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Meal #1 Strawberry Banana Mylkshake Smoothie For this meal I started by making a batch of fresh vanilla almond mylk. It is so easy to just fill the blender with 16 oz filtered water, throw in a large handful of soaked and sprouted raw almonds and blend into creamy goodness. Next I strained out the pulp using a nut milk bag. Back in the blender went the mylk and I added 2 medjool dates, powdered vanilla and a pinch of sea salt. Blend well. We used the mylk in our green smoothie this morning. It was more like a milkshake than a smoothie and it was spectacular. Strawberry Banana Mylkshake by Elizabeth @ rawlivingandlearning.blogspot.com 16 oz fresh raw almond mylk 8 oz frozen strawberries 3 ripe bananas, frozen are better! 2 C kale 2 T chia 2 T flax Blend until creamy in high speed blender. Enjoy! So what do you do with the leftover almond pulp? You make a Banana Kream Pie and Raw Cookie Dough Bites of course! For the pie I started with a simple nut free crust made of ...

Last week, the third week of Lent, we were working on and focusing on "Good Thoughts". This next week, the fourth week of our Lenten journey, we will be working on "Good Energy". Trying to think of ways to use our energy to produce good fruit. Thinking of our actions and evaluating whether or not the results will be pleasing to God. If they will be pleasing then we know our energy will grow good fruit. Keeping priorities in place and keeping balance when it comes to passions, another name for emotional energy. Being mindful that we must focus on our final destination knowing that all of our actions here on earth will determine what will be obtained or not obtained in eternal life. "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and decay destroy, and thieves break in and steal. But store up treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor decay destroys, nor thieves break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there also will be your heart." (...