When your closest raw juice bar is 45 minutes away, you make it at home! And if you’re like me, you had to chose between investing in a high-powered blender or juicer. (I opted for the blender.) So today I am showing you how to make fresh juice in your blender! Super easy!
food as medicine
Probiotics vs. Prebiotics: What’s The Difference
Probiotics vs. Prebiotics: What’s the difference?
Most of you have probably heard of probiotics and quite possibly even supplement with them. However, the similar term prebiotics is currently trending and you may be asking: “what’s the difference?” Let’s chat about it!
Probiotics: live bacteria found in certain foods or supplements.
Prebiotics: non-digestable parts of food (mostly fiber) that feed or nourish the good bacteria in your gut.
Healing Turmeric Ginger Tea
Healing Turmeric Ginger Tea
Due to the high anti-inflammatory properties of turmeric, this tea is wonderful for fighting excess inflammation in the body. To learn more about the many health benefits of this wonderful spice check out this article. I like to recommend this tea to anyone dealing with back & joint pain, low immunity and rheumatoid arthritis.
You can drink this tea hot or chilled with ice. Make a big batch and drink daily. It will keep in the fridge for a week.
Recipe courtesy of The Whole Journey.
Herbed Tomato & Cucumber Salad
Fresh Summertime Veggies-the “Greek” Way
There’s just nothing like FRESH tomatoes from the garden, juicy red, full of FLAVOR…YUM!
This salad is so refreshing in the summer. It makes a great addition to a meal and is very refreshing as a snack.
Olive oil is a wonderful healthy fat so drizzling it over your fresh vegetables helps get your fat intake for the day! Fresh oregano tastes amazing on this dish, however you can use dried. (Did you know oregano is the BEST anti-fungal we have on this earth?!)