More than a few months ago I was in Illinois for a house-sitting job and to visit with family and friends. While there I had quite a few opportunities to see exactly what I could eat that was plant-based (vegan) while out socializing at local but suburban restaurants. I was surprised by my former home area and …
Today’s smoothie is probably one of the ‘go-to’-est smoothies around, a banana mango kale smoothie. The perfect trifecta of favorite fruits and greens. It wasn’t long after I tried green smoothies with spinach that I next moved onto kale. In fact, the first time I bought or tried kale in my life wasn’t until the last …
Have you ever put cucumber in a smoothie? Today is the day. Meet Cucumber Winter Smoothie. This was a delicious smoothie and is filled with plant fiber, protein, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, anti-cancer properties and let’s not forget great flavor. I lucked out yesterday when we visited Morrow Brothers Produce mart, they had beautiful English cucumbers …
Meet my brunch! I had just cut up 2 gorgeous peaches from Trader Joe’s, 6 strawberries, and a half a mango and was about to sit down for breakfast when I thought perhaps I should include some of the epic basil leaves from our new plant – also from Trader Joe’s. This is the most …
Most of the time when I’m eating mango I can’t help but think about my favorite Thai restaurant, Tusk, back in Batavia, IL. They have the BEST Thai food, the likes of which we’ve been unable to find a comparable love here in Portland. Sad face. One of my favorite desserts was their Mango with …
A big lime to be exact and dance around while you do it and sing that song or at least the words you do know. While you’re at it, make a funny face too. Happy Friday! Print Put the Lime in the Smoothie So yummy! If you haven't tried cilantro in a smoothie, you must, …
Ever since watching the beautiful Kristina Carrillo-Bucaram make her EPIC bowl of salsa on youtube – I’ve been craving a similar salsa and kept it in the back of my mind this last week. If you drink a lot of green smoothies, you probably will have plenty of ingredients on hand and ready to go! So, …
This was more of a breakfast but it could be a good snack too. It’s just fresh chopped mango and sliced apples with homemade raw almond butter, sprinkled with nutmeg and cardamom. If you’re not sure how to cut mango, check out this post. Get your fresh food snack ON! xoxo
I recently posted about how to make your own pineapple vinegar and I’m getting recipe requests for the smoothie I pictured. Thank goodness I took pictures because I didn’t write it down. A quick note on me and greens. After I add the fruit, I pretty much just add greens until my blender is full, …
Yesterday was filled with clumsy incidents, at least two, that left me in sobbing moments. I can tell you right now that this is not typical behavior for me. The first incident, I was cleaning up the kitchen (ironically) and had just made my hot apple cider vinegar honey drink and set it on …