Coconut Water, Youtube and Knitting

Spending 2 weeks in Bahia, Brazil......relaxing and soaking up some nice weather.
Today is a complete restful day.
Took a nap to the sound of the ocean, which was so needed.
Eating super light.
Had green tea earlier.
Beautiful, sweet watermelon, several times during the day.
Pitcherful of coconut water. Absolutely hydrating, feeling my cells drinking it up.
I might have a salad later, or some fruit.
Will take this opportunity to eat incredible fruits, will energize and detox this body.
Catching up with healthy youtube videos of Dan McDonald. Love his spirit, honesty and inspiration.
Oh and loving my knitting.
My gratitude for a blissful day!

Flax Pumpkin Sunflower Caraway Crackers

I love caraway seeds, so this cracker is awesome.
Always enjoy a few with my salad.
Super easy to make.
I make 5 trays of it and it lasts a while.

Here is the basic how to flax cracker recipe that I made not too long ago.
In this one I added:
flax
pumpkin seeds
sunflower seeds
caraway (did not soak)
salt
cayenne
cumin

Afternoon pick-me-up juice

Having some energy and chiropractic work done on me. Releasing, opening up. Change of season is a good time for me to go through this. Being more aware, extra mindful, the layers are sliding off. I especially needed this afternoon pick-me-up juice. The early green smoothie was sucked up into my system. I feel this juice going through my blood system. Healing, invigorating and calming.


4 carrots
kale stems (from yesterday's kale salad)
big handful of parsley
3 celery stalks
1 cucumber
1 pear

Easy & simple

It's been a great hot summer here in New York. Keeping it simple is good.
Here are two items I have been repeating and enjoying.

1.Cut up peaches with sprinkled propolis.
With delicious, aromatic peaches and energizing propolis....yum.

2. Piece of lemon, piece of jalapeno (growing in my herb garden) to your liking and a squirt of agave into iced water, let it sit a bit. Refreshing.
I like the tingling on my tongue from the spicy pepper.

Hope your summer is healthy and easy.

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.