RAW Living and Learning

I posted a few days ago about a great site I found called Blend It and Mend It. Well, now she has show cased two of my smoothie recipes!! She videos her recipes and also viewer submitted recipes, demonstrating how to make wonderfully healthy and delicious smoothies and green drinks. A recent video is of my cherry smoothie that I wrote in to tell her about. Elizabeth's Cherry Green Smoothie 2 C spring water 1 10 oz bag of organic cherries 2 ripe bananas 3 handfuls of organic spinach 1 T chia seeds 1 T hemp seeds 1T sprouted and dehydrated raw buckwheat (buckwheat crispies posted here ) 1 tsp pure vanilla or almond extract (we use almond primarily) Blend until creamy smooth. Enjoy! I love how Jane improvises, using what she has on hand when recreating other's recipes. She has made some good substitutions. Go to her site and watch the video . My recipe calls for hemp seeds and she substituted sesame. Did you know that a 2 tablespoon serving of he...

This morning for breakfast I made a juice for myself and the three youngest children. The older two were still upstairs getting ready to come down and start school. The morning juice consisted of: 2 lbs organic carrots, washed but unpeeled 1 handful fresh parsley 1 sprig fresh dill 1 large organic red apple 1 clementine, whole/unpeeled I didn't bother to take a pic--we all know what carrot juice looks like :) This was just delicious--you never saw three little boys drink fresh juice so fast. My six year old said, "Mom you make THE BEST fresh juices". Isn't that sweet! He is my complimentor, always praising Mommy and writing me tiny love notes throughout the day even on his school papers I'll see, "Mom, I love you." Sigh! I wish they could stay frozen in time--all this sweetness, can it last? For lunch I treated myself to a dreamy, elegant, thick and creamy smoothie. It was so rich and so filling I will be set until dinner!! I made my own version...