Category: Drinks

Make Your Smoothies Lighter with this Essential (inexpensive) Base Ingredient + New Smoothie Recipe and Giveaway

Make Your Smoothies Lighter with this Essential (inexpensive) Base Ingredient + New Smoothie Recipe and Giveaway

Using this inexpensive ingredient as the base for your next smoothie lightens up your drink and boosts the health benefits without the added cost of superfood ingredients. In the end, it’s about swapping high sugar ingredients for low sugar ingredients and tea is a fabulous (healthy!) way to do this.

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Nourishing Turmeric Milk (golden milk)

Nourishing Turmeric Milk (golden milk)

Defy age and neutralize free radicals with this dairy-free milk recipe made with soaked almonds, soft medjool dates and loads of antioxidant-rich turmeric. I believe in conscious living. When I get lost in cravings, think negatively about my body, or push myself too hard, I remind myself that::

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Chocolate Power Water

Chocolate Power Water

Cacao-infused water with bits of chia seeds for a high-fiber, hydrating drink that will power up your afternoon and cleanse your body. Chia and I are best pals. When I don’t want to add fruit to my smoothies, I use chia. Blend, leave to thicken and BOOM! Thick smoothie, sans banana.

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Milk & Flourless Fudge Cookies (grain-free + vegan)

Milk & Flourless Fudge Cookies (grain-free + vegan)

Everything you love about milk & cookies but with the nutrients your body needs to maintain a strong, healthy heart. I liberally enjoyed a plate of warm cookies dipped in milk last week. I separated bite-sized pieces from each cookie, dipped them in my chocolate milk, and slowly enjoyed each and every last bite. It…

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Grain-free Berry Granola (paleo + vegan)

Grain-free Berry Granola (paleo + vegan)

Grain-free granola packed with crisp berries, hemp hearts and coconut. Sweetened with a combination of maple syrup and Energy28 –  to deliver supplemental natural energy from whole-food and natural sources. This granola contains 200 calories per bowl and over 7 grams of protein! 5.0 from 1 reviews Print Grain-free Berry Granola Author: Leanne Vogel Recipe type: Vegan,…

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Vegan Eggnog Coffee Creamer + Light Dairy-free Eggnog

Vegan Eggnog Coffee Creamer + Light Dairy-free Eggnog

Two Eggnog recipes. The first, a Vegan Eggnog Coffee (or tea) Creamer that will transform a boring cup of coffee into a healthy eggnog latte. The second, a Light, Dairy-free Eggnog recipe made with dairy-free milk, ground spices and a touch of coconut sugar.

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Spiced Pear Cider + Healthful Pursuit Holiday Gift Guide

Spiced Pear Cider + Healthful Pursuit Holiday Gift Guide

Natural, spiced cider made from fresh-pressed pears and apples. A wholesome, sugar-free approach to the classic Winter drink.

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30 Days of Fresh-Pressed Juice with Real Juice

30 Days of Fresh-Pressed Juice with Real Juice

If your digestion sucks, you’re worried about your vitamin/mineral intake, or there are days that you just cannot eat another green salad, I know exactly where you’re coming from. In August, I started replacing 1 of my daily snacks with a fresh-pressed green juice to help with all of these issues + more.

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Cleansing Cashew Milk + Juice Cleanses

Cleansing Cashew Milk + Juice Cleanses

Perfectly creamy, velvety milk made from cashews. Perfect end-of-day drink when you’re on a juice cleanse. Every 3 months, like clockwork, my body craves a juice cleanse. February, May, August and October. Year in and year out. It’s quite cool. Last time I got the cleansing urge was in August. We had just moved from…

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Sexy Lady Smoothie for Balanced Hormones

Sexy Lady Smoothie for Balanced Hormones

It’s been almost 2 months since I began hormone replacement therapy (HRT). The first couple of weeks were a bit rocky with minor sleeping issues, nausea, nervousness and irrational thoughts & behaviors. But, I am feeling pretty good now. My body is changing and it feels… right. For more details, read through my The Last…

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