Mother’s Day Blueberry Dessert
The more you eat raw food, the simpler it becomes. When I’m by myself, what I eat at home tends to be bare-bones, if I’m not in restaurants with friends. But when I have a Sunday dinner for my family, or a special occasion, I make it fancier. I’m not always the greatest at planning [...]
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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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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 [...]
28 Comments • Continue Reading →Young Thai coconuts
I watched the Youtube video on making Hot Pink Breakfast Smoothies (I am positively addicted, like you!!), and in the comments section, someone made a remark about how young Thai coconuts are dipped in formaldehyde to preserve them I guess, and if you go that route, you’d better scrub yourself down after touching them. I [...]
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back from Costa Rica: can you eat well there?
I am back from Costa Rica. It was supposed to be a 7-day trip, using Delta buddy passes given to me (very inexpensively) by a friend. Unfortunately at the end of our trip, we spent THREE DAYS in the airport trying unsuccessfully to get out of Costa Rica until I finally bought both [...]
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Eating right while traveling internationally . . . last part
We visited a coastal area of China where the average age is 79 years old! People very routinely live to be over 100 and the area has become known as the “longevity region.” I asked the tour guide what they eat, and he said, local vegetables and fruit, and seafood. I saw [...]
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