Recipe Alert: Lemon & Blueberry Frozen Greek Yogurt Bites

Following my recent blog post on the amazing benefits of  Greek yogurt and why it deserves to be called a 'Superfood', I thought I'd share this delicious and healthy recipe to keep you cool as the weather's hotting up!  It's gluten-free too.  Yum...

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Ingredients

• 1 cup lemon Greek yogurt
• 2/3 cup plain Greek yogurt
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1 teaspoon vanilla 
• 1 ¼ cups fresh blueberries

Instructions

• Combine yogurts, honey and vanilla in a large bowl. Mix until well combined.
• Add in blueberries and mix until incorporated.
• Place cupcake liners in 12 regular-sized cupcake cavities. Fill each with equal amounts of the yogurt mixture.
• Freeze Greek yogurt bites for at least 4 hours before serving.
• Let frozen Greek yogurt bites sit at room temperature for 1-2 minutes before removing from the pan and liners.
• If you have any difficulty removing the bites, run a little lukewarm water on the bottom of the tray. 

WHAT OTHER FLAVORS OF FROZEN GREEK YOGURT BITES CAN YOU MAKE?

If lemon and blueberry aren’t quite your cup of tea, there are a lot of different combos you can try:

• Lime & Raspberry
• Vanilla & Strawberry
• Coconut & Pineapple

ENJOY!

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Recipe Alert: A Day Of Superfood Recipes

We all know that there are certain foods (called 'superfoods') that are exceptional in their own way! They are nutritionally dense foods that offer us tremendous dietary and healing potential. Superfoods are often incredible sources of protein, vitamins, enzymes, minerals, antioxidants, essential fatty acids and amino acids.  Each superfood has unique nutritional qualities offering us a powerful way to improve our diet, optimising our health and vitality.  I have a series of blog posts entitled 'A-Z of Superfoods' - so please see further information there but today's post provides a whole day of simple superfood recipes.  Easy to prepare and delicious to eat!  Enjoy....


SuperFood Smoothie 
6oz Coconut Milk (or Amasai)
1 cup Blueberries or Raspberries
1 cup Kale or Spinach
2 tsp Flax or Chia seeds
Half tsp Cinnamon
Optional:  Stevia to taste

Superfood Salad 
1 cup Spinach
½ cup blueberries and strawberries
4 oz Salmon or Chicken
¼ sliced cucumber
 ¼ cup sliced almonds
¼ cup sliced orange/yellow/red peppers

Lemon Tahini Dressing
½ cup lemon juice
1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1/3 cup tahini
2 tbsp honey
2 cloves minced garlic
1 tsp sea salt
1 tsp black pepper


Green-Fed Stir-Fry
5 Tbsp coconut Vinegar
1 Tbsp honey
1 Tbsp coconut oil
1 Tbsp minced fresh ginger root
1 Tbsp minced garlic
1 lb. grass-fed beef round steak (cut into thin strips) or Salmon steak if preferred
8 oz. chopped broccoli
1 red bell pepper, sliced
4 oz. mushrooms

First add coconut oil to pan, let heat for 1 minute
Then add in all ingredients
Heat for 8-10 minutes
Serve over brown rice


Chocolate Avocado Mousse
1/2 cup medjool dates, (soak in cold water, 2-3 hours)
1/2 cup maple syrup
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 cups mashed avocado (about 3 avocados)
3/4 cup organic cocoa or carob powder
1/2 cup water

Recipe Source -  Dr. Josh Axe

Alphabetic Guide to SUPERFOODS - Chlorella

My alphabetic guide to the best superfoods for your diet continues below looking at Chlorella, a fresh-water algae, renowned for its many benefits including a healthy immune system, detoxification of the body and anti-ageing.  The Japanese are huge fans and millions take it daily.  Read on for more benefits and info....

Chlorella is a single-celled, fresh-water algae, cultivated mostly in Asia.  In Japan, seven million people consumer it daily.  It has a very tough indigestible cellulose wall, so after harvesting it's milled making it more absorbable.

Key Actions
Alterative, nutritive tonic, rejuvinator.

Taste
Bland, a little like green tea.

Plant Facts
Chlorella has the highest chlorophyll levels of the plant world at 3-5% and a substance called Chlorella Growth Factor (CGF) which allows chlorella to go through its reproductive cycle in one day.

HOW DOES IT HELP ME?

DETOXIFICATION -  This is the number one algae for liver detoxification, removing alcohol,
heavy metals and environmental pollutants.
It's the top superfood in Japan, research after nuclear disasters showed it helped eliminate uranium, cadmium and lead.  It's also used to eliminate mercury from amalgam fillings.
Another Japanese study showed taking 4-6g of chlorella before drinking alcohol reduced hangovers by 96%!

HEALTH IMMUNITY - Japanese studies have shown that chlorella is helpful with suppressed immunity (chronic illness, after chemotherapy), speeding the recovery of developing immune system cells and restoring hte mature white blood cell population, improving resttance to viral and bacterial infections.

REPAIR AND REJUVENATION - Chlorella Growth Factor (CGF) makes this the fastest growing food on the planet, eating it dramatically increases our rate of tissue repair and renewal, helping restore the nervous system (fibromyalgia), boost immunity and may help degenerative brain disorders like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.

ANTI-AGEING - The breakdown of cellular RNA and DNA is believed to be the main cause of ageing - as the highest known food source of RNA and DNA (10%), chlorella provides the body with the tools for our repair.  It also provides 60% pure protein (with all essential amino acids), a spectrum of vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids and trace elements.  One tablespoon of chlorella provides 320% of the RDA of iron and 120% of calcium.

HEALTHY DIGESTION - Chlorella helps multiply the population of lactobacilli bacteria in our gut four times faster than normal, while enzymes aid the digestion and absorption of nutrients from food. It's helpful with constipation, Crohn's Disease, colitis, ulcers, diverticulitis and bad breath.


HOW MUCH DO I NEED?

For detoxification it is taken daily for three to six months at 2 small teaspoons (5-7g) daily.  Introduce into the diet slowly to allow the body to adapt.  Maintenance dose is a small teaspoon daily.

SAFETY
Safe, although some people find it hard to digest. Consult GP if on blood thinning medication or you have auto-immune disease.


Article source - Little Book Of Superfoods, Neal's Yard Remedies