Drinks
ABC Juice
Ingredients:
- 2 apples (peeled)
- 1 large beet
- 1 large carrot (at least 1 cup worth)
- fresh ginger
- raw honey or sweetener of choice
- water
Benefits: Great source of fiber, beta carotene, iron, Vitamin K1, Vitamin C, Vitamin B6, copper, folate and manganese. Helps lower cholesterol and high blood pressure.
Apple Cider
Ingredients:
- 1 bag of apples (or a variety of at least 8 - 10 apples)
- 1 orange
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- cinnamon sticks
- cloves
- 1 gallon of water
Benefits: Contains iron, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, and potassium. Improves digestive health. Anti-inflammatory and full of anti-oxidants.
Beet Juice
Ingredients:
- 1 large beet, peeled
- 2 lemons
- fresh ginger
- honey or sweetener of choice (sugar, maple syrup)
- water
Benefits: Anti-inflammatory that aids digestion, contains fiber, Vitamin C, iron, manganese, folate, potassium.
Burdock Root Tea
Ingredients:
- 2 - 3 burdock roots, cut into thinly sliced coins
- fresh basil
- fresh grated ginger
- raw honey or sweetener of your choice
Benefits: natural diuretic, aids digestion, helps lower blood sugar, used in holistic medicine to heal wounds, full of antioxidants.
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Carrot Orange Juice
Ingredients:
- 3 oranges
- 2 carrots
- 1 tumeric root
- dash of black pepper
- raw honey or agave
- water
Benefits: Full of antioxidants, great source of fiber, contains Vitamin C, folate, calcium, potassium, and beta carotene.
Chocolate Oat Protein Smoothie
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup gluten free whole oats
- 3 scoops of protein powder (flaxseed, almonds, sunflower seeds, chia seeds) pureed into a powder
- 2 - 3 tsp. cocoa powder
- 1 - 2 tbsp. creamy peanut butter
- 1.5 - 2 cups almond milk (or milk of your choice)
- 1/2 cup ice
Protein Powder Benefits: Great source of fiber, helps with weight gain, contains zinc, manganese, magnesium, copper, iron and Vitamin E.See YouTube
Ginger Lemon Tea
Ingredients:
- grated ginger
- 1/2 lemon
- 1 cinnamon stick
- star anise
- raw honey
Benefits: relieves joint pain, eases menstrual cramps, reduces nausea, improves digestion, anti-inflammatory, helps lower cholesterol, star anise used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
Green Juice
Ingredients:
- aloe leaf (cut in pieces and soaked for at least 2 hours to remove yellow latex - not safe to drink)
- 1 cup kale
- 2 limes
- 2 oranges
- water
Benefits:
Helps lower blood sugar levels, reduces high cholesterol, aids digestion, contains Vitamin C and beta carotene.
Hibiscus Tea
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup dried hibiscus leaves
- 5 cups water
- limes (optional)
- sweetener of choice (honey, sugar, maple syrup)
Benefits:
Aids digestion, helps lower high blood pressure (not safe to drink if on blood pressure medicine), helps reduce high cholesterol, full of antioxidants.
Horchata
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup white rice
- 2 cups milk
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 cup water
- cinnamon sticks
Directions: Clean rice until it rinses clean (no cloudy water/ starch). Soak rice in a bowl covered with milk and cinnamon sticks. Store in the refrigerator overnight. Add milk to a blender with milk and cinnamon stick. Puree until rice looks like a chunky grain. Strain into a container. Add 1 cup of water to the blender along with the strained rice pulp and puree again. Strain again and pour into a container. Add condensed milk to the container. Shake well and serve over ice. Also goes great with coffee.
Kiwi Smoothie
Ingredients:
- 2 kiwis
- 1 cup frozen pineapple
- 1 cup kale
- 1 lime
- 1 tsp. ginger
- 2 cups of water
Benefits:
Full of antioxidants and Vitamin C. Helps lower cholesterol, reduces high blood pressure, aids in digestion. Great source of fiber.
Tamarind Juice
Ingredients:
- 4 - 6 tamarind pods (1 cup)
- 8 cups water
- ginger
- lime juice
- maple syrup or sweetener of choice (sugar, honey)
Benefits:
High in fiber, aids digestion, full of antioxidants, contains Vitamins B1, B2, B3, iron, calcium, magnesium and potassium.