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Sweet Potato Smoothie…

While trying to find low-gi and low fructose smoothie ingredient that was as creamy and filling as banana, I started playing around with sweet potato. Not only mildly sweet, but high in fibre, vitamin A, C, rich in beta-carotene and readily available for most of the year, it’s also a great banana alternative for those who find that banana is too mucous forming. From a Traditional Chinese Medicine perspective, (my preferred modality) banana’s are very damp and form mucous in the body (along with a number of other foods). Sweet Potato, while being cooling, helps to tonify the ‘Yin’ and aid in liver function. Could this be the banana alternative I’ve been waiting for? Bright, golden hues, with a stunning...

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Brown Rice Noodles in a Ginger Sesame Broth….

YIELD: 2 Servings PREP: 5 mins COOK: 10 mins READY IN: 15 mins Ingredients 2 cups filtered water 1 tsp freshly grated ginger 1 tsp Freshly Grated Turmeric 2 tsp sesame oil 1 tsp Rice Wine Vinegar 1 tsp Barley (Red) Miso Paste 2 cups dried brown rice noodles 1 cup Broccoli Florets 2 carrots juienned Black Sesame Seeds to serve Instructions Over a medium heat, bring the water, ginger, turmeric, sesame oil, rice wine vinegar and miso paste to a gentle boil Add the broccoli, carrots and brown rice noodles and cook for a further two minutes Serve immediately and sprinkle with black sesame seeds CUISINE: Asian COURSE: Soup SKILL LEVEL: Beginner

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Nut Milks….

YIELD: 2 cups (2 Servings) PREP: 4 hrs 0 min All nut milks are really easy to make. You can experiment with almonds, hazelnuts, sunflower seeds, black sesame seeds, pistachios- just about any nut or seed can be used. All will have their own flavour and colour and some are best used for baking, others are better for drinking. I add nut milks to cereals, smoothies and puddings, and gently heat in a pot for a warm drink! Ingredients 1 cup raw almonds soaked overnight or 4 hours 1 coconut, flesh and water extra filtered water as needed dates and vanilla bean seeds, if desired Instructions Drain and rinse soaked almonds Add all ingredients to a blender and process for about 2 minutes Strain through...

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Double Chocolate Chi Coconut Smoothie…

YIELD: 1 1/2 cups (1 Servings) COOK: 2 mins My friends from Chi Coconut Water asked me to create a delicious smoothie.......this was the result! Ingredients 1 cup Chi coconut water 1/2 cup homemade almond milk 1 banana frozen and broken into quarters 1 tbsp raw cacao powder 1 tbsp cacao nibs 1 tsp maca powder optional 1/2 tsp pure vanilla paste/essence 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon Instructions Blend all ingredients together until smooth Top with desiccated coconut and extra cacao nibs COURSE: Breakfast SKILL LEVEL: Beginner

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Spicy Green Apple Smoothie…

YIELD: 2 cups (1 Servings) PREP: 2 mins COOK: 2 mins READY IN: 4 mins Want a great kickstart to your day? Ingredients 2 apples cored and sliced 1cm ginger peeled 1/2 cucumber chopped roughly 1 cup spinach  2 cups filtered water Instructions Add all ingredients to your high powered blender, and spice up your day! COURSE: Breakfast SKILL LEVEL: Beginner

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