Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie
3/4 cup milk of choice 1 TBSP natural peanut butter (or other nut/seed butter) 1 TBSP cacao (or cocoa) powder 1 banana Add ingredients to blender and blend. Yields about 12 oz. ______________________________________________________________________________________ SIDE NOTES: ~ Very simply. Very delicious. This is one of the first things we make when we get a gallon of fresh, raw milk from our local farm. ~ To turn this into more of a thick, dessert-style, milk shake, simply increase the milk to 1 cup and use frozen banana instead of fresh (slice banana & freeze on tray in a single layer...
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2 cups macadamia nuts 1/4 tsp pure salt Add to your food processor or Vitamix and process until creamy. ______________________________________________________________________________________ SIDE NOTES: ~ Macadamia nuts easily blend into a nice, creamy, tasty butter. We like to change-up our nut butters for variety. They’re all so good, and nutritionally speaking – each of them will offer us a little something different (not to mention we’re all more prone to developing a sensitivity to a food we eat over & over on a daily basis – changing it up now & then...
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2 cups cashews 1/4 tsp pure salt Add to your food processor or Vitamix and process until creamy. ______________________________________________________________________________________ SIDE NOTES: ~ Cashew butter is delicious! In our opinion, it tastes the closest to peanut butter than any of the other nut butters. Keep in mind, it tends to be less oily, and a little more on the pasty side than some of the others. It’s creamy and spreadable at room temp, but a little difficult to work with straight from the fridge. To resolve this, you can either include a little oil in the recipe, or...
Read MoreEggnog Smoothie
Eggs are such a powerful super-food. If your kids (or you) don’t enjoy eating them with toast (and there are no existing allergies or sensitivities), you might want to try getting in a few a week this way: 1 ripe banana 1/2 cup whole milk (or coconut milk) 2 egg yolks 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 TBSP (more or less) pure maple syrup (optional) pinch or 2 of ground nutmeg or cinnamon (optional) Puree all ingredients in blender. ____________________________________________________________ SIDE NOTES: ~ This old “egg yolk trick” in the milk shake is one of the best ways to get...
Read MoreArugula w/ Golden Vinaigrette
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil 1/4 cup lemon juice 1 TBSP brown mustard 1 tsp ground turmeric pinch of pure salt freshly ground black pepper Whisk all ingredients together and toss with salad greens (pictured here with baby arugula). ______________________________________________________________________________________ SIDE NOTES: ~ A salad doesn’t have to be fancy and time-consuming to make. This is a great example of how a few handfuls of greens with the right dressing can be absolutely extraordinary. I am in love with this simple salad. ~ Turmeric (one of the primary spices that...
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