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I visited my friend’s house on Friday and tasted her Kombucha. It was awesome. I can’t tell you how many times we’ve desired a nice drink like Kombucha. It was fizzy, sweet, tangy… just delicious! To think that it has all the health benefits it has. Well, we are excited. She gave me my own [...]

We had a hankering for fruit smoothies this weekend. I got out the local, organic Santa Rosa plums and local blackberries from what I froze last summer. They joined two bananas in the Vita-Mix for a delicious blended treat.
Blackberry-Plum-Banana Smoothie

2 bananas, ripe
2-1/2 cups frozen plums
2-1/2 cups frozen blackberries
2 tablespoons raw agave syrup or raw honey
clean [...]

Hot Cocoa — Dairy-Free, Agave Sweetened

6 cups unsweetened almond milk, strained
1/2 cup agave syrup
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon almond extract (optional) — OR — 1/2 teaspoon mint extract (optional)

Whisk all ingredients together in a saucepot. Over medium heat and while stirring, bring contents to a very warm temperature. Taste. Add more cocoa or [...]

Chocolate Banana Smoothie
Even if it is winter, who can turn down a yummy, frozen treat?

4 or 5 medium-size bananas
1/4 cup cocoa powder
almond milk pulp or handful of soaked almonds (optional)
1/4 cup raw agave syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
12 ice cubes
water or almond milk

Put all ingredients except water or milk in Vita-Mix wet container. Fill water or [...]

The weather got warm so it didn’t take long for me to start icing our Nettle-Mint Tea for Allergies.
I put double the amount of herbs in my French press (or 2 cups). I pour boiling, pure water over all of it. I fill a pitcher with 2 trays’ worth of ice cubes. After the tea [...]