Our holiday book released last week: here are coupon codes!
Desi and I are excited that our four-color Healthy Holiday Favorites book is now in print! (I announced that via newsletter last week, but we did have some issues with shipping which are now fixed.) Check out this video of Des and me making Chia Snowballs, an easy, quick, and SO-YUMMY recipe from this book. [...]
30 Comments • Continue Reading →Making nut and seed milks
Jenni, my customer support lead, is gluten intolerant and taught me how to make coconut milk. Here’s my video on how to replace dairy milk with yummy and nutritious milks from sesame, almond, cashew, or even your shredded coconut from the group buy. Jenni makes coconut milk, and then, with the pulp left over in [...]
68 Comments • Continue Reading →I love my compost pile: CAUGHT ON VIDEO
I like gardening, but I love composting. It’s a no-brainer. It’s one of those “life is an eternal round” things. Maybe I’m weird and the Depression-era mentality lasted three generations, in me. But I love “waste not, want not” and I hate the throw-away generation and attitude. Turn your food into food for your food. [...]
11 Comments • Continue Reading →GreenSmoothieGirl show coming to your town?
Dear GreenSmoothieGirl: How do I get you to come to my area to speak? What do you charge? Answer: I charge nothing, and I love to do it! Here’s a little video dealing with one of our most common questions, how to get me to come to your town to teach and demonstrate and hang [...]
2 Comments • Continue Reading →Dressing Your Truth
Local author Carol Tuttle contacted me several months ago. She’s author of four books, including “Discover Your Personal Beauty Profile” and “Remembering Wholeness.” She asked me to meet her for lunch. She said she knew exactly what I am in her typing system to help you choose clothes, hair, and makeup to “dress your truth.” [...]
112 Comments • Continue Reading →Green Smoothie 2.0 videos
So I really wanted another shot at my green smoothie demo after my first 3-minute one. Here’s Green Smoothie 2.0, with Superfoods, part 1: (After that, you can watch Part 2.)
7 Comments • Continue Reading →raw food made easy: new vids on the site
How do you make decisions about whether to buy organic or not? What do you choose in the greens section of the grocery stores where you shop? How much do you pay? What do I do with the rest of the plant when I buy root vegetables? What are some new things you can put [...]
2 Comments • Continue Reading →flu vaccine danger
My (ridiculously gorgeous) boyfriend Craig got the H1N1 vaccine on Weds. He took his kids to a free clinic–he said it was pandemonium, with people wearing masks and all kinds of crazy stuff. I could send you to Mike Adams’ (Health Ranger) or Joe Mercola’s sites to read a lot of fear mongering (or good [...]
15 Comments • Continue Reading →Why does a green smoothie come FIRST as I change what I eat?
I teach classes to people who are beginners in nutrition, eating the Standard American Diet. I teach intermediate classes to those who are more savvy, and even advanced classes in sprouting and fermented foods. Regardless of where you are, nutritionally, I have found that in every group, people experience profound health benefits by incorporating [...]
3 Comments • Continue Reading →How did I discover the “green smoothie” that I named this site after?
It’s a great story, really, how I happened upon the “green smoothie,” the attention-grabbing part of this site dedicated to helping you eat right. I was 27 years old, sitting on the front porch one warm summer day when my oldest child was a year old. Knowing me at that time, I was probably letting [...]
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