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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

modified from a recipe in “Back to Basics”, a Reader’s Digest Book

4 lemons
1 cup agave or honey (or less, to taste)
1 quart boiling water

Wash and peel the lemons. Put the peels in a large bowl. Pour the agave (or honey) and boiling water over the peels and let sit for 30 minutes, or until cooled [...]

Have you ever read a smoothie recipe — greatly desiring a sweet, cool, icy treat — only to realize that you have few of the ingredients listed? You need a smoothie formula. Use this method to craft smoothies from the ingredients you have in your kitchen. Tweak the smoothie by adjusting the components to suit [...]

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 [...]