Brazil

Hello Friends,
There is a small village in Bahia, Brazil called Cascalheira. It is a very poor village with gentle, good people. For the past few years we have helped build a few simple homes, bring clothes, toys, distribute food, buy shoes, etc.
Many people have been involved with the donations and we thank you.
We will be traveling to Brazil in a few months and it will be time to help out again.
Please look at my blog on Cascalheira.
Thank you!
~jessica

Parsley Smoothie

Have been making a lot of green smoothies. It is just so easy, tastes great and so excellent for our health. Blending a Vitamix pitcherfull lasts me the whole day. Of course if more than one person is drinking it then it doesn't. Sometimes it's like that at our house. Usually I have two large glasses in the morning when I make it, I put the rest covered in the refrigerator.

Place in Vitamix or strong blender:
1 large & 1 small mangoes (I buy a case of each at the Indian market, wash them, place them in a large basket, put it out in the sun to reenergize and then bring them back into the kitchen).
large bunch or 2 small bunches of parsley or any greens
1 cup water, not too much, you can add more if needed
pinch of salt
1 tablespoon of coconut oil
2 scoops of protein powder (have been using the Sunwarrior Raw Vegan Natural flavor)
MSM and/or any superfoods
sometimes I add a banana
ice cubes
blend up, be healthy!!

Sea Vegetable & Kale Salad

This sea veggie & kale salad is light and delicious. With the weather being scorching it feels good to eat. Lots of it. Many times. Yes, I LOVE this salad. Good minerals from the sea veggies.
This is where I buy the Ohsawa Sea Vegetable Salad. You can add avocado, grated carrots, grated beets, anything that you love in your salad. This one I had today is the following recipe.

Oh and the dressing is delicious.

For one serving:
Soak some of the sea veggies for about 15 minutes, only soak a tiny bit, it does grow quite a bit.
Drain & chop.
Destem kale and cut into small pieces. I used 3 leaves.
Sprinkle shelled hemp seeds.
Mix.

Dressing: whisk it all together. Adjust to your liking.
olive oil
nama shoyu
apple cider vinegar
agave

Pour dressing over salad. Mix real well.

I sprinkled a bit of cayenne over it.

This is a super delish salad.

Flax/Sunflower Seeds Crackers

The sunflower seeds in these crackers give it a nice flavor.

Soak flax seeds overnight. The seeds soak up a lot of water, add more than double the water amount. Also, soak sunflower seeds.

Flax becomes gooey. Drain sunflower seeds. Mix the two seeds with spatula.
My mix was 2 cups flax (dry). 1 cup sunflower.
Add Himalayan crystal salt and any other spice you like or just keep it simple. Taste.

Spread on teflex sheets. Dehydrate about 7 hours, flip onto mesh of the tray and peel teflex off. Continue dehydrating until crisp.

Store in airtight container.

It's delicious with kale salad. Yum!

Dan McDonald Video & Juice

Dan, the Life Regenerator has been an inspiration. I enjoy listening to him on youtube and facebook about his adventures, his life and views, and his great juices. Right now, my favorite juice is Dan's recipe. Truly delicious and my body loves it too.

It is: carrots, cucumber, celery, kale, parsley, cilantro and a handful of small tomatoes. I did add mint from my herb garden.

Beautiful Cilantro Smoothie.

I am blogging again. It was a difficult time for a while, a family member passed away. She is at peace, no more suffering.

This beautiful green smoothie is so delicious. The picture is taken with the app on the iphone called hipstamatic. There are different lenses, flash and film settings. It gives a unique character, blurring and discolored images.

Here's the smoothie ingredients:

1 bunch of cilantro
handful or more of strawberries
1 mango or 2 if they are small
2 teaspoons of coconut oil
pinch of salt
scoop of msm (okay without it too)
2 cups of water & a few ice cubes

blend and enjoy!

Taking a break

Taking a break.

A lot is going on.
Needing to recharge.
Will be back!