Pow-Wow Purple Smoothie

I knew I had an intense writing day – a “heady” day if you will – ahead of me today so I needed an energizing, flow-enabling, sustaining breakfast that was quick and easy to make. Here’s the result, using some of my current favorite ingredients right now.

This is a high-protein, high-fiber, highly delicious smoothie that’s very simple to make.

The incredible nutritional tally in this single tall glass of pure goodness and love:

• 15 gr protein
• 23 gr of fiber ~ you’re getting more than 65% of your recommended daily intake with breakfast alone!
  [SAD fact: most Americans get only 10-15 gr fiber a DAY.

Sweet Cauliflower-Apple “Winter Detox” Soup

This soup was another creation to manifest from one of my pantry experiments and it has quickly become a new favorite. I wanted to create a soup that was delicious, warming, easy. On top of that, my mission was to combine several vegetables that:

1. are often overlooked or under-appreciated
2. trigger a gentle yet robust detox response in the body
3. are seasonally appropriate, for winter
4. are ridiculously healthy
5. are scrumptiously delicious

While it looks complicated because of the number of ingredients, I promise you it’ll be one of the easiest recipes you’ve ever prepared. You just throw it all into the largest pot you have and – voila! – delicious soup, enough to freeze extras for a busier, colder day!

Oregano Lamb Chops

This is a favorite recipe among my Delicious Cleanse clients. What is red meat doing on a Cleanse, you may ask? Well, this is no ordinary cleanse. No deprivation or unrealistic juice- or smoothie-based detoxing or dieting here! It’s designed, instead, to help you transition to a way of eating that revolves around natural, whole foods and a sustainable, healthier way of eating that will support your body’s innate healing capabilities and balance.

Cranberry Orange Sauce… or Dessert

I came up with this recipe last night after I’d been craving the tartness of cranberries for a while. I figured I’d make this sauce ahead of time and serve it atop the turkey and sweet potato mash I’m planning to make soon. But then I proceeded to eat it by the spoonful in lieu of dessert! So, I am living proof that you can use this recipe as a sauce to liven up any savory dish or as a simple, deeply satisfying and nourishing dessert…

Vegan Chickpea Stew

I spent this past week with my dear cousin, who is more like my sister, and her lovely family near Vancouver. She spoiled all of us with her delicious cooking. Here’s a recipe of hers that’s perfect for the crisp coolness of the Fall season and which will keep you warm and satisfied throughout the winter months. It is based off of a traditional Turkish recipe with her spin on it.

This stew is a well-rounded option for vegetarians and vegans alike, or if you just want to lay off the meat for a day or two. The chickpeas combined with the grain it’s served on give you a complete range of essential amino acids (proteins), and it tastes great to boot.

Delicious Sunday Smoothie with Orange Peel

I just made what is possibly my best tasting smoothie ever and I wanted to share it with you all before I forget what I did.

Delicious, ridiculously nutritious, and easy…

Sunday Smoothie

Makes enough for 2.

Place in blender in this order:

1.5 cup filtered water
5 heaping TBS of full-fat organic plain yogurt
4 heaping TBS of ground flax seeds
2 tsp spirulina (or you can use liquid chlorophyll)
2 TBS frozen organic cherries (pitted!)
1/4 bag frozen mixed organic berries
2-3 TBS of chopped orange peel
2 small bananas

Then blend away and enjoy!

Mung Bean Stew (Kitcheree)

Comfort food at its best: warming, filling, soothing… and healing, cleansing. Super easy to make. Freezes well for those days you don’t feel like cooking but just want to curl up on the couch with a steaming bowl of goodness.

One of our favorites recipes, straight from my kitchen.

Prep time: 20-25 minutes

Cook time: 45-60 minutes (with minimal attention required)

Serves 8, or several variations of meals for 2 people over 2-3 days. Serve alone as a meal in a bowl with a piece of bread or with any whole grain for a hearty meal (e.g. brown rice, quinoa, wild rice, whole wheat or brown rice pasta, etc.)

Simla’s Cooling Summer Soup

Cooling. Easy. Delicious. Perfect after a long day at the beach or just to cool off from the summer heat. I created this recipe after craving watercress (yes, really!) for two days one recent summer.

Its ingredients are naturally cooling and support the usually overworked liver in detoxing, while providing lots of anti-oxidants to help prevent premature aging and natural body wear and tear. The healthy fats from the avocado will gently satiate you and are anti-inflammatory and happy-chemical-producing mini miracles.

Serves 2

Ingredients

½ small bunch of watercress

2 small green zucchini (peeled, if not organic)

Napa Cabbage and Black Bean Salad with Savory-Sweet Vinaigrette

Most salads bore me to tears. I’m always looking for interesting combinations, textures, and dressings for my salads. This is a tasty, nutritious, not-boring, generous salad that is gently filling and satisfying. It’s one of the recipes in the Delicious Cleanse.

Serves 1 generously.

Ingredients

For the Salad:

1 – 1.5 cup napa cabbage (about 3-5 of the bigger leaves), with leaves washed, cut into half, then cut into thin strips

1/4 – 1/2 cup carrots, washed, peeled (or not, if organic)- or use a peeler and create thin strips that you can then cut into half length-wise: easy and pretty!

Prepping the Perfect Pantry {or, A Peek into A Holistic Nutritionist’s Pantry}

I was inspired by my recent work as the pro bono nutritionist for the Plastiki crew as well as a reader’s question (below – thanks, Nick!) to write this article, plus an upcoming visit to a client’s home to do a pantry raid and audit. Fun!

Nick’s question was:

“What do you keep your fridge or pantry stocked with?
Or what is always on your shopping list?”

The answer is… it depends. (That’s the old management consultant in me peeping out.)

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