Author: Robyn Openshaw Search for: is a green smoothie a license to eat a boatload of junk food? I was at a family party last night. My youngest brother and his wife (I have six brothers) just built a new home and hosted a game night. (Actually we… Let’s Start an Office Green Smoothie Revolution So here’s what you do. You send your office mates to GreenSmoothieGirl.com, or have them watch my 3-minute YouTube vid. Together you chip in on a BlendTec or VitaMix for… sprinkles Heard a fun tip for using chia seed from an attendee of my class last night: Tell the kids they’re “sprinkles” and they’ll put them on everything. Have a shaker… Power Foods? Really? I saw a People Magazine article last week about 10 “power foods.” They listed agave, along with the aggressively marketed, uber-expensive acai and goji berries. Now I’m not going to… Yummy Chocolate Almonds Recipe I just made this recipe in my dehydrator yesterday. They didn’t even finish drying before my kids finished them! So I’m starting a new double batch now. It’s a great… GreenSmoothieGirl in today’s Daily Herald Today this story ran in the Daily Herald about the growing green smoothie movement, and this site. Thanks for reading my blog—I love you all for the way you want… Young moms make tough decisions about their babies’ nutrition! I received this email from a health care practitioner who is a young mother. As I replied to her, it occurred to me that maybe these comments would be helpful… Where to Get Young Thai Coconuts 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),… Two Cake Recipe Contributions from a Reader These recipes were submitted by RuLea Taggart when I blogged about my kids’ birthday cake last August. (I have made healthier ingredient substitutions for these two recipes. Note that I… Raw green food and kidney stones I have more requests to address oxalates. It’s another one of those “they” things: first they tell us greens are good for us, and then they tell us oxalates will… Raw food weight loss Raw food promotes weight loss in people who need to lose, and weight gain in people who are severely underweight from malnourishment. Remember that unless you’re being excessive with… food obsession I have worked out, almost every day, with a small group of women. I’m one of the oldest, and the youngest is 26. (You can see some of them in…