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Date Paste
Date Paste is a raw, whole food, ready to go sweetener that you can make yourself with a gel or paste like consistency. It stores well in the fridge and is a quick & easy replacement for sugar or honey … you know it’s rare to find a child that doesn’t like the taste of sweet. Use date paste in dressings, drinks, sauce recipes or any place where one would be tempted to add a little bit of honey here or there such as, mixed in with peanut butter for fruit & veggie dip or in a peanut butter and “honey” sandwich. It is very useful to have on hand at a moments notice to add a guilt free sweetness to your dishes. I learned this recipe from Russel James’, “The Raw Chef”. Although we are not completely raw, at least 60% of our diet is raw whole foods and I have found myself learning many useful tips, tricks and lessons on food preparation from raw foodists. They have a way of helping you think outside of the box when it comes to food preparation and have helped me to discover that there is always more than one way of doing things. Print Date Paste Recipe type: Sweetener Cuisine: Nutritarian, Raw, Vegan Prep time: 5 mins Total time: 5 mins Ingredients 1,1/2 cup water 1 cup Medjool Dates (packed) A pinch of sea salt A squeeze of lemon juice to help preserve freshness Method Pull open dates and remove pit from each Measure out one cup packed Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until completely smooth with no bits Pour into a clean well sealing container such as a 1 pint mason jar. (Should last 2 to 4 weeks in the fridge) Make it in bulk & freeze in freezer bags lying flat with all the are removed. (Should store approximately 3 months) 3.2.1230...
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Aside from a few discovered favourites, when we make green smoothies, we rarely follow a recipe as we usually use what we have on hand at the time and 9 times out of 10 they are a hit. In order to assure that it does indeed taste good, we usually follow a sort of guideline or blueprint if you will and here is our go to blueprint in the order the ingredients are added to the blender: Print Green Smoothie Blueprint From: Mommy Kristi Prep time: 5 mins Total time: 5 mins Serves: 1 adult, 2-4 children Ingredients ½ - 1 Cup Liquid (Water, Coconut Water, Orange, Apple, or Pomegranate Juice) 2 Cup Greens (Spinach is most mild, I just stuff as much into the blender as I can) 1-2 TB Flax, Chia or Hemp seeds Any additional superfoods such as goji berries, nuts and/or dried fruits like, currants, raisin, dates or figs. 1-2 Fresh Fruit (1 banana & 1 apple, pear, mango or pineapple slices. Banana adds sweet.) 1½ - 2 Cup Frozen Fruit (blackberry, raspberry, blueberry mix turns it purple) Option: Your chosen sweetener (See Sweet Options for my preferences) Option: Avocado ( ½ -1), Kefir (1-2 TB), Yogurt ( ¼ C) Method Blend liquid, spinach, seeds and superfood additions until smooth. Then add the fresh & frozen fruit, and other optional ingredients Blend till smooth and serve. Careful not to over blend or you’ll have a warm smoothie! This is why I blend the greens & hard nuts, seeds & dried fruits first before I add my fruit & frozen ingredients.) 3.2.1230 Tip: Make 50% greens your goal but with kids, it may be a good idea to start out with more fruit, less greens and then go from there. If you are getting more than 50% greens you are a superstar! Also start with spinach and romaine and work up to other greens like beet greens, kale and chard as these are a bit stronger. For more info about green smoothies I recommend The Green Smoothies Diet by Robin Openshaw in hard copy or as a kindle ebook by clicking on the image below:...
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You know that can’t sleep, can’t eat feeling you get when you are so excited about something that you just want to share it with the world? That’s how I’m feeling today and ironically, the thing that I’m passionate about is FOOD, but not just any food, food that I can feel good about feeding to the people who mean everything to me: My Family! But before I go any further, let me introduce myself: My name is Kristi and I live in the wonderful northern world of Canada. I wear many hats but the one that fits me best is the one called MOTHER. I am also a WIFE (I love you honey), a CHRISTIAN, a DENTIST and a FOREVER STUDENT. I have a love of learning that lets just say borderlines on addiction. The only thing that has kept me up more at night then reading is my sweet little girls of which there are three: Sai, Mo and Lei. Those three precious pearls are the motivation for this website as I have a great desire as a parent to give them every opportunity for success. I want to teach them many things throughout their lives such as a willingness to serve others, hard “smart” work, responsibility and spirituality. All of which become a lot easier in life when you start with a healthy body and mind. So as not to bore you with all the details of my journey (and lets just say it’s been a long journey which is not over), on my quest to figuring out what kinds of foods would help my children to lead the healthiest life possible, I came across a book by Dr. Joel Fuhrman MD called “Disease Proof Your Child: Feeding Kids Right”. I had originally read his book called “Eat To Live” a few years back then I expanded my understanding of a variety of different eating styles, (Meat eating omnivorous, Vegetarian, Vegan, Low Fat Vegan, Raw Foodist) learning little by little, still not convinced of which was right. Naturally I fell back into what I knew best and that closely resembled the Standard American Diet (SAD) which does not receive any sort of award winning metal from me. It wasn’t until I picked up the copy of “Disease Proof Your Child” that I had owned for 2 years but never read, that a light bulb went on in my head. I finally had the motivation I needed to change the way my family was eating from the Standard American Diet to one that Dr. Fuhrman has coined as a NUTRITARIAN DIET. The whole idea behind this word “NUTRITARIAN” is to eat more of the foods that contain the highest amount of nutrients and less of the foods that don’t. When you start to learn which foods contain the highest amount of nutrients, (I’m not just talking macro nutrients like Proteins, Carb’s & Fats,) including phytochemicals, antioxidants and vitamins, you discover that green leafy vegetables & fruits are it! Next best would be your whole grains, your nuts, seeds and avocados and then the least nutrient dense are your animal products and for a variety of reasons. You can see how this flips the standard food pyramid somewhat on its head and you can view Dr. Fuhrmans food pyramid visually in diagram HERE. Anyways, I liked this term...
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Lots of great nutritarian recipes that kids will like and tips for parents coming soon!
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