My daily green smoothie recipe

Did you know you could start everyday with a green smoothie without having to make one everyday? I make anywhere from 2 to 4 blender-fulls at a time and freeze the smoothies in glass ball jars (they won't break as long as you leave space at the top when you fill them). I defrost one jar in the fridge 1-2 days before I want to drink the smoothie. As that jar starts getting low I defrost the next one.

Here's my favorite Green Smoothie Recipe:

• 1-2 cups organic greenleaf lettuce
• 1/8 box organic baby arugula (5 oz box)
• I/2 Haas avocado (if petite I use the whole avocado) or use coconut milk and coconut yogurt instead of avocado if trying to avoid oxalates
• 1/3 organic English or regular large Cucumber
• 1 cup Organic Simply Balanced Tropical Fruit Blend or Berry Blend (Target)
• Juice of 1/2 organic lemon if using tropical blend (or 1 tbs Lakewood organic lemon juice)
• 3 squirts Stur Natural Energy (mighty mixed fruit)
• Organic Stevia extract powder to taste (Vitamin Shoppe brand Plnt)
• 2 to 3 cups of purified water after everything else is in blender
• Blend till smooth in a high-powered blender (BlendTec, Vitamix, Ninja, etc)

P.S. Arugula has a very earthy taste, and it may be too much for green smoothie newbies. You can either omit it or use less. The longer you drink green smoothies the greater your tolerance for strong flavors.

Overnight Oats recipe

I'm obsessed with this! So good! I make it a couple of times per week.

I don't use fruit in my recipe because I try to practice proper food combining, and fruit does not combine well with oats. Also, I use oat bran instead of rolled oats because they are more nutritious and less processed. I just ordered organic oat groats from GF Harvest that I plan to grind myself.

Those of us with digestive challenges need to be cautious with raw oats though. It's best to add a little lemon juice or apple cider vinegar to reduce the phytic acid, and even better to soak and rinse them for up to 24 hrs before even making the overnight oats. Last night instead of putting the rinsed oats and flax seeds in the fridge with the rest of the ingredients, I put them in a bowl with a little water inside my crock-pot on the warm setting all night long. In the morning I combined everything together and used the nut butter and chocolate chips as a topping.

My Ingredients:

• 1 cup vanilla unsweetened almond milk (preferably home made or Silk brand)
• 2/3 cup organic oat bran (GF Harvest, One Degree, or other reputable brand)
• 5 oz container organic unsweetened coconut yogurt plain or vanilla (So Delicious)
• 1 TBS organic chia seeds
• 1-2 tsp organic flax seeds
• 1 capful organic vanilla extract
• 1 TBS mini chocolate chips (organic 85% cocoa or Enjoy Life brand)
• Organic stevia extract to taste (Vitamin Shoppe brand Plnt)
• Optional for more protein: Add 1 scoop organic protein powder to the milk and blend in a shaker cup before putting it in the glass ball jar. (I use Sunwarrior Warrior Blend Organic Plant-Based Protein Vanilla)

I find it easier to stir everything together before adding the yogurt and oats.

• Add in the morning as a topping: 1 heaping TBS organic nut butter (my fav is NuttZo Organic 7 Nut & Seed Butter) and chocolate chips.

Here are more ideas from Food Network: https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/overnight-oats-3416659

I use a slightly different version of the recipe than Food Network because I like to get 2-3 servings out of my batch. Also, my version is sugar-free except for the mini chocolate chips.

Dr Oz System 20 eating plan

This System 20 program from Dr. Oz is awesome! I'm doing a mostly vegetarian form of it, which contains the foods that I basically eat all the time anyway. The first pic is what I just ate for lunch, which is my heaviest meal of the day. Grains are not included in the diet, but I did have some organic brown rice underneath my Cuban black beans. For me personally, I need to add a small amount of whole grains to the diet because I require a high fiber content per day. In case you're wondering what's next to the broccoli, that's riced cauliflower. Broccoli and cauliflower are two of the most powerful veggies for health and weight management. For dessert I had a large organic beet from Love Beets topped with crumbled goat cheese.

https://www.doctoroz.com/article/system-20-dr-oz-s-new-plan-take-control-your-health-2020

Cucumber, Tomato, and Avocado Salad recipe (raw, vegan)

This is so good! Sometimes instead of olive oil I use Bragg's apple cider vinaigrette.

https://tasty.co/recipe/cucumber-tomato-and-avocado-salad

Organic veggie egg scram (Keto, vegetarian)

Organic veggie egg scram! Keto, vegetarian, and delish!

Ingredients:
8 eggs
White onions (1/2 large)
2 Green onions
1 crushed garlic clove
Small can Mushrooms
1/2 red bell pepper
1 vine ripe tomato
Shredded cheese
Cilantro (optional but tasty)
Salt and pepper to taste

Organic raw flax seed crackers recipe (keto, vegan)

Organic raw flax seed crackers made in the dehydrator! Keto and vegan. So delicious and so easy! So good that I actually ate a cracker before taking the photo. LOL

Changes I made:
Instead of 3/4 cup of flax seeds, I did a combination of 1/2 cup flax seeds and 1/4 cup sunflower seeds. I also replaced the poppy seeds with hemp seeds. I recommend using less salt than what the recipe calls for, maybe 1 tsp instead of 3 . Next time I'm going to try eliminating the garlic salt and adding 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder.

Recipe:
https://104homestead.com/healthy-flax-seed-crackers/F

FlaxSeed Crackers from Start to Finish

For these crackers, we are using 1 clove of chopped garlic, and 3 teaspoons each of poppy seeds, sesame seeds, onion flakes, garlic salt, and sea salt. This blend is similar to an Everything bagel (which was my inspiration).

Mix together 3/4 cup flax seed (I like golden because just because of the lighter color, but my husband prefers brown), 1/2 cup chia seeds,  1 cup of water, and your seasonings. Let the mixture sit for about 10-15 minutes, until the mix starts to go clumpy, but not too thick.

Spread your mixture on parchment paper or a ParaFlexx™ sheet as thin as you can without creating holes. If you like uniform crackers, you can score them before putting them into the dehydrator. I personally just break them apart when they are done drying.

Dehydrate at 105ºF for 8 hours or until dry. I like to flip mine at around 5 hours and if I find the center isn’t drying quickly enough, I snap off the edges allowing the center to dry faster.