Beet Kvass
I recently taught you how to make Rejuvelac. If, like me, you’re looking to increase lacto-fermented, probiotic foods in your diet, today I’ve got another idea for you. (Try to get at least two cultured foods in your diet every day! This is Step 8 of 12 Steps to Whole Foods.) Have you ever heard [...]
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It’s a Beet Monster
I’m not even sure what to say about this, that came out of my garden today. Technically it’s a beet. I’m not sure the photos let you appreciate just how big it is, about 12 in. tall. It looks like a replica of a human heart—blood color, to be sure, but also with the aorta [...]
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I have more requests to address oxalates. I wrote about this in Ch. 1 of 12 Steps to Whole Foods, and also here on the blog: http://greensmoothiegirl.com/?p=288 It’s another one of those “they” things: first they tell us greens are good for us, and then they tell us oxalates will cause kidney stones and [...]
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Thoughts after BYU’s Education Week, and Hot Pink Breakfast Smoothie, Part 1 of 5
I was at Brigham Young University ‘s Education Week most of this week, with my gorgeous sister and two favorite cousins. (That’s saying a lot about how cool Rochelle and Quinn are, since I have 48 first cousins and they all rock out loud.) I got to see a few GSG readers here from [...]
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beet cake, and pink smoothie, here I come
Look what I pulled out of my garden! Tennyson is holding a beet, the size of a cantaloupe, now washed, peeled, and cut into chunks in my freezer. I love fall, when we can pull all the produce out of the garden and put it in jars (fermented) or in the freezer against [...]
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To everyone emailing me wanting the recipe NOW, alright already! I was going to post it tonight, but I wouldn’t want to hold you back from beet heaven. Chocolate Beet Cake This cake is great for birthdays and parties. My kids beg for this decadent but [...]
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So I taped an episode of a major network reality TV show last August. It’s really how this site got started: I was told by the TV people they’d be flooded with emails of people wanting to reach me, so a friend told me I should put up a site. It’s taken on [...]
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