first recipe from our 12 Steps classes this week
Thanks everyone who came to the Orem, Riverdale, and Sandy Good Earth 12 Steps classes this past week. It was a first time trying to cater classes for 80-100, and the Orem class was rough around the edges….so sorry if you were inadvertent guinea pigs in that class. I think we got the bumps [...]
52 Comments • Continue Reading →Chocolate Bean Cake, from Debbie in Portland
This is something Debbie made and brought for me to try, as we were driving all over the rainy greater Portland area last weekend. That’s “Chocolate is Non-Negotiable” Debbie. If you can’t beat the chocolate addiction, make it tons more nutritious! This cake is rich and yummy and it comes to you with love from [...]
31 Comments • Continue Reading →6 tips to make any baking recipe healthier….part 2 of 2
Continued from yesterday. (Yes, I know people are HEALTHIER and recipes are more HEALTHFUL, and so does my editor, but we abandon that in my book titles because “Healthful Recipes” sounds so stiff and wrong.) 4. Oil Please don’t use “vegetable oil” for baking. It’s highly refined, heated to high temperatures, and already rancid when [...]
40 Comments • Continue Reading →6 tips to make any baking recipe healthier, part 1 of 2
At the Zermatt in December, I taught these six tips for making a baking treat healthier. You don’t have to know anything about recipe development. These are no-brainers. Three tips today, three tomorrow. (All of this information is in Ch. 11 of 12 Steps to Whole Foods.) 1. Substitute finely [...]
94 Comments • Continue Reading →My Cousin Quinn’s Russian Cream Breakfast Parfait
My beautiful cousin Quinn is the middle child of my uncle I speak of often, in my books and lectures. (My 32-year old Uncle Gerald chose the medical route when diagnosed with cancer, at the same time my grandmother chose a 100% raw diet.) Just three years ago, Quinn’s husband was diagnosed with cancer at [...]
8 Comments • Continue Reading →Our new video, sign up for our class at the Zermatt
Here’s a teaser video for the holiday class Desiree and I are teaching at the five-star Zermatt Resort (Midway, Utah) on Dec. 9. It’s going to be a blast, and I invited superstar local author and plant-food-lover RAW MELISSA to teach with us! We’ve been kickin’ ideas around and all three of us are excited. [...]
17 Comments • Continue Reading →write us, win free date syrup
I posted a Date Syrup giveaway offer several months ago. Here’s another one: check out the recipe below in an email from Colleen at OrganicsAreForEveryone.com. And if you want a free bottle of date syrup, write us at support123@greensmoothiegirl.com. (We won’t have time to write everyone back, but the first two will get a free [...]
3 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 [...]
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one of my favorite weekend breakfasts, pumpkin waffles
So my Breakfast class at the Zermatt Resort last week was great fun. Just one strange thing, I discovered after class when I went to sample the food: the chef apparently made my Pumpkin Waffles . . . without pumpkin! Weird. But my newsletter with these recipes went out, and one reader immediately went out [...]
13 Comments • Continue Reading →Raw zucchini pickles and more ideas
Wendy Ray gave this idea for using zucchini, on the GreenSmoothieGirl facebook fanpage: Slice young zucchini into a quart jar (or whatever). Add these: 1/3 cup raw apple cider vinegar 1 Tbsp. sea salt 2+ Tbsp. raw honey 2 Tbsp. fresh basil 1 cup water Optional: sliced onions Marinate at least 30 minutes. Lasts at [...]
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