SUPER GREEN

 

I have been planning to juice all spring and today was the day. Last week Dan ordered a bunch of greens from Verill Farm in Concord, MA. I have been eating greens twice a day for a week and I still have a shelf full. I refused to let them go bad so JUICING it is! 

I could have added an apple but I prefer bitter greens. If you are just beginning to juice and need to make the greens more palatable definitely add apple, beet, carrot or cantaloupe...the options are endless. 

Today I made a Skin Saver Juice:
Organic Dandelion Greens: Chlorophyll and vitamin A rich
Organic Radishes: Silicon rich
Organic Cucumber (Whole Foods), Silicon and Chlorophyll (from the skin)
Organic Lemon (WholeFoods), vitamin C rich and a great liver cleanser

I attempted to blend it together all at once but that was not working. So...I took all the produce out and juiced the cucumber and lemon (no rind) together first. I slowly added in the radishes and Dandelion. I also added just enough water to get the blender going. Once everything was blended I put it through a nut milk bag to extract the juice from the pulp. NOTE:You definitely do not need a juicer or blender to make juice. You can simply blend your produce in a food processor (adding just enough water to blend) and then put the puree through a nut milk bag OR cheesecloth.

Nut milk bag

Cheers!

Mushroom Burgers

I had three packages of mushrooms and a fridge full of greens so I decided to make burgers. 

-Organic Baby Portobello mushrooms, 3 packs

-Organic Red Bell Pepper, 1 ea

-Organic Chard Tatsoi, 1 bu (from Verill Farm)

-Organic Parsley, 2 bu

-Organic Yellow Onion, 1/2

-Hemp Seeds, 1/2 c

-Ground Flaxseed

-Dried Basil 1 tsp

-Cayenne, dash

-Sea Salt to taste

Burgers dehydrated for about 6 hours.

Last night at 11 I made a quick salad for an after work dinner. I had a bowl of Organic baby Arugula from Verill Farm, Avocado, vine-ripe tomato, ground cumin, sea salt, Extra Virgin Olive oil, Apple Cider Vinegar, Dijon Mustard and Sea Salt topped with two Burgers.

NEW FLAVOR: Green Chia with Chlorophyll! The emerald Green color and viscous texture may throw you, but its actually pretty tasty and Sooo Good For you! 

"Chlorophyll is liqufied sun enery. The molocule of chlorophyll is remarkably similar to the molecule of heme, human blood...It heals and cleanses all our organs and even destroys many of our internal enemies, like pathogenic bacteria, fungus, cancer cells, and many others... Chlorophyll builds a high blood count, provides iron to organs, makes body more alkaline, helps purify the liver, etc" (Vicotria Boutenko, GREEN FOR LIFE).

DRINK YOUR GREENS!

Milk and Cookies

I made Dan vegan, high RAW oatmeal raisin and coconut cookies today. The rolled oats have been steamed so they are not RAW but it is definitely a healthy alternative to the standard oatmeal raisin cookie made with butter and white sugar. These cookies are full of protein, calcium and potassium. They are also super filling due to their high fiber content, so they are a great snack for Dan to bring to work to satiate his hunger.

- 1 cup Organic Raw Almonds (blended to a chunky flour)
- 2 cups Gluten free Rolled Oats (1 cup blended fine)
- 3 Organic Bananas 
- 2 Tbsp Cinnamon
-1 Tsp Maca powder
-1/4 tsp Sea Salt
- 1 cup Organic Raisins (1/2 cup soaked in water)
-1 cup Unsweetened Coconut Flakes

Dehydrate at 115 until desired texture is achieved

(about 5-6 hours). They could also be baked in an oven at a low temperature.

and Ice Cold Unsweetened Almond Milk...