Healthy Vegan Purple Super Bowls of Taco for Your Superbowl Party!

Aren't the colors on the plate are amazing?!! Just gorgeous!!! Truly a rainbow of goodness! 

While having your game day snacks, why not try to have a few parts of the meal fill you up with good nutrition too! This vegan taco was our dinner a few nights ago, and it was not only delish, it was very filling. Plus... it just happens to be purple too! So some of the folks, might enjoy some game food decked out in their team colors, to share at the buffet table. This purple taco satisfies your need to crunch and chew, as you grit your teeth in anticipation of the result of the big day!

The only prep you would need to do is soak some raw whole almonds and walnuts overnight to get them puffy and full of bursting enzyme power, before game day. You could pre-make the nutty faux meat mix, and place in the fridge till needed. If you are super organized, just pre make the entire tacos, store them in the fridge and have them ready to serve later. That might be a good idea, so that you can enjoy your guests.

Here's what happened...I had some purple cabbage in the fridge, and we were getting very hungry after a hard day working at the computer this past weekend.  There were lot's of veggies and nuts in the refrigerator, so it was time to make a vegan taco. I just threw together the nut mix from my head, but thankfully it tasted great, and dinner was ready in the time it took to chop,chop, chop! So honestly I did not soak the nuts, since this was a spur of the moment idea. In the future I will plan ahead....maybe. The other ingredients I used can certainly be adjusted to what you have on hand, but, you have to use the purple cabbage! Just sayin.

Purple Vegan Tacos 

Full leaves from a purple/red cabbage

chopped carrot

chopped celery

chopped onion

chopped red sweet pepper

chopped tomato

chopped Romain lettuce 

avocado

alfalfa sprouts

The faux meat nut mix:

handful of walnuts chopped

handful of almonds chopped

handful of cashew pieces

a few hazelnuts chopped

1Tbs sunflower seeds

1 Tbs Pumpkin seeds

1/4 cup thawed frozen sweet corn

1 tsp chia seeds

1 tsp sesame seeds unhulled

1Tbs golden flax powder

1Tbs hemp seeds

splash coconut aminos

splash ume plum vinegar

nutritional yeast

penzeys cumin 

penzeys mural of flavor

penzeys taco seasoning

organic salsa

The amounts depend on how many tacos you are making and how spicy you like your tacos. You don't need a blender or food processor, as I made my nut mix in a bowl. I like my nut mix chunky, and meaty looking. I sat out the frozen corn to thaw, and gathered together all my other ingredients. 

In a bowl, I placed the nuts, seeds, superfoods, spices, and everything from the above faux meat list above except the salsa. Then I added enough organic salsa to mix through and hold it together. Not enough to make it runny.

Cut off the cabbage leaves with a knife right at the stem to release your beautiful taco bowl shape, and to get the biggest part of the leaf possible. Then layer the nut meat mix onto the cabbage leaves, topping with the various chopped veggies, just as you would any taco. Use nutritional yeast as your cheese. This is certainly one of the most colorful dishes you will ever serve! The cabbage leaves are strong and crunchy! The nut meat mixture is tastier than meat in my opinion too. You can use your hands to lift, fold over, and enjoy!

Sprouty Salad And Reminder

To keep with your plan of eating healthy everyday you have to make salad King...or Queen as we say around the castle. Greens in your smoothies, greens in your juices, a rainbow of fresh raw veggie color and texture in your salads, and on your plate. Salads for lunch, and salads for dinner. The more you become plant based, the closer you will be to reducing or reversing disease within the body. Eat whole foods in their natural state as much as possible. Eliminate sugar, salt, oils, meat, dairy, and you will not give cancer the fertilizer it likes to grow in. It's Just that simple. The body will take care of the work.

I haven't posted much on making salads, because I assume you know how to do this with what fresh produce you have on hand. Having said that, perhaps a few salad reminders to help you start off the year might be helpful. So I will post a different salad each week as a friendly reminder. All salads are not the same people! So many choices of fruits and veggies! Get some fresh produce and eat something good for you. Try something new. You can be simple or you can be fancy. Oh and remember to chew your salads really well to break down the fibers and release those enzymes. Mmm reminds me of the juice I made yesterday. Light and fresh. Cucumbers, celery, dandelion, lemon, ginger, and green apple. You see those liquid salads are so good too! Have both!

Now to top off your salad avoid oil based dressings, and perhaps try some flavored vinegars instead. The Life-Regenerator recommends that you blend some oranges and sweet red peppers together as a base liquid to start your dressing of choice. Sounds yummy to me! After I wrote this post, I went looking for a video from 'Dan The Man - The Life Regenerator,' and found the perfect one below! Check out his blender-full of fresh dressing!

Today's Sprouty Salad

Mixed baby greens 

Cucumber

Tomato

Onion 

Alfalfa sprouts

Sunflower seeds

Avocado

We will be using Dr. Fuhrman's Salad Dressing tonight (no oils, no salt). They may be expensive, but the bottles are bigger and the Fed Ex shipping is included in the price. His bottled dressings are fantastic tasting! You can actually spoon out the dressing from the bottle, and not pour on too much! Be happy! Eat fresh! Watch the video!

Just Great Stuff Organic Powdered Peanut Butter

Powdered peanut butter? Never heard of such a thing. Whaaaaat??? What is up with this "Stuff?"  No ooey-gooey-oily-glop?

My husband Ben has now decided to transition from regularly eating lunch meats to other more nutritional choices! I am of course very happy about that endeavor, and glad to see him go to the next level with his healthy food. He just ran out of the organic peanut butter that he used in preparing some of his packed lunches. So there before him on the shelf of the natural foods co-op sat a jar of powdered peanut butter. Not what he expected to see at all.

The last brand of regular organic peanut butter that my husband tried was Once Again Peanut Butter American Classic," and he liked it just fine, no problems at all. We just like to try out the new options to see what we like best for any organic processed food product. Now I can certainly wholeheartedly say that Justin's Nut Butter Natural Maple Almond Butter  rocks, and that is our choice for almond butter.

Ben was looking at just peanut butter brands, and he read the label of this strange powdered form of peanut butter called "Betty Lou's Just Great Powdered Peanut Butter." Checking out the benefits, he read that regular peanut butter has 16-18 grams of fat in 2 tablespoons. This powdered peanut butter has only 1.5 grams of fat! That is a big difference. The previous brand of organic regular peanut butter called "Once Again" did have 16 grams of fat, 210 calories, and 140 of them were from fat. Hmmmm. We are not calorie counters at all, but going down to 1.5 grams of fat, 40 calories, with 10 calories from fat didn't seem like a bad thing. So we purchased a jar of 'Betty Lou's Just Great Stuff' to try.

To turn this powder into peanut butter, you just add water, and use absolutely no oils! Now that is fantastic! Just two tablespoons of the powder added to 1 tablespoon of water is the ratio. You make the peanut butter as needed, and keep the jar in the pantry. If Ben has any leftovers he covers it and sets it in the fridge.

Now I don't eat PBJ for lunch, but Ben did make me a PBJ snack one evening to try, and I can say this tasted just like peanut butter to me. Ben enjoyed his PBJ sandwich this week, and says it tasted just like regular peanut butter to him as well. He used Bionaturae Organic Fruit Spread Bilberry  which is a great product for the jelly part of BPJ. Bilberry is also good choice for diabetics.

In conclusion I love the fact that there are no oils and fats in this peanut butter. The only downside to the powdered peanut butter is in the sodium amount. The "Just Great Stuff" powdered peanut butter has 90 mg per 2 tbs, and the 'Once Again Organic Regular Peanut Butter' has only 55 mg of sodium per 2 tbs. In addition the organic 'Once Again' Brand does make a salt free peanut butter, so that would be a product to look into buying in the future to get rid of the sodium factor all together. 

I see that "Betty Lou's Just Great Stuff" has added sea salt to their powdered peanut butter, as I guess they are trying to imitate salted peanuts, and that is where the problem originates for me. As someone who has been diagnosed with breast cancer about 7 months ago, I need to do everything in my power to assure it does not reoccur. Sugars, salt, and oils are ingredients that are not recommended as part of my healthy diet. Perhaps Betty Lou's could rethink their position on the amount of sodium they are adding, because I can see they are a company that is trying to fill the need for healthier alternatives. Even so, I still think they have started a good thing here, and just need to tweak it a bit to make it even more healthy, or offer a no salt version as well. They make a powdered chocolate version of the peanut butter, and do a pretty good job of eliminating the sugars as well as the oils. Just might have to give that product a go.

Overall I think this 'Just Great Stuff' powdered peanut butter is a healthier version than even those oil laden peanut butters you see "fresh ground" at the store. You yourself will just have to weigh how much the amount of sodium vs. the calories from fat and oil issues play in your overall diet concerns, and which direction you choose to go. For me it is a rare treat, that does not have as much impact on me, as someone who may be making a couple of PBJ's each week. Then again, maybe I should just try grinding my own organic peanuts, then adding water, just so to eliminate the sodium issue on my own. Hubby does not think the amount of sodium in this product is a big deal. I think he wants to try the chocolate version too, maybe it will be like a healthy version of the old Nutella that we gave up when we changed the quantity and the quality of the processed foods in our life.

What are your thoughts?

Quick Snacks: Nutty Hemp Cashew Salsa

Mmmmmmm this is my favorite way to make salsa that has some good nutrition in it too. It can happen. Yes, you can make your own salsa from scratch, but this recipe involves using a jar of Organic Salsa. That is the quick part. This is how to improve store bought organic salsa, or regular homemade salsa. The following amounts of the ingredients are approximate, and you can adjust to your individual taste, and to the amount of salsa you are making. I just want to give you the overall idea of what to add into the salsa of choice, to make it a nutty super-food special! Once you pour your salsa into a bowl, just take a few seconds of your precious time to add a handful of raw organic cashew pieces, 2 TB hemp seeds, 2 tsp nutritional yeast, 1 TB flax powder, and 1 tsp of chia seeds. Mix and let mixture sit while you go to the pantry to get a bag of Garden of Eatin' Organic Blue Tortilla Chips, or Mediterranean Snacks Baked Lentil Chips.

I can assure you that this super salsa is always the hit of the party! Although I say...that you can go ahead and make some just for yourself, on any old day. I won't tell....just don't eat the whole bag of chips....save some for another day of crunch satisfaction. A handful is fine. Using some chopped carrots and celery even better! This is such a hearty nutty salsa, that is so totally satisfying, and so filling, that you really will not eat too many chips after all. Oh that does look yummy! For you sporty types, this would be a perfect addition to the game snack table.

Turkey Tail Mushroom: Immunity And Breast Cancer

Shortly after watching a Ted Talk video a few months ago, I decided to start taking Host Defense TURKEY TAIL MUSHROOM capsules. The Turkey Tail is a predominant mushroom found in woodlands around the world, and it seems some of the best help for medical problems could be right under our feet, or growing on a nearby log! In a breast cancer clinical study by NIH (National Institutes Of Health), they found that organic Turkey Tail mushrooms provided by Paul Stamets, helped base immunity function. You can read an article by Paul Stamets about the clinical study and the benefits of organic Turkey Tail mushrooms here. Since I had a diagnosis of breast cancer earlier this year. I want to follow what are safe methods of treating, and preventing any dis-ease within the body, and that is by using natural methods. Especially good when these natural methods and substances are proven in scientific studies. Hello mushrooms, my new best friend.

My doctor Joel Fuhrman M. D. has also recommended eating a lot of mushrooms, greens, seeds, onions, beans, cruciferous vegetables, and berries, as part as his G-BOMB nutrition advice to prevent cancer. You can read about the G_BOMB list here on his website, filled as always with a great deal of good sound nutrition information for everyone, even if you don't have cancer. If you change your diet now, maybe you will not be the one out of every three people, who do get cancer these days.  In addition, here is an article by Andrew Weil MD also talking about mushrooms, cancer, and immunity. Yes, it seems mushrooms are all the rage in the medical community! It's a good thing I like mushrooms! I feel with their texture, they can be a good substitute for a meaty feel in some recipes. I used to have a problem digesting mushrooms, but now with my digestive system being changed by my clean eating this past year, I have no problem eating mushrooms at all.

 Below is the Ted Talk video, it's short, sweet and to the point. Give it a listen!



Now I buy fresh shitake, cremini, or portobello, mushrooms every week to eat along with my onions. Of course I have greens in my juices and salads, beans in my soups and hummus, and I have berries every morning in my smoothies. From what I have read, it seems the more unusual mushrooms have the more powerful medicinal effects, but everyday mushrooms like white, cremini and portobello mushrooms have wonderful healing qualities too. Please note that the mushrooms should be cooked, and not eaten raw. (Since the findings are not complete on the eating raw mushrooms issue, Dr. Fuhrman says to always error on the side of caution until there is enough scientific evidence to do otherwise. So he recommends eating them cooked at this time.) 

I read on the Fungi Perfecti website that you can even place sliced mushrooms out in the sun during the months of June to September for two days to increase the viability of Vitamin D delivery to your body. I am going to start doing that this summer! Guess I will have to put some netting over them.

On the days I do not have fresh mushrooms to eat, I take two organic HD TURKEY TAIL MUSHROOM (vegetarian) capsules.  I plan on also trying the Fungi Perfecti Host Defense My Community  and Fungi Perfecti Host Defense Stamets 7, Mushroom Blends as well, since these other mushroom species may contain beneficial properties that may be helpful to my body as well. I sent away for the Paul Stamets Fungi Perfecti catalog, and really enjoyed looking through all the ways to grow your own mushrooms at home. I think I will probably also try do that, as it looks like a fun activity! By the way, that catalog is overflowing with all things mushroom! Love the name Fungi Perfecti!

It would be wonderful if you would check out the video below, which is an important talk by Paul Stamets about the world of mycellium. You will find that mushrooms have some amazing qualities, which could actually benefit humanity with some of the major problems we have in the world... and... even with the ants around our house! Here is a link to when Paul Stamets talked to NPR about Small Pox defense and mushrooms. This world of mushrooms is crazy cool! Paul's latest book is called Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World and goes into a greater depth of information about the information in the video below. I hope some of the people who control the world are paying attention. This is information we can use!



Wow! All in all, there is so much to learn about the magical worlds of mushrooms! I suggest you start doing some research into medicinal mushrooms, and see if they might be helpful to you too. There are mushroom products that will help improve the soil you use in your own home garden to grow your own veggies as well. If you are thinking about getting started in growing your own supply of Medicinal Mushrooms here is the book Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms by Paul Stamets to get you started. Really, don't you think Paul must be a true wizard of the Earth?!!!

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Red Chard, Dandelion, Parsley Juice

Juuuuuuuuuiccccccce! When everyone around you at work is getting sick, that's a big reminder to keep up with downing your awesome green juices everyday! Tell yourself that it's time for a screaming green meanie! Make something just like this juice, it tastes good, but has that dark green kick to it! Juicing fresh organic produce makes for a great green elixir of health! The celery, apple, lemon, and cucumber, add the sweetness to the chard, parsley, and dandelion mix. You can always add in an extra apple as well to keep the doctor away.

Swiss Chard is full of vitamin C, K, and A, along with minerals and phytonutrients, which makes chard a powerhouse of goodness. Regular intake of chard prevents osteoporosis, vitamin-A deficiency, and perhaps even colon cancer. (One caution: If you make oxalate stones in the urinary tract you will have to avoid chard, and spinach, or take with a lot of water. You can always substitute more dandelion or Romaine lettuce.) This juice, filled with all these good green veggies and herbs, has wonderful benefits towards your good health! Now here's to you feeling better, and raising your Immunity too!

Red Chard, Dandelion, Parsley, Green Juice

2-3  leaves Red Chard

small handful of dandelion

small handful of parsley

4-5 stalks of celery

1 large English cucumber

1 granny Smith apple

1/2 lemon

1/2 inch ginger peeled

Place your organic herbs, and leafy green veggies in juicer first, followed by the harder fruits and veggies. Peel your cucumber if not organic. That's it! Makes enough for you and your mate! Be sure to share the healthy juice! Keep the sick meanies away!

Carrot Leek Cashew Coconut Soup

This is a story about carrots. Lots-o-carrots! I had planned on making some type of vegetable soup, as I had a box of low sodium vegetable starter broth. You know just a quickie soup pot to warm up a cold winter's day. Well this turned into a production, but it was so worth it in the end. In gathering the usual mirepoix ingredients (celery, carrots, and onions) I was looking over my current pile of produce. I then spied two huge leeks that needed to be prepared soon. I thought to myself, "Well leeks are a form of onion, so that should work as a substitute for the onions." Okay sounds interesting.

Then once more I looked into the fridge to get the celery and carrots. Oh my, I had an over flow of carrots in my supply. Some fancy organic dark red carrots, and a huge bag of carrots for juicing. Hmmm I have seen Dr. Joel Fuhrman put fresh made carrot juice right into a soup he was making, maybe that is what I should do too, just to use up the orange lovelies. Then I considered what to use to cream up a carrot soup, since I do not do dairy. How about coconut milk? Yes, I have that in cans and boxes. As soon as I thought coconut milk, I thought Thai... and cashews. That's how I came to make this soup. 

I have since looked this veggie soup combination up on the internetzzz, and found that other people had this fantastic idea too! You might assume that I take pix of every meal I make. Actually, I don't always have the time, or even think about it... till afterwards, and then I say, "Oops!"  Well, thank goodness I took photos of this one, because it is a winner! My husband said this carrot leek soup was so delicious, it was like dining at a fancy restaurant. Good call honey!

Carrot Leek Cashew Coconut Soup 

3-4 stalks of celery

2 huge leeks

12 carrots

1 box low sodium organic vegetable broth

1/4 tsp garam masala

1/4 tsp turmeric

1 tsp curry powder 

1 inch fresh ginger minced or micro-planed

3/4 box coconut milk

1/2 cup cashews - plus garnish amount
4 tbs golden flax powder.

1/2 lemon

After gathering the organic vegetables together, I washed, trimmed, and prepared them to go into my enameled cast iron Lodge Dutch Oven,stew pot, which I love, by the way. I have the Caribbean blue version, and it looks beautiful on the stove even when I am not cooking. Of course you could get all super fancy on us, and buy the Le Creuset Enameled Cast-Iron French Ovenversion, which is the superstar of enameled pots! Oh! Get on with your bad super chef self! I can't touch that!

Back to preparing leeks, be sure to slice them lengthwise first, and fan out the layers as you run water down inside the veggie. This is to dislodge any sand, or dirt particles, that may have gotten trapped inside. I placed the chopped leeks, chopped celery, and two of the carrots, which happened to be the dark red organic carrots, inside my big soup pot. I held back a few slices as a garnish for the plate, since the red carrots have that cool sunburst design inside. Psychedelic baby!

I then sauteed the veggies without using any oil. You do this because it is much healthier of course! As the water from the veggies steams out, you then you add a bit of spring water to steam them till they saute and wilt. Add your spices to the pot, then stir a few times. Smells good right? Mmmm I know. Now pour in your box of organic low sodium vegetable broth, or your own homemade broth. Bring to a boil, then lower temp to a simmer.

While the covered soup is heating up on the stove at a simmer, go peel 10 carrots. Just zen out with your peeler. Think about Unicorns for awhile. If the carrots are organic, you can just scrub them really well. The Unicorns are dancing in the forest now.

Let's make carrot juice using my  Breville Juice Processor which made a quick cup and a half of carrot juice from those 10 carrots. Mmm looks good! I really want to drink that right now!!! I bet those Unicorns want some too!

Stroll back over to the stove and pour the fresh carrot juice right in your soup! Pretty.

If you do not have a juicer just chop the carrots and place in the soup to cook down till soft. Either way, cover the pot, and let your soup simmer for about 45 minutes to an hour. Then you are going to let it cool way down before placing into a blender. Reserve some of your cooked chunks of carrot, celery and leeks and set aside if you would like some of these chunky bits in your final soup dish. 

Warning! Do not place hot soup in blender. See that soft plastic lid on mine, it got so hot from the soup, that I am getting the shivers thinking about anyone turning the blender on and burning themselves. Noooooo, do not do it. Danger Will Robinson! Please pour the soup you are going to blend into another pot or large bowl first to cool down. I wish I had the awesome  Vitamix 5200s blender for this task! Oh yeah baby! This is the year we are getting one, with all the extras too! I just know it! Anyway, while you are waiting for the soup to cool, you can use this time to place your 1/2 cup of cashews into a Cuisinart Mini-Prep Food Processor, or Black & Decker Coffee Grinder /spice grinder, and make a cashew powder.  I do have a Black and Decker coffee/spice grinder, and that is what I chose to use for the task. This works great for grinding the whole flax seeds into powder too. Speaking of flax, let's make some golden flax powder now as well.

Okay, now take your cooled down soup mixture, and pour to the halfway point in your blender container. It will take a couple of batches to blend smooth all the soup you have made. Patience. Pour in some of the coconut milk, ginger, flax powder, and cashew powder, each time you blend a batch. As you finish each blended carrot leek cashew coconut soup mixture, then pour this back into your big soup pot. If you have an immersion blender Cuisinart Smart Stick you can avoid the extra steps and mix right in your soup pot! Just be sure the stick is fully immersed before you blend! (Thanks for the heads up Tamera!)

Once you have returned all the soup back into your big soup pot, squeeze the juice of 1/2 lemon into your soup. If you reserved some chunky bits of cooked chopped celery, leek, and carrot, you can add those back in at this time as well. Stir and warm up the creamy goodness. Use your own judgement about how you like the thickness of your soup, whether or not to add any more coconut milk, since there should be some left in the box. Be sure to serve this soup with whole cashews thrown into each bowl. Oh yes, see me toss them in with delight! Seriously the crunch of the cashews goes fantastic with these flavors.

So there it is! One of my best food creations ever! If you have the time to try making this carrot, leek, cashew, coconut soup, you will be so very happy with yourself! It is now completely up to you, if you decide to share it with the Unicorns. Enjoy!

Organizing Your Superfoods For Morning Smoothies

As promised I am starting my little series on how I organize foods for my healthy lifestyle. This is how I deal with getting my superfoods together for morning smoothies! I am a zombie in the morning, and I need all the help I can get! Since green smoothies are the quick answer to making a healthy breakfast to go, let's help you make it even quicker! 

Instead of going to four different places in your kitchen or refrigerator to get supplies, how about having them all in one handy movable bin!!! This has been a fantastic time saver for me, and I highly recommend you do this to make your life so much easier and more efficient. I bought the clear 'Fridge Binz' at 'Bed Bath and Beyond' in the kitchen drawer organization department. You can also buy these bins online if you click InterDesign Binz Fridge & Freezer Storage. These Binz are sized to fit the length of your refrigerator shelf, so there is no wasted space. I filled my narrow bin with glass mason jars containing hemp seeds, chia seeds, unhulled sesame seeds, and my home ground golden flax seed powder. 

When shopping at my local natural foods store I buy my hemp and flax fresh from the refrigerator case. I grind the golden flax seeds in a small coffee bean grinder to make the powder. I keep my Fridge bin on the top shelf of the refrigerator as it is important to keep these seeds cold so they do not go rancid. When I need some superfoods for a smoothie, or to make any recipe more nutritious, all I have to do is slide the bin out, and place on the kitchen counter next to the blender. No looking and grabbing behind foods in the fridge! Bam!

When making my green smoothies I then grab my coconut water or almond milk, and start adding a few tablespoons of each bin item to the liquid. I don't measure my superfoods precisely either, as I save more time by just pouring out the approximate amount of the seeds, which is one tablespoon for the sesame seeds and two tablespoons for the others. I add the chia in first so it sits in the liquid to gel up, then add the rest. Next I will add my dark greens, fruits and berries. The whole thing is so quick, so easy, ya gotta love it! Hope this helps you!

Go to Part Two: The entire refrigerator organization!
Part Three: My healthier pantry!

Pear Kiwi Raspberry Super Smoothie

Let's start the year off with something yummy, and very berry good for you!!!! Pear is sweet without being overly sugary, and if you don't like bananas in your smoothies, you can just substitute another pear. I always loved pear baby food, and perhaps like me, you can just think of this smoothie as a superfood power packed version of that tiny treat, only super-sized...for real! Pear adds wonderful texture to a smoothie, plus it gently helps with any intestinal problems you may have from the holidays.

Pear Kiwi Raspberry Super Smoothie

8oz Coconut water

1 Tb hemp seed

1 Tb chia seed

2 Tb flax powder ground from golden flax seeds

1 Tb unhulled sesame seeds

1 Tb cinnamon 

1 inch square fresh cut broccoli sprouts

dandelion leaves - small handful

1-2 pears

2 Banana's

2 kiwis

Red raspberries - small handful

Optional: 

2 Tb coconut flakes

2 tsp Barley powder

The liquid from 1 krill oil capsule or a few drops of vegan DHA/EPA

Add to a blender, the coconut water and your superfoods (chia, hemp, flax, sesame, cinnamon). Then add your sprouts and dandelion. You can of course substitute other greens at this point. Blend. Now add your fruits. This time of year your berries may be frozen, and that is fine. You can also add in your optional items. Blend again till creamy. Will make enough smoothie goodness for two people. Drink up and have a wonderful New Year! Serve this magic with a twinkle in your eye.