My Pomegranate Experience I’d like to tell you a story about my experience with pomegranates. When I first discovered them, it was during my third year of university and my roommate energetically brought one into the dorm to share with her roommates. She was so excited to finally find a fruit that she had been…
FAVORITE GREEN JUICE RECIPE I have a lot of favorite juice recipes, one of them being the Red Beet Carrot Juice. I also wanted a foundational green juice recipe that would be a perfect balance to provide many nutritional needs without additional thought and calculation. MOST POPULAR JUICE RECIPE This celery juice combination has become my…
Healthy cooking. It took me a long time to start eating more healthfully because, well, how do you cook a healthy meal? It was so foreign! If it comes in a box or packet with instructions, and has the word “Healthy” on the wrapper, no problem. To make a meal that is good for me, and…
Easy Dinner Salad. Don’t over think healthy! This salad is versatile. It can be paired with dinner, or made as a large serving to be dinner. I typically have this salad several times per week. It is my go-to recipe for what to make for dinner, when I don’t know what to make for dinner.…
The Best German Chocolate Cake, ever. When I was a little girl, I would spend my afternoons in the kitchen with my great aunt Lillian; Nennie as we call her. She loved coffee, donuts, and cake – she’s a smart woman! Often times we would bake cakes together, and my most favorite was the German…
When I began making better food choices and transitioned into following the Alkaline Diet principles, candy became a distant memory. That is until my love of dark chocolate could no longer be suppressed. I was more miserable without it than I was with it. It is not the cacao bean that is bad, it’s what we…
This Alkaline Diet Pineapple Carrot Juice recipe is so delicious! It’s definitely not one that you have to toss back or gag your way through drinking it. Thanks to the pineapple, this recipe’s flavor is very pleasant and tends to be a good one to try with picky eaters, they won’t know how healthy it really…
When you follow the principles of the alkaline diet, it is easy to see that making fresh pressed vegetable juices are a big part of the diet. And after you’ve made a couple of them you probably start to wonder, “What do you do with all of this pulp?” Making raw flax crackers is one…
Hemp heart seeds make an excellent base for blending as a dip, sauce, salad dressing, or smoothie. Hemp hearts also make the quickest and easiest milk. If you are allergic to avocado try hemp as a substitute for the avocado dressing recipes, about 3 tablespoons of hemp hearts with 3-4 tablespoons of water. It is important when…
CAN I DRINK COFFEE ON THE ALKALINE DIET? One of the first things people notice on the do not eat list of alkaline diet foods is coffee. And for some, that’s a MAJOR deal breaker. Don’t let it be, though! If not drinking coffee is keeping you from starting to implement the principles of the Alkaline…
