Today I’m going to teach you how to make your own lemonade.
Make Your Own Lemonade
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The Real Food Shopping Guide for Costco
This is The Real Food Shopping Guide for Costco.
Paleo Portobello Mushroom Pizza
I mentioned my Paleo Portobello Mushroom Pizza awhile back, so I’m excited to share it on a Friday, just in time for weekend eats.
{This post is part of my 101 Days of Blogging series, inspired by Experience Life magazine’s 101 Revolutionary Ways to Be Healthy, authored by Pilar Gerasimo.}
Day 9: Safeguard Your Juju
Don’t let yourself get run down, depressed, negative or reactive. That’s when immunity drops, inflammation rages, and unhealthy tendencies strike. Revolutionary Act #9, powered by Experience Life
But let’s chat about the “juju.”
Have you ever noticed that when you get run down, depressed or negative, your gut issues flare and unhealthy tendencies knock at your door? Or how about when you allow those same people into your life, day-after-day-after-day?
I have been there, on far too many occasions, but I have broken free from most of it and I have fired the “Debbie Downers” from my life.
In my story, I talk about what happened when I first moved to Los Angeles, right after college:
At this point, my tonsils and adenoids were gone, but I was a mess. I was stressed 24/7. I was broke. I missed home. I hated LA. I ate. And then I didn’t eat. I worked out. And then I didn’t work out. I was miserable in my corporate suit and nylon hose each day. My stomach pain was horrendous. Sometimes the bathroom wasn’t close enough; others, I could only wish a bathroom break would hit. All along, my mouth was on fire; talking was a chore.
Inflammation had taken over my whole body, but it was made worse because I was run down, depressed, negative and reactive.
These are the pieces to healing the gut and healing the body that no one talks about. Everyone wants the quick fix with drugs and medication (and even with food), but lifestyle? Lifestyle is by far the hardest to deal with, overcome and steer to the healthiest and most positive path.
And this I promise you, you will never go into remission and/or 90+% heal (if you have digestive disease, you won’t 100% heal – there is no cure) if you don’t put forth the effort into lifestyle.
Creativity, finances, career, education, health, physical activity, home cooking, home environment, relationships, social life, joy and spirituality – all of these are things that I then studied and became obsessed with as a means to healing (part of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition Curriculum).
And I began to heal, heal and then heal more.
Safeguard your juju.
And enjoy my Paleo Portobello Mushroom Pizza!
{Click HERE for full recipe.}
Xox,
SKH
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Low FODMAP Berry-licious Hemp Smoothie
My Low FODMAP Berry-licious Hemp Smoothie is so refreshingly awesome that even if you don’t have to follow a stringent diet protocol, you’re likely to love it all the same.
Mini Bison-Bacon Meatballs
Mini Bison-Bacon Meatballs are the appetizer you’ve been waiting for.
The Blender Girl Smoothies App
I love The Blender Girl. No, I really love The Blender Girl so it’s only natural that I would love The Blender Girl Smoothies App. (p.s. “Bubba” = Samarah -> she wrote the message in the book for Samarah!)
I have known Tess for quite some time now, but even if she were not a personal friend, I would still be here telling you about how I adore her cookbooks and (now) her brand new app, The Blender Girl Smoothies App.
{Full disclosure: Tess gave me a code for the app to try out. I bought her book (and also had my mother buy it as well).}
The Blender Girl Smoothies App
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The Blender Girl and her healthy, blender-centric recipes have taken the world by storm— and in this comprehensive smoothie-making guide, she takes smoothies to the next level and helps you blast your way to good health and blended bliss. One hundred creative and delicious smoothie recipes each contain three additional boosters (like chia seeds, ginger, or wheatgrass) that ramp up the flavor, nutrient value, or both. And the unique search function lets you punch in what you feel (happy, sluggish, wired), need (a detox, to lose weight, to chill out), and crave (light and fruity, clean and green, an exotic ride) to find the right smoothie every day. Featuring gorgeous photographs of every recipe, an extensive ingredient glossary, shopping lists, blender tips, both Imperial and metric measurements, and other handy tips and tricks, this app makes it fun and easy to find your perfect blend.
Features include:
- 70 Delicious Smoothie Recipes: Plus, one additional smoothie recipe released weekly for a total of 100 recipes.
- Stunning Full-color Photography: In addition to images of every smoothie recipe, the app includes photos of frequently used and recommended ingredients in the glossary.
- Optional Flavor and Nutrition Boosters: Three additional ingredients per recipe can be added to boost flavor complexity, nutrition, or both. Use one, two, or all three options according to your taste or sense of adventure.
- Unique Search Functionality: Search by ingredient, dietary preferences, or recipe type, or use the unique story feature and fill in “I feel, I need, I crave” options to find smoothies that fit your mood on any given day.
- Special Dietary and Nutritional Information: Recipe summaries list the health benefits of each smoothie, special icons flag recipes that are appropriate for specific needs (weight loss, anti-inflammatory, high-protein, alkaline, and so on), and nutritional info provides calories, fat, sodium, carbs, fiber, sugar, protein, calcium, and iron levels.
- Imperial and Metric Measurements: Set the app to display your preferred system of recipe measures.
- Customized User Settings: Personalize your experience by setting dietary preferences and update alerts or toggle between Imperial and metric measurements.
- Comprehensive Glossary: Expanded information on the nutritional benefits of the recipes, including tips on selecting, storing, and incorporating ingredients—along with labeled photos– help you create your own delicious blends.
- FAQs and Practical Tips: Straightforward answers to frequently asked questions, along with tips on building smoothies and using both conventional and high-speed blenders, give you all the information you need to become a smoothie-making whiz.
- Blender Recommendations: The Blender Girl shares her favorite blenders.
- Favorites: Identify your favorite smoothies so you can find them quickly.
- Notes: Store recipe comments right on the recipe page to keep track of any tweaks you made, ideas for next time, or tasting notes, so you can find your perfect blend every time.
- Share-a-Smoothie Capability: Share recipes with your friends and family via email or through social media on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.
- Quick and Easy Shopping Lists: Create simple shopping lists right from the recipes that can be edited and supplemented, then email it to yourself or a friend.
Sample Recipes:
- Tastes-like-ice-cream kale
- Antioxidant avenger
- Green mojito
- Liver lover
- Happy hydration
- Honeydewy skin
- Brownie batter
- Hangover helper
- Bloody Mary might be
- Morning sunshine
- Sleep spell
By the way, the “Tastes-like-ice-cream kale” is ridiculously awesome! Ryan and I love, love, love it. Yes, Ryan – my husband who is 200+ pounds (her recipes are for everyone!)
I am using the app on my iPad, but it is compatible on: iPad, iPhone4, iPhone5, iPhone6 and iPhone6plus. Just look how beautiful this is on the iPad:
Photo by Erin Kunkel from The Blender Girl Smoothies app © Tess Masters, copyright (c) 2014. Published by Ten Speed Press, an imprint of Random House LLC.
Okay, okay….now for the recipe! I wanted to share something pomegranate-y (<- I know that’s not a word, but work with me here) since the holidays are looming, and pomegranates are in season!
pomegranate slam it!
Recipe from The Blender Girl Smoothies app © Tess Masters, copyright (c) 2014. Published by Ten Speed Press, an imprint of Random House LLC.
With a complex, mind-blowing flavor that explodes like a firecracker (don’t omit the cayenne), this is a heart-healthy delight. Pomegranate lowers blood pressure, keeps arteries supple, decreases inflammation in blood vessels, and helps manage cholesterol. Its phenolic antioxidants (also in strawberries) combat oxidative stress, making this an anti-aging tonic.
Serves 2
- 1 1/2 cups (360ml) unsweetened pomegranate juice
- 1 orange, peeled, seeded, and quartered
- 1/4 cup (35g) chopped red bell pepper
- 1/8 cup (3g) loosely packed arugula
- 1/2 small avocado, pitted and peeled
- 1 cup (160g) frozen strawberries
- 1 cup (125g) ice cubes
Throw all of the ingredients into your blender and blast on high for about 1 minute, until smooth and creamy.
Boosters
- 1 tablespoon pomegranate powder
- 1/2 cup (15g) loosely packed chard leaves
- Pinch of cayenne pepper
Gut note: You might not be able to do the cayenne and/or red bell pepper. Do what works best for you!
Photo by Erin Kunkel from The Blender Girl Smoothies app © Tess Masters, copyright (c) 2014. Published by Ten Speed Press, an imprint of Random House LLC.
Friends….this app is only $4.99! Download it now! You will not regret it. (I do not make any money if you purchase, by the way.)
Xox,
SKH