Drinks and Smoothies (Gluten-Free)
My Kombucha Recipe
Back in May, I began making Kombucha, under the tutelage of a good friend.
Update: Someone suggested that honey, being anti-microbial, would kill the scoby. I haven’t seen that happen, but further reading has shown me that it can happen over time. So for that reason, I don’t recommend using honey and I have stopped experimenting [...]
Juice Fasting Ideas
As I wrote at my Such Treasures blog, I’ve been keeping a juice fast since Sunday evening. I am following the guidelines in Don Colbert, M.D.’s book, Toxic Relief. My purpose for fasting has been to improve how my body handles seasonal allergies. I also wouldn’t mind losing about 10 pounds.
At first I [...]
Chocolate-Almond Milk
6 cups chilled unsweetened almond milk (or hazelnut milk)
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup agave syrup (or honey)
1 teaspoon vanilla
Blend all ingredients in blender until smooth. Chill or drink immediately.
© Copyright 2008 by Wardeh Harmon
Homemade Lemonade
modified from a recipe in “Back to Basics”, a Reader’s Digest Book
4 lemons
1/2 to 1 cup honey (to taste)
1 quart boiling water
Wash and peel the lemons. Put the peels in a large bowl. Pour the honey and boiling water over the peels and let sit for 30 minutes, or until cooled off. This will release [...]
Basic Fruit Smoothie Formula
Since we started following the traditional food preparation methods in Nourishing Traditions, we have come to believe that dark leafy greens should be cooked. So I no longer advise making “green smoothies” – however, this general formula still works, sans the greens.
Have you ever read a smoothie recipe — greatly desiring a sweet, cool, icy [...]
Kombucha Started
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 [...]
Blackberry-Plum-Banana Smoothie
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
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
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 [...]
Iced Nettle-Mint Tea
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 [...]
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