Run Born to Run is interesting reading.
Fun fact: years ago this was known as a chia pet, you would apply chia seeds to a lamb figurine. The lamb would grow wool of chia sprouts.
