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breakfast, drinks, vegetable, vegetarian

September 15, 2014

Creamy green smoothie

Smoothies have become wildly popular in the past couple of years, and they can be wonderfully delicious with the right combination of ingredients. This smoothie is really tasty, and dropping in a big slice of creamy avocado takes it to a whole new level. It's dreamy, creamy, sweet, and makes for a quick, on-the-go breakfast or snack. Fats are necessary for the absorption of fat-soluble vitamins (vitamin D from the dairy, vitamins A and K from the greens), so avocado serves a dual purpose here. There's a vicious, never-ending competition be[...]

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June 3, 2014

Fantastic Fermentation: Homemade kombucha

The world of gut health and probiotics has been exploding recently with new and exciting information. We know that probiotics may help increase nutrient absorption and promote good immune health by increasing antibodies, but newer research is showing a possibility of more impressive effects: a connection between the gut and the brain. Researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario conducted animal studies on mice by feeding gut bacteria from fearless mice to anxious mice. Impressively, the anxious mice became less fearful and more bold. Gut bacteria[...]

drinks, vegetable, vegetarian, winter

February 22, 2014

Winter goodness smoothie

It's a rare, glorious time in St. Louis. If you've ever lived around this part of the Midwest, you know how cruel and fickle our weather can be. Ordinarily, we have relatively mild winter weather (temperatures average in the 30s) that seemingly shifts straight into full-blown summer with absurd humidity and lots of heat and then slams back into winter again. Those sweet, cool, breezy spring and fall days are far to rare. But people, we're there. This week's 45+ temperatures have been magnificent, especially after a harsher-than-normal winter season. The snow is[...]

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November 21, 2013

Masala chai tea mix

I'm excited to announce that this blog has been accepted into an awesome group called The Recipe Redux! Here's how it works: on the 21st of each month, I'll be creating a recipe that adheres to an established theme, and my recipe will be compiled with the other Redux-ers' creations into one big collection. I get to have fun creating new recipes and working with different ingredients, and you, the reader, will get to explore other food blogs and healthy recipes. November's Recipe Redux theme? Adding merriment to mixes. There are plenty of classic mixes that pe[...]