Category: Fat - Mindful Wellness

Green Supreme Smoothie

11/26/2018

Image by Joe Pineda

2 servings
15 min. prep time

2 bananas
½ pear
½ cucumber, peeled
1 cup spinach
1 cup kale
1 avocado
1 scoop protein powder *optional
2 in ginger
2 T nut butter
1 in. turmeric or ½ T turmeric powder
1 tsp spirulina
⅓ cup chia seeds
8 oz orange juice or cranberry juice
8 oz filtered water

Skin cucumber.
Pour liquid into blender with spirulina and protein powder.
Add greens, nut butter, seeds, ginger and turmeric.
Finish off with adding fruit and blend until desired texture is achieved.

Tips:

Top smoothie off with yummy garnishes, such as hemp seeds, cacao nibs, fresh fruit, coconut flakes, goji berries, etc..
Try to use juices that are cold-pressed, no-sugar added and not from concentrate.

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Holy Guacamole!

11/25/2018

Image by Andrew Scrivani

Holy Guacamole!
4 servings
20 min. prep time

4 ripe avocados
1 medium heirloom tomato
1 fresh squeezed lime or lemon
1 tbsp olive oil
1-2 fresh minced garlic cloves
¼ cup red onion
½ minced jalapeno
1 tbsp minced shallot
2 sprigs cilantro
½ tbsp chipotle or cajun spice
2 tsp turmeric
1-2 tsp cayenne
1 tsp chili flakes pinch himalayan pink salt pinch of black pepper

optional additions:

1 cup of beans
½ cup local
raw goat cheese
1 tbsp of butter
1 tbsp nutritional yeast
1 tsp cayenne

In a large bowl mash the ripe avocados together.
Add olive oil, fresh-squeezed lemon or lime and all spices into the avocado mash.
Mince red onion, shallot, garlic, cilantro and chop heirloom tomatoes. Add to guacamole.
Mix all the ingredients until desired texture is achieved.
Adjust flavors as necessary to liking and enjoy!

Tips:

Adding chipotle is nice for a smokey flavor, especially if you choose to add in beans. The beans will also enhance a more satiating effect making this a great potluck item leaving everyone satisfied!
Butter may sound weird, but it actually taste great! Cut about a tbsp amount of butter and throw it in your guacamole. We use Kerigold unsalted butter if we do this.
If you have access to a local, organic and raw source of goat cheese this makes a nice addition. However, due to the scarcity of this circumstance you may choose to add pasteurized cheese if you are dairy-friendly as you’d like.
Nutritional yeast makes a great alternative for that zesty, cheesy flavor everyone can enjoy!

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Protein Bites

11/25/2018

Image by Caitlyn Tischer

10-14 servings
30 min. prep time

1 cup dry gluten free oats
½ cup medjool dates
2 scoops collagen or protein powder
½ cup psyllium husk
½ cup nut butter
½ cup sprouted nuts
¼ cup sunflower seeds
¼ cup pumpkin seeds
¼ cup ground chia seeds
¼ cup ground flax seeds
1 T coconut oil
1 T coconut flakes
1 T cacao powder
1 T cacao nibs
½ T maca powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla bean or ½ tsp vanilla extract
pinch Himalayan pink salt

optional additions:

½ cup cacao butter
⅓ cup local honey, stevia or maple syrup
1 T coconut mana
1 T goji berries
1 T sesame seeds
1 tsp spirulina or chlorella

In a large Pyrex bowl mix the dry (oats, protein powder, nuts, seeds, etc) ingredients together until combined.
Add the nut butter, honey and extracts/flavor.
If the ingredients need to be further processed use a food processor or blender until desired texture is achieved.
Take about 2 inches by 2 inches of the the dough and form protein ball into a Pyrex container of choice and store in the refrigerator. Enjoy!

Tips:

To add a more chocolaty flavor to the balls just add about 1/4 cup cacao powder to the mix.
If you need to make the mix "wetter" add a tbsp of coconut oil or nut butter one at a time until achieving desired texture.
Use coconut flake, cacao nibs, chia seeds and/or hemp seeds as garnishes to coat the protein bites.

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Fats and Oils: Which to Eat, Which to Ditch

9/11/2018

Image by Dr. Jockers