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Blue Berry Aloe Drink
My first question was. Where do a buy Aloe Vera leaves fresh? This is what I found out, go to a local Asian grocery store. They will have fresh aloe leaves.  Look for leaves that are fresh looking green all over and are thick and full of gel.

Now if your like me, you want to know why aloe vera? Aloe increases your body hydration. Glutathione! Great antioxidant and is critical in the production of white blood cells. Aloe lowers homocysteine levels associated with nearly a hundred medical conditions. Also aloe balances blood sugar, enhances liver function, digestive system and skin. If that is not enough I could ad more …

(adapted from Super Foods by David Wolfe)

Ingredients      serves 2 large glasses or 4 small glasses

½ fresh aloe vera leaf (remove skin and keep the gel)

½ lemon, fresh squeezed

2 to 3 tlb of unpasturized honey or stevia

¼ cup hemp seeds

½ cup frozen or fresh organic blue berries

2 pinch of high quality sea salt

Directions

Put all of the above ingredients in a blender and blend at a high speed.

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Hot Chocolate with Love Inside

Wintertime Hot Chocolate

Winter is the perfect time for warming chocolate drinks. Most of the commercial brands of hot chocolate are full of ingredients that are more than you are bargaining for. I love this hot cacao drink, it’s full of nutrition, antioxidants and great taste. 

I make a tea pot of your favorite tea to start and let it steep while I gather the rest of the ingredients. I personally like herbs from the Amazon and/or Central American forests (i.e. Pau D’Arco, Cat’s Claw, Vanilla bean, holy basil etc.) due to their familiarity with cacao which is from the same region. 

Ingredients                                                          serves 2 large mugs

2 tlb raw cacao powder

1 tsp coconut oil organic

1 to 2 tlb of unpasturized honey or stevia

1 cup of almond milk or hemp milk

1 cup of hot herbal tea as mentioned above

option: add your favorite super food powder to kick the nutrition. 

Directions

Heat the almond milk or hemp milk and add it to the blender. Then add the above ingredients to the blender.

Blend well pour into mugs add a cinnamon stick (or sprinkle cinnamon on top) and serve.          

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High nutrition Sour Cream

Kicked up Sour Cream

I have to tell you I had the family over for a holiday dinner and served this version of sour cream. It was such a hit that everyone wanted the recipe.  I love it when eating vegan is such a hit.

The best part is check out the nutritional facts about sesame seeds.   

Ingredients

½ cup dried white sesame seeds (soak in 1 cup of sesame seeds in distilled water over night or during the day while you’re at work)

15 raw cashews (soak in with the same dish of sesame seeds, for 1 hour)

1 tsp fresh squeezed lemon (you could need more lemon)

½ cup distilled water (add more to the correct consistency)

sea salt to taste

Directions

In a high speed blender, place all of the above ingredients into the blender.

Add water slowly to the right consistency, only use the water if needed. Blend till creamy smooth.

Taste and balance the lemon and sea salt to taste like sour cream.

This cream will last for 4 days in the fridge.

Note: if you have no more use for the cream, you can use it up in a blender drink. Just add fruit and raw cocoa and a little honey.

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Ride out the Winter in Healthy Style

Wheatgrass Cocktail/Potion

Well it’s time to put your feet up and ride out the winter. We've had lots of fun with family and friends. Even if the holidays were stressful for you. You will need this potion most of all. I am sure you already have visions of torturous goopy concoctions, this one won’t hurt a bit it has a wonderful taste.

Check out this recipe sent to me from the “Creative Health Institute”

Ingredients for 2 servings

Juice of 2 organic pears (apple if that’s what you’ve got and you want to do this right now)

Juice of 11/2 limes (peel the lime first)

1 oz. fresh juiced wheatgrass

1 inch of fresh ginger or smaller

½ liter bottle of sparkling mineral water.

Directions  

Run pears, limes, wheatgrass and ginger through juicer.

Pour into 2 glasses and top with sparkling mineral water.

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