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Matcha, the Quintessential Japanese Green Tea that You Should Be Drinking

Take a teaspoon of Matcha and put in a flat bottomed bowl. Use a whisk to break up clumps. Add a couple tablespoons of tepid water. Combine until smooth. Add either hot (not more than 175 degrees) or cold water. Sweeten to taste. Enjoy the vegetal beauty of this amazing, cancer-fighting drink!

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Thinking of Juicing?

Juicing is a great way to get nutrients, and a lot of them, into your body fast.  There are many health reasons to juice.  You can get high doses of nutrients fast.  It is important to try to juice local, in season, organic vegetables and fruits.  Always “eat” your juices on an empty stomach.  I [...]

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Superfood Salad Dressing

I am always in search of delicious salad dressings because I love and live on salads. I stumbled upon this one by accident and I am slightly obsessed. I don’t like conventional salad dressings by themselves (at all) as I usually think they are too strong. Often I simply use a little high quality olive [...]

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Why Should We Be Eating Seaweed?

seaweed

In honor of St Patrick’s Day, I am going to talk about green things.  You know I love green things.  Kale, chard, spinach, broccoli, romaine, teas, spirulina, Amazing Grass Energy, basil, cilantro and the list goes on.  I even liked the green peas that I made to go with our salmon last night.  (Not usually [...]

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Why I Want You to Drink Green Tea

Green Tea

Who hasn’t heard about the benefits of drinking green tea?  I know that for years I was hearing all about why we should be drinking it but for the life of me couldn’t figure out how to make it palatable.  I would buy some from Whole Foods and boil the water to 212 F and [...]

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