Tag Archives: breakfast

Chia Power

Chances are if I say the word “chia” to you, it conjures up this image: Amazingly, it turns out that this same little seed that gave us not only the Chia Pet, but also the Chia Mr. T, Chia Britney and Chia Obama – I know, quite a miracle seed! – is also a serious nutritional [...]

Emerald and Ruby Grawnola

This is the best grawnola ever! Its base is crunchy and nutritionally-dense buckwheat, which makes for a really satisfying raw breakfast cereal. Then its studded with gorgeous little jewel-like cranberries, apricots, pistachios and pumpkin seeds. The contrast of the deep ruby cranberries and dark amber apricots with the glistening green pistachios and pumpkin seeds is [...]

Breakfast and Beyond: Spiced Hot Chocolate, Grawnola, and Buckwheaties

Grrrrr-awnola and Buckwheaties: Crunchy goodness in a jar. Breakfast rocks! There’s something so lovely about waking up, with a whole new day stretching before me, and thinking to myself, “What would I like to start my day with today?” The answer depends both on what’s on hand and my appetite. I always start with a [...]

On Top of the World!

I’ve been detoxing for the past week. Meaning I’ve given up alcohol, coffee, and cooked foods entirely for 30 days, as well as taking a natural liver cleansing pill. Man, do I feel great! The first few days were difficult, to say the least. I developed a headcold, felt tired and irritable, and generally hated [...]

The Green Smoothie Challenge

I am a Green Goddess. That’s right, I eat my greens and I love ‘em. Can’t get enough. And the beautiful thing is, most of the time my greens don’t taste like, well, greens. That’s the beauty of green smoothies. The concept of the green smoothie is simple: 40% greens, 60% fruit, water, blended. The [...]