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Strawberry Spinach Smoothie

4/16/2018

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Ingredients

1 Handful of Spinach 
10-15 fresh Strawberries
1 Banana 
1/2 cup frozen Blueberries
1/2 cup Apple Juice 
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Directions

Do you really need directions on how to make a smoothie? We don't think so, but just incase: 
Add all ingredients into your blender and blend. 
There. That's it. Those are your directions. What? You want a "tip" too? Ok, fine. 
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Make sure the lid is completely on your blender prior to blending. 
There, happy now? Now carry on you smoothie making machine! 
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Warm Coconut Cookies

12/19/2017

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Recipe from Green For Clean Desserts by Annie Grapes
Are you ready to take your baking to the next level? Warm Coconut Cookies are a great way to start. They're delicious and healthier than store-bought cookies. Plus you get the added bonus of knowing you made these yourself! 
Most of my recipes have short simple ingredient lists. Warm Coconut Cookies are an exception to the rule with about 10 ingredients, but most of these you already have in your kitchen or are easy to find in the store. So let's get baking and leave the butter in the fridge cause these cookies are butter free! 

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 tbsp Ground or Whole Flax Seeds 
  • 3 tbsp Warm Water 
  • 1 cup Flour or Flour Substitute 
  • 1/4 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1/4 tsp Salt 
  • 1/4 cup softened Coconut Oil 
  • 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
  • 1 tsp Vanilla 
  • 2 tbsp Milk or Milk Substitute
  • 1/4 cup Oatmeal 
  • 1/4 cup Coconut Shavings  

Preparation 

1. Preheat oven to 350 and get a baking sheet out 
2. Get all your ingredients measured out and set aside 

 Instructions 

1. In a LARGE bowl, add flax seed and warm water 
2. In a second bowl, add flour, salt and baking soda
3. Add coconut oil, brown sugar, and vanilla to LARGE bowl and mix until blended
4. Add the contents of the second bowl with the flour to the LARGE bowl and keep stirring. (If it gets too dry, add milk) 
5. Slowly mix in oats and coconut shavings
6. Place spoonfuls of this mixture on baking sheet 
7. Bake in oven about 8-10 minutes
8. Allow to cool then sprinkle with extra coconut shavings or chocolate if you're feeling naughty 

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Fruity Tooty Brownie Bars

12/18/2017

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​Recipe from Green for Clean Desserts: 50 Delicious and Easy Clean Eating Recipes by Annie Grapes 
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INGREDIENTS 

  • 1 Cup of Pecans OR 1/2 cup pecans and 1/2 cup almonds
  • 1 Cup of Dates 
  • 5tbsp cocoa powder 
  • 2tbsp agave OR maple syrup OR honey
  • 1/4 tsp salt ​

INSTRUCTIONS 

  1. Get out your blender and prepare measured ingredients 
  2. Mix nuts in your blender until crunched up 
  3. Add dates until well mixed
  4. Add the rest of the ingredients and blend until smooth 
  5. Remove from blender and mash mixture into an 8x8 or 8x9 pan with a spoon
  6. Place in fridge for at least an hour to harden up 
  7. Cut your brownie bars into squares, circles, rectangles, octagons, or triangles... get crazy with your bad self 
  8. Serve with berries, syrup, whipped cream, or just eat plain as a power bar! Mmmm Mmmmm...

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If You Like Hummus...

12/15/2017

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"If you like Hummus" is a great way to start this recipe because nearly 100 million Americans have no idea what Hummus is, and out of those who do, only about a quarter eat it regularly. 

What Is Hummus?


​Hummus is a paste made from mostly chickpeas and dates back to the 13th century Middle East where chickpeas were (and still are) in abundance. 
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How Do You Eat Hummus?

You can eat Hummus as a dip with pita bread or chips, or with whatever bread you have on hand. But it can also be used to replace mayo or mustard. I found a great site giving you 10 ways to eat Hummus, just click HERE. 

Is Hummus Good For You? 

Hummus is made with beans, ground sesame seeds, and oil (basically) so your nutritional benefits will include getting more protein (about 3g per 2Tbsp), fiber, and fat. If that doesn't sound like a good thing to you, then click HERE to learn how beans are not only good for you but help you lose weight in the process. 

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How To Make Your Own Hummus

Recipe From: The Haven's Kitchen Cooking School 

iNGREDIENTS 

  • ​1 cup dried garbanzo (chickpea) beans (or 2 cups cooked)
  • 1/3 cup Tahini
  • 2-4 garlic cloves
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1/4- 1/2 cup of cold water
  • Sea Salt (a pinch at a time to taste)​

Prep 1. Cooking Your Chickpeas 

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If you have dried chickpeas at home, click HERE to learn how to cook them.
If you have cooked chickpeas, continue on with the recipe instructions. 

Prep 2. Do You Have Tahini Paste?

If you already have Tahini paste at home, continue with the recipe instructions.
If you don't have Tahini at home and have no idea what it is, keep reading.

TAHINI PASTE
Tahini is a  sesame seed paste, that in Arabic means "to grind"; and that's really all it is: ground up (hulled) sesame seeds.  Tahini is normally used for hummus, but it's also used for Baba Ganoush, dressings, and sauces.
You can buy a jar for under $5 at Walmart, Target, and Trader Joe's, or choose to make your own. I found a great recipe for making your own Tahini HERE.

Prep 3. In The Kitchen 

  • Get out your blender and dust it off
  • Clean up and prep 2-4 garlic cloves
  • Squeeze the juice of 1 lemon into a small dish or cup (if your aim's that good)
  • Measure out all the rest of your ingredients and set aside 

Instructions

  • ​Add garlic cloves into your blender and pulse until chopped
  • Add chickpeas and pulse for about 30sec until crumbly
  • Add in the remaining ingredients and blend until smooth. (add more salt/water to taste)
  • Place Hummus in a serving dish and enjoy, or put in an airtight container in the fridge for later! 

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Tips 

This recipe makes a lot of Hummus so prepare yourself!
Homemade Hummus is only going to last for about a week.
This is just a basic Hummus recipe; you can add in your own garnishes to taste.
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The Best Cranberry Sauce You'll Ever Eat

12/13/2017

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Have you ever eaten home made cranberry sauce? If so, you likely don’t have fond memories of it- between the bitter berries and the consistency of the mystery sauce, most Americans overwhelming choose canned cranberry sauce. 
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Based on the Ocean Spray website, a 1/4 cup of their (jellied) cranberry sauce contains 24g of sugar. That’s literally all the sugar you should consume in a day, in one serving. But oddly enough, nowhere on their website did I find the ingredients in their cranberry sauce. 
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That’s probably because their sauce only has 4 ingredients: cranberries, high fructose corn syrup, water, and corn syrup.
What this means to you is you’re not even eating 24g of “sugar” from it’s natural source; you’re getting it from the refined and concentrated HFCS. Yuck! Plus, I imagine whatever cranberries they used, long lost their nutritional value. 
But, I know what you’re thinking...
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We’re talking about cranberry sauce Linda! Who cares about ‘nutritional value’?
Everything you eat has a nutritional value, not just the good stuff, so why eat high fructose corn syrup when you can try this AMAZINGLY good cranberry sauce that isn’t covered in hard bitter berries or watery mystery goo. 
It's so mouth watering and delicious that I bet you’ll never even go back to the canned goop again.

Ingredients 

  • 12-15 oz of fresh cranberries (half a bag)
  • 1 cup of dry red wine (the cheap stuff)
  • 1 cup of raw/organic sugar 
  • 1 cinnamon stick (not ground cinnamon)
  • 1 orange
  • 4 whole cloves

Prep 

  1. Get your slow cooker set up
  2. Organize all of your measured ingredients
  3. Grate some of the orange peel and set the “zest” aside
  4. Peel the orange and split in half ​

Instructions 

  1. Add cranberries, sugar, and wine in slow cooker.
  2. Push two cloves in each half of the orange, and lay each half on the left and right side of the slow cooker.
  3. Set the cinnamon stick in the middle of the slow cooker and add zest to the top.
  4. Cover and cook on high for 2 1/2 hours. 
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​The mixture will look the same for the first 2 hours, then you should see the cranberries starting to split in two, or develop small cracks. When you see this, you know your sauce is done! 

   5. Turn off the slow cooker, remove the lid and fish out the cinnamon stick and orange halves.
    6. Stir. Leave the lid off and allow the sauce to thicken (it WILL thicken!) for about 30 minutes.

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Choose to eat the sauce warm, or, place in fridge to eat later. It will thicken up in the fridge and taste wonderful cold.
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This is the perfect recipe for the holidays, but also tastes divine as a dressing for cakes and muffins. After you make it, you’ll be wishing you had found it sooner!
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Make Cranberry Apple Chicken In Your Slow Cooker

12/13/2017

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Recipe from Fix-It and Forget-It Cooking Light For Slow Cookers 
Get your protein and antioxidants together with this sweet and healthy dinner idea.  

Ingredients 

  • 6 boneless Chicken Breasts 
  • 1 cup fresh Cranberries
  • 1 Apple 
  • 1 Tbsp Brown Sugar 
  • 1 cup of unsweetened Apple Juice 
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
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Cooking Time: 6-7 hours
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5 Easy Steps! 

1. Mix brown sugar and apple juice together and set aside
2. Peel and slice apple
3. Add chicken to the slow cooker
4. Pour cranberries and apple slices over chicken
5. Pour brown sugar and juice mixture over everything. 

Cook on Low for 6-8 Hours or on High For 3-4 Hours


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How to turn your $5 Melon into one in a million

8/1/2017

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Ingredients

8 cups watermelon
1 juiced (squeezed) lime
​1/4 cup fresh mint leaves 

Optional: Feta Cheese 

Anybody can randomly chop up watermelon and hand it to you. Some people know how to cut it right, and few know how to "serve" watermelon- like it's fine dining. We here at Eat2Live2Love understand what a budget is, and we also know you wanna look good while on that budget!  So spend $5 and buy a watermelon, cut it, then create this unique serving suggestion recipe. 
Just combine the ingredients, mixing it up in a large bowl, refrigerate for a few minutes and serve in a pretty bowls and fancy forks. Your $5 melon is now one in a million! Way to go! 
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Like A Pro Roasted Vegetables

7/13/2017

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Remember the last time you were at an expensive restaurant? Remember the last time you had dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Fancypants? Remember what you ate? It could have included roasted vegetables as a side, and I bet you loved it didn't you? 
Now you can make this at home and look and feel like a junior Fancypants yourself. 
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Image from https://www.budgetbytes.com/2016/10/harissa-roasted-vegetables/  

Ingredients

Pick what you like, add to this list, or try something new

Chopped Fresh Veggies (see below) 
Olive Oil 
1 bulb of Garlic 

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Directions

Preheat oven to 400
Chop all veggies into evenly sized pieces 
Lightly roll veggies in a bowl with olive oil, making sure to cover veggies thoroughly (but not soaking them) 
Place on flat baking dish, salt and pepper to taste
Add in sections of garlic OR chop up garlic and add at the end of baking 
  Put in oven and bake for 15-20min 

Great as a side dish to roasted chicken or on top of brown rice. Sweeten it up by adding in cheese, or swapping the garlic for fresh herbs. It's quick, easy, and makes you look like you know what you're doing...and we could all use more help with that! 
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Roasted Small Potatoes

7/13/2017

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INGREDIENTS

1-2 bags of Red/Yellow/Blue Potatoes
About 3-4 teaspoons of (real) Olive Oil 
1-2 teaspoons of pink salt 
Pepper to taste

Tip: 
Add fresh herbs like parsley, rosemary, or basil towards the end of roasting. Feeling naughty? Sprinkle on some parmesan cheese!

Stupid Easy Directions

Preheat oven to 450
Wash and dry your potatoes (don't cut)
Roll Potatoes in Olive Oil and place them on a baking sheet 
Add salt/pepper to taste and toss in oven 
Bake for 20min, making sure to flip them 1/2 way through

There are a ton of variations to this recipe, like adding in other cut veggies, cheeses, sauces... but we thought we'd keep it clean for you and let you decide what you wanted to add! This recipe is 100% Kid Approved and perfect for little fingers. Plus, you can change up how this side dish is presented. 
Whole,   Diced,   or Sliced
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From google.com

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Fromhttp://www.marthastewart.com/332662/roasted-red-potatoes 

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From google.com 


Did you know that over half of the nutrients in a potato are found in the skin? Red potatoes are a great source of fiber and B vitamins, so don't peel them!
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Lion's Teeth Juice

7/13/2017

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The Anytime Juice with a bite! 
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INGREDIENTS

2 Apples
2 Oranges
2 Kale leaves
1 handful of Spinach
5 Dandelion leaves
1 inch of Ginger
​1 inch of Turmeric 


Makes 2 cups/1 serving

DIRECTIONS

It's the Lion's Teeth Juice! The Anytime Juice with a bite and it's perfect for just one person! Linda loves making this once a day after breakfast to help manage her gastroparesis, but Dandelion is powerful enough to heal a ton of ailments!
​To see if your ailments are on the list, click HERE. If you're looking for a more potent way to get in Dandelions for healing, checkout the Dandelion Tea. 
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This is a quick and easy juice to make that tastes great, even if slightly bitter and zingy! Add all ingredients into your juicer, alternating leafy greens with apples and oranges. Stir, drink, and feel your taste buds sing! 

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