home teachers with heart disease
In the LDS (Mormon) church, we have this program called home teaching. The church doesn’t like anyone to be without a support system. So two assigned “home teachers” come once a month, with a message, support, and sometimes treats that usually their wives made. (A similar program, visiting teaching, assigns you two women who also [...]
8 Comments • Continue Reading →interesting fact about coconut oil
I have reports on the site about why I like coconut oil (for cooking, for your beauty regimen), and at the bottom of each report is a link to the best price on really high quality coconut oil: http://www.greensmoothiegirl.com/robyn-recommendations/coconut-oil/coconut-oil-health-benefits/ A reader purchased coconut oil through the link and had a strange reaction with the oil [...]
10 Comments • Continue Reading →healthy protein powder
You’ve probably read me saying that whole plant foods have more than enough protein to rival human breast milk, to satisfy the World Health Organization, and even the U.S. Recommended Daily Allowances! One uphill battle I face as a nutrition educator is those trying to put on muscle mass, especially weight lifters, competitive athletes, and [...]
28 Comments • Continue Reading →yummy chocolate almonds recipe
So I just made this recipe in my dehydrator yesterday. They didn’t even finish drying before my kids finished them! So I’m starting a new double batch now. It’s a great treat to get RAW, SPROUTED nutrition into your family’s routine, and it’s a great way to use your raw almonds you got in the [...]
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GreenSmoothieGirl in today’s Daily Herald
Today this story ran in the Daily Herald about the growing green smoothie movement, and this site. Thanks for reading my blog—I love you all for the way you want to make the world greener and help everyone around you be healthier. Photos by Mark Johnston. Enjoy: http://heraldextra.com/lifestyles/food-and-cooking/article
5 Comments • Continue Reading →we have 20 boxes of RAW almonds left
If you missed the group buy, you can still get one of the last 20 boxes (50# each) of raw almonds. I got them, extra, because people are always writing after the buy closes. You can get just 50 lbs. if you want, so point your friends in the direction of this link if they [...]
27 Comments • Continue Reading →Young moms make tough decisions about their babies’ nutrition!
I received this email from a health care practitioner who is a young mother. As I replied to her, it occurred to me that maybe these comments would be helpful to other young mothers who read this blog. (Similar content is found elsewhere on the site and in my writing.) Please do not consider this [...]
7 Comments • Continue Reading →Young moms make tough decisions about their babies’ nutrition!
I received this email from a health care practitioner who is a young mother. As I replied to her, it occurred to me that maybe these comments would be helpful to other young mothers who read this blog. (Similar content is found elsewhere on the site and in my writing.) Please do not consider this [...]
7 Comments • Continue Reading →A green smoothie testimonial I received recently
Green smoothies have just changed my life! I have been drinking at least a quart everyday for 6 weeks now. Sometimes I drink more, but always drink at least a quart. My kids also drink them with me every single day. I have even converted my husband who at first stuck his nose up at [...]
2 Comments • Continue Reading →Where to get young Thai coconuts
Dear GreenSmoothieGirl: I’m local and can’t find young Thai coconuts! Where do you get them? Answer: I get them at 1st Oriental Market, 286 North State Street in Orem (Utah), a case of 9 for $15. (They also have inexpensive, interesting Asian greens, and cheap fresh ginger. Stay away from the Asian processed foods [...]
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