Super Healthy Sunday

Super Bowl Sunday is right around the corner and since I am eating healthy and juicing again what better time than to share some of my favorite juice recipes for the big game. While the others are getting their unhealthy munch on with queso and chips why don't you drink a nice big healthy and great tasting glass of
Chips and Salsa. Makes 40 oz of Juice

6 Ears of Corn (cut the kernels off)

3 Bell Peppers

6 Tomatoes (can use Roma... I used Beef Steak)

3 jalapeno peppers (start with a little and add to your taste)

4 green onion stalks (I add the bulbs as well)

1 clove of garlic

3 limes (peeled)

Now what Salsa is without Cilantro? So my twist is 1 handful of cilantro.

Now I know you are thinking HOW in the world are you going to juice kernels of corn? Well, my niece gave me a hint that made it so simple and easy. Turn off your juicer.

Place your corn kernels into the food shoot.

Place the plunger in and THEN turn the juicer on.

You will need to do this each time you empty your food shoot but it works...I promise you! You will get the most amazing Corn Milk!<br />

After you "juice' your corn then follow with the rest of your produce. As my niece warned me, I will warn you... Don't take a single sip of the corn milk or there will be none left for your salsa!

Now for those who want a good GREEN ENERGY Juice to keep your attention going now only thru the game but also those commercials (which come on we really know that is what most of us watch the Super Bowl for anyways...)

For Your Dessert Juice why not try one of my favorites that even non juice drinkers will love and ask for every time they come to visit....

Three Healthy but tasty ways to enjoy the game.

Have a Super Sunday

~Shweet Sandi

Cranberry Jalapeno Banana Bread for Christmas...Not Your Grandma's Fruit Cake

It's that time of year again when Holiday Baking starts. I am one of those folks who happens to really love fruit cake. BUT no one else here does so I never make any. Year I decided to do my own version of a Fruit Cake that everyone will like.

Cranberry Jalapeno Banana Bread

1/4 cup coconut oil or applesauce
1 cup sugar
1 egg
3 cups gluten free bisquik or all purpose flour
3 tsp baking power
1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp cinnamon
4 large smashed bananas
1/4 cup water
1/2 tsp vanilla'
1 tsp orange peel
Juice from the orange you just zested
2 cups of cranberries
1/2 tablespoon lemon peel
1 cup Cranberry Jalapeno Jam
1 cup of nuts chopped your choice if you want to add them.

Cream together the sugar and coconut oil. Add egg and vanilla. Add dry ingredients alternately with the banana, water and orange.lemon peel and the juice from the orange. Add in the 2 cups of cranberry jalapeno jam. Mix in the cranberries by hand.

I use mini loaf pans and it fills up 4 silicone pans. If you are using regular pans grease and flour before adding the mixture. What is left over out into the bottom of a loaf pan. this will make a bar like "cookie". I  did not add nuts to the loaves but sprinkled it on the top of the one baked in the single loaf pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for 60-75 minutes. loves take longer to cook.



Cranberry Jalapeno Jam
1 bag of cranberries
1 orange juiced
2 pears chopped
1 granny smith apple
 1/4 cup of honey
1/2 tsp cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves

Place all together in pan and add water to float the cranberries. Cook until nice and thick. Allow to cool and store in the fridge.

Summer Smoothie Juice

Smoothie and Juice in the same sentence??? Yes I made a TRUE juice up to feel like a smoothie and be oh so satisfying. 
First thing to do is make up the ice cubes in advance and have them in your freezer.

Fruit cubes
juice two bags of cranberries ( can sub any sour fruit like raspberries)
4 oranges
Freeze the juice into ice cubes and store.

Simple and easy to make up this fun cooling juice.
juice the following
4 pears
1 Macintosh Apple
2 Cups Blueberries
2 Cups Spinach
After you juice the above add them to a blender with a good handful or two of your Fruit Cubes. 
Blend until smooth.
You will now have a Smoothie looking, fresh tasting Juice. Enjoy

Great Breakfast Smoothie!

This is one of our favorite go to Smoothies in our home that not only tastes wonderful it also holds you over from hours and hours. Throw everything into the high speed blender and give it a whip. We make the recipe up the night before minus the frozen bananas and leave it in the Ninja container inside the fridge overnight. Pull it out, add the frozen bananas and more almond milk if you need to thin it out some and hit the ON BUTTON. Instant healthy breakfast on the go!

This is Dr Fuhrman's Chocolate Smoothie recipe from his Eat to Live Plan

Great way to start the day and get your greens in too without anyone knowing...Wink Wink

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Fresh Bountiful Basket Produce Makes Wonder Soup!

Almost every week on Monday I place an order with the Bountiful Basket Co Op for amazing produce...I say almost because 1 week a month (yikes 2 in August), he has to work so that Saturday afternoon we always hit the farmers market in Dallas. If you have never experienced Bountiful Basket Co Op check and see if it is offered in your area. We get top rate produce for a remarkable price. Anyways on with my story.... This is what I create for us to eat on this week based on my BB Basket 2 Saturdays ago (yes it is still fresh...AMAZING!) and a few items from the Farmer's Market this past weekend.

Cabbage soup

1 head of cabbage chopped

1 half head of Napa Cabbage chopped

8 nice size roma tomatoes chopped

1 white or yellow onion chopped

6 carrots chopped into bite size disc

2 carrots to be finally chopped

1 hatch or bell pepper chopped

1 jalapeno pepper seeded and chopped (want more heat add 2)

1 head of garlic minced

½ head of cauliflower flowers chopped

Sea salt to taste

2 teaspoons pepper

Put all the above into a large of water except for the 2 carrots and ¼ of the cabbage head.

Bring to a boil and turn down to medium.

Last... chop the 2 carrots along with the ¼ head of lettuce.( I use my Ninja on pulse to do this.)

Add the finely chopped carrots and cabbage to the boil and continue to cook.  The soup is done when the cauliflower is soft. It usually takes about a hour to hour and half on medium heat. Make sure the water doesn't go down.

This makes a HUGE pot of soup that we eat on all week long. If you eat quinoa, cook some in water or veggie stock and add to a bowl topping with the soup. This makes a wonderful and healthy  meal all year long.

Mangoes are all the Rage this Summer

Mangoes Here ...Mangoes There ...Mangoes, Mangoes Everywhere..

I love Mangoes and today I made up a Mango Black Bean Salsa for dinner. The recipe can be found at our sister blog Recipes 4 Shweet Living.
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Mangos taste so good that people forget they are also healthy!  Discover how the “king of fruits” can help you, plus fascinating trivia and a few mango cautions and concerns.

Health Benefits:

1.  Prevents Cancer: Research has shown antioxidant compounds in mango fruit have been found to protect against colon, breast, leukemia and prostate cancers. These compounds include quercetin, isoquercitrin, astragalin, fisetin, gallic acid and methylgallat, as well as the abundant enzymes.

2.  Lowers Cholesterol: The high levels of fiber, pectin and vitamin C help to lower serum cholesterol levels, specifically Low-Density Lipoprotein (the bad stuff)

3.  Clears the Skin: Can be used both internally and externally for the skin. Mangos clear clogged pores and eliminate pimples. (Read more on page 5.)

4.  Eye Health: One cup of sliced mangoes supplies 25 percent of the needed daily value of vitamin A, which promotes good eyesight and prevents night blindness and dry eyes.

5.  Alkalizes the Whole Body: The tartaric acid, malic acid, and a trace of citric acid found in the fruit help to maintain the alkali reserve of the body.

6. Helps in Diabetes: Mango leaves help normalize insulin levels in the blood.  The traditional home remedy involves boiling leaves in water, soaking through the night and then consuming the filtered decoction in the morning. Mango fruit also have a relatively low glycemic index (41-60) so moderate quantities will not spike your sugar levels.

7. Improved Sex: Mangos are a great source of vitamin E. Even though the popular connection between sex drive and vitamin E was originally created by a mistaken generalization on rat studies, further research has shown balanced proper amounts (as from whole food) does help in this area.

8. Improves Digestion: Papayas are not the only fruit that contain enzymes for breaking down protein. There are several fruits, including mangoes, which have this healthful quality. The fiber in mangos also helps digestion and elimination.

9. Remedy for Heat Stroke: Juicing the fruit from green mango and mixing with water and a sweetener helps to cool down the body and prevent harm to the body. From an ayurvedic viewpoint, the reason people often get diuretic and exhausted when visiting equatorial climates is because the strong “sun energy” is burning up your body, particularly the muscles.  The kidneys then become overloaded with the toxins from this process. ****Use Coconut water with Mango to balance without having to add a sweetener. ****

10. Boosts Immune system The generous amounts of vitamin C and vitamin A in mangos, plus 25 different kinds of carotenoids keep your immune system healthy and strong.

Info from an Article by Diana Herrington