easy kale or collard “chips” you can make in your dehydrator
GreenSmoothieGirl.com reader Tonya C. donated a recipe for yummy “chips” (I call them “crisps” because they’re really light and airy) made in the dehydrator. I have significantly altered the recipe. Brewer’s Yeast is a good way for vegans to obtain Vitamin B12. Cheesy Kale/Collard Crisps 1/3 cup cashews, soaked 1-2 hours (optionally) 2 Tbsp. lemon [...]
16 Comments • Continue Reading →AstraZeneca . . . or a plant-based diet?
If you read this blog regularly, you’ve heard my opinion that the drug companies have to be watched closely because their motive is in direct conflict with public health interests. Don’t give your money to most “breast cancer research” campaigns, for instance, because it’s usually just the drug companies double dipping. That is, [...]
8 Comments • Continue Reading →PCOS and protein
Dear GreenSmoothieGirl: I have PCOS and I have battled weight for years. I am currently 275 lbs and 5’10″. I believe that what we eat does impact our health dramatically. I was on a green smoothie a day for over a month and started to feel better. Then I was told [...]
17 Comments • Continue Reading →How much fat should I eat?
Dear GreenSmoothieGirl: How much fats do you take in a day? From what I gathered from your book, it looks something like: 1 tablespoon flax oil in green smoothie, 2 tablespoons coconut oil on lips and skin, a handful of nut and seeds for snacks in the afternoon. Am I right? I [...]
8 Comments • Continue Reading →should I buy designer foods?
Thinking about the questions lately about acai and maca, I was checking out today at The Good Earth. The woman and her daughter in front of me had clearly never been in the health food store. It was also clear that they were from the very lower middle class and of extremely limited means. [...]
28 Comments • Continue Reading →what changed, when we switched to whole foods . . . part 2 of 2
My publisher for The Green Smoothie Diet, to be released next spring, wants me to tell my “story” in the beginning of the book. I’ve been compiling a list of what happened as my family transitioned to a diet of whole foods. It was certainly a sea change, to go into my pantry [...]
23 Comments • Continue Reading →another daily food log from a plant eater
I got a bunch of emails from the “lurkers” who never write on this blog, saying they like food logs, and MORE, PLEASE. That’ll give me something to say if I ever have a day where I’m running low–but OMG I have so much to write about in the next month or two!! [...]
7 Comments • Continue Reading →What did you make, when did you eat it, and where?
Dear GreenSmoothieGirl, what do you eat in a day? Not only what did you eat, but WHERE were you when you ate it (soccer field, etc.), and when did you make it, etc.? Answer: I logged three weekdays in a row, just for you. (I think this question was a nice [...]
22 Comments • Continue Reading →Need motivation to eat less meat and more plants? . . . part 7 of 12
Today, good stats about the fact that Americans need EDUCATING on the subject of a plant-based, whole-foods diet. (You know GSG.com has an agenda to get YOU to help spread the word–and many of you already do so, brilliantly.) 98 percent of the wheat eaten in the U.S. is eaten as white flour. [...]
4 Comments • Continue Reading →Need motivation to eat less meat and more plants? . . . part 1 of 12
I’m going to bombard you with a bunch of statistics and expert quotes about a plant-based diet versus an animal-protein diet, for 12 days. These gems are gleaned from one of my favorite sources, John Robbins’ The Food Revolution. He quotes 60+ sources in every chapter. Where Campbell’s The China Study is [...]
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