Juice of the Week: Cucumber, Mint, Pear & Grape

1 Cucumber

Cup of Grapes

3 Mint Sprigs

2 Pears

I call this juice “Summer Green”. The color of this juice is amazing! Not to mention it is an instant shot of health. I love using cucumber in many of my juices as a base, because the taste is not over powering and it yields so much juice. I also leave the skins on the cucumber when I juice but I make sure I soak the cucumber in vinegar or baking soda for at least an hour to get the waxy stuff off.

Some of the health benefits of this drink include:

-High in vitamin C %30 of your daily dietary needs

-High Potassium 12% of your daily needs

-The mint acts as a skin cleanser and anti-inflammatory agent.

-Grapes increase the nitric oxide levels in the blood, which prevents blood clots thereby reducing the chances of heart attacks.

-Ripe grape juice is an important home remedy for curing migraine.

Happy Juicing!

Juice of the Week: Cucumber, Tomato, Basil & Celery

½ Cucumber

3 Roma tomatos

2 celery stalks

A fist of basil

This week’s juice is close to my version of a natural V8. I love savory juices. The trick to doing a savory juice is to get something to season the juice; in this case it is basil. The health benefits of this juice include but are not limited to:

Vitamin K: helps build strengthen the calcium in your bones

Antioxidents: They are believed to protect cells from free radicals, harmful oxygen molecules thought to damage cells that result in cancer.

High Lycopene: Blood circulation, lower high blood pressure, cancer prevention

Potassium: This mineral is required for keeping heart, brain, kidney, muscle tissues and other important organs of human body in good condition

Vitamin C: A healthy dose of vitamin C will protect your body from infection and maintain healthy bones and teeth, as well as quicken the body's ability to repair wounds.

Happy Juicing!!

Super Food: Beets

“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food” ― Hippocrates

My relationship with food has certainly changed over the years. When I was obese I used food as comfort. My eating habits have become better and I now think of food as medicine. The more nutrients and life I eat the more health I will have.

Yesterday in the grocery store I was picking up some of my favorite vegetables when I strolled by the beets. I never was a big beet person, but I remembered Top Chef Contestants making amazing things with beets so I decided to get a few. I am so HAPPY that I did! Yesterday I made a kale beet dish that was AMAZING!  I even chopped a few beets up raw over my salad for lunch. In 24 hours I consumed almost 2 raw beets. Low key think I over did it on the beets because the next morning I woke up to a stomach ache. It wasn’t major but it was noticeable. I called my dad who is my personal homeopathic guru and he told me that beets are SERIOUS cleansing agents and that he often has to dilute his beet juices because of the potency of the juice. Ah ha!

This only intrigued me more (and secretly made me want to eat more beets). I love foods that naturally detoxify your body. Here are some diseases that beets help to elevate:

Anemia

Digestion

Constipation

Piles

Blood circulation

Kidney disorders

Skin care

Dandruff

Gall bladder disorders

Cancer

Heart diseases

Be adventurous and try some beets the next time you are grocery shopping. By them fresh, they taste way better than the canned version. Eat life!

Food: "Loaded Sweet Potato Fries"

So these fries were the TRUTH!!!! If you dont make anything else on this site please make these. They are easy, healthy and delicious. Also you may want to make this to go with it. Happy Eating. 

Friday! Funday! AMAZING butternut squash dumpling recipe!