Juicing & Green Drinks

How to open a young coconut:

1- Start cutting husk with a sharp knife. Be careful of your fingers!  2- When you reach the hard part of the shell, "hi-yah" the edge until you can see the soft, spongy part.  3- Poke and turn end of knife into soft end and "screw" a hole.  4- Pour coconut water out.  5- Go outside and toss coconut onto pavement to crack the coconut 6-  Pull coconut apart and scrape meat with a spoon.  Use meat in smoothies, raw icecreams and as a snack.  

 

 

 



Juicing with an Omega Juicer

I love my Omega Juicer!  When you are struggling with an auto-immune disease and need to get nutrients straight to the blood stream, juicing is the best!  Juices are different from smoothies because you are purposefully taking out the fiber to allow the nutrients from the vegetables and fruits to go straight to the blood stream.  Drink this juice on an empty stomach for maximum results.  I've tried a lot of juice recipes and our family favorite is the Carrot Beet Apple Juice.  When juicing for health, vegetables can be mixed with vegetables but the only fruit that should be juiced with veggies is apples.  All the other fruits will mess with the PH of  the vegetables.   My son's favorite job is juicing!  It's nice to have a juicing elf because it does take about 10 minutes to juice about 5 cups total volume.  I strain the juice twice.

Carrot Beet Apple Juice:

• 3 pounds unpeeled, washed carrots
• 1 regular size red beet
• 2 green apples

This recipe is great as a blood purifier and includes a lot of iron.

Green Drink Recipes:

Veggie/Fruit/Fats/Micro-Nutrient Smoothies are the perfect way to start the day!  When I give my kids a smoothie every morning, I know they're getting the raw nutrition they need for their brain, immune system and growth!  I use a Vitamix blender, but I know the Blendtec Blender is awesome too. 

Most of these smoothies were invented because I happened to have the ingredients in my kitchen.  Be creative and use what you have and that will make your smoothies much more economical and fun!  Rotate using different vegetables to ensure liver health.  I always try to make sure that there are at least 6 servings of veggies, 3 servings of fruit, 2 Tbls good fats, 4 servings micronutrients and 1 drop of some DoTerra essential oil to aid the immune system

Apple Pie Loverly:

(even my picky eaters loved this one!)

• 1 cup fresh apple juice ( I buy the huge 1 gallon glass bottle at Good Earth)
• 3 apples with peels
• 2 bananas
• 3 handfuls spinach
• 1 kale leaf
• 1 tsp fresh ginger peeled
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 handful alfalfa sprouts
• 3 Tbls ground flax seeds
• 2 cups ice

Berry-n-Orange: 

• 1 cup water
• 1/4 cup orange juice concentrate
• 1 cup frozen strawberries
• 2 bananas
• 1/2 apple
• 3 Tbls. ground flax or 1 Tbls. chia seeds
• 5 + cups spinach
• 1 cup kale
• 1 carrot
• 1 handful sprouts
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 2 cups ice

Blue-n-Coconut Fav:

• 1 cup original So Delcicious Coconut milk
• 1/2 cup frozen coconut meat from Thai Young Coconut
• 1/3 cup coconut water from Thai Young Coconut
• 1 cup frozen blueberries
• 1 drop Lime Essential Oil
• 2 bananas
• 1 handful alfalfa sprouts
• 4 handfuls spinach
• 1 avacado
• 1/2 lime squeezed
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 cups ice

Grapefruit face:

• 1/4 cup grapefruit concentrate
• 1 cup water
• 1 grapefruit + a slice of peel
• 1 drop Grapefruit Essential Oil
• 2 bananas
• 1 cup frozen raspberries
• stevia or xylitol
• 4 cups green veggies (I don't reccommend celery)
• 1 handful sprouts
• 2 Tbls ground flax

Lemony Kale-it:
This is great for sick days when you need a load of vitamin C!

• Juice of 2 lemons
• Piece of lemon rind (well washed)
• 1 cup orange juice
• 1 orange
• Piece of orange rind (well washed)
• 4 stalks of green kale
• 2 cup alfalfa sprouts
• 1 banana
• 1 Tbls xylitol
• 2 drops lemon oil
• 2 drops orange oil
• 2 cups ice

Orangie Julie:

• 1 cup water
• 1/4 cup orange juice concentrate
• 1 drop Wild Orange Essential Oil
• handful alfalfa sprouts
• 2 oranges (could add peel for additional nutrients)
• 2 bananas
• lemon rind piece
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 Tbls coconut oil
• 3 cups collard greens
• 2 cups ice

Pearry Yummy:

• 1 cup vanilla coconut milk
• 3 bartlett pears
• 1 cup frozen mixed berries from Costco
• 5 collard greens
• 1 handful sprouts
• 2 stalks fennel
• lemon fish oil
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 drop Lemon Essential Oil 

Strawberry Grapefruit Confusion:

• 1 cup water
• 1/4 cup grapefruit juice concentrate
• 1 - 2 cups frozen strawberries
• 5 cups spinach
• 1 drop Orange Essential Oil
• 2 handful sprouts of choice
• Handful Blueberries
• 2 unpeeled carrots
• 2 bananas
• 2 Tbls Diatamaceous Earth
• 2 Tbls Chia Seeds
• 1 tsp Vanilla

 

It doesn't matter how nutritious it is, if the little people won't drink it.

And the verdict is..they love it!!

Totally Tropical:

• 1 cup Young Thai Coconut water
• 1/2 cup Young Thai Coconut meat
• 1 Tbls. expeller pressed coconut oil
• 1 cup fresh pineapple
• 1 drop Lemon Essential Oil
• 2 bananas
• 2 celery stalks
• 2 cups kale
• 2 carrots
• handful sprouts
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 cups ice