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Summer’s Mild & Sweet Green Smoothie

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I’m enjoying a peaceful Sunday morning with one of my favorite green smoothies. It’s so mild and sweet that even the kiddos enjoy it (once they get over the fact that it’s green!)

mild and sweet green smoothie

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Summer's Mild & Sweet Green Smoothie
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Recipe type: Beverage
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Serves: 2
 
Grain-Free, Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Soy-Free, refined Sugar-Free
Ingredients
  • 3 packed cups organic spinach (6 oz bag of Trader Joe's organic baby spinach)
  • 2 cups papaya, peeled and deseeded
  • 1 cup cucumber, peeled
  • ½ avocado
  • ¼ cup (or 2 inch piece) organic creamed coconut by Let's Do Organic.*
  • 18 drops liquid stevia in glycerin (not alcohol)
  • 8 large ice cubes
  • 1 cup spring water
Instructions
  1. Place all ingredients in high speed blender, beginning with spinach.
  2. Blend until smooth.
  3. *NOTE* Creamed Coconut comes in a little green box by Let's Do Organic. Depending on the temperature, it may be liquid or solid; hence the two different measuring options. Creamed Coconut becomes a liquid at temperatures above 84 degrees.

 

Chocolate Chia Seed Pudding

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Today is my 2nd  day of the anti-candida diet.  This is my second time doing it, and it’s the most strict diet I’ve ever encountered because there is a therapeutic goal~to eradicate candida! Candida feeds on carbs and sugars, so my diet consists of protein, non-starchy vegetables, and healthy fat, such as coconut milk!  The 1st day of my therapeutic diet was (for lack of a better term) grouchy and fatigued. I slept a lot, but by the end of the day, the detoxing was subsiding and I felt great! Now, what do I eat?! Here’s one easy treat that satisfies my desire for something sweet: Chocolate Chia Seed Pudding! It’s sweetened with an herb called Stevia, which has it’s own funky taste, but at least it’s sweet, and I’m feeling SO MUCH BETTER!

Chocolate Chia Seed Pudding

 

 

 

 

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Chocolate Chia Seed Pudding
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Recipe type: Snack
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Serves: 3
 
Anti-Candida snack, diabetic safe, grain-free, gluten-free, soy-free, dairy-free
Ingredients
  • 1 can coconut milk (light or full fat~just make sure the ingredients contain only coconut and water)
  • ¼ cup organic chia seeds
  • 1 Tbsp cacao powder
  • 18-20 drops liquid stevia in glycerin(not alcohol)
  • ½ tsp pure vanilla powder (optional)
Instructions
  1. Place all ingredients in blender.
  2. Blend for 20 seconds.
  3. Pour into glass container or individual dessert containers.
  4. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

 

 

Zucchini Noodles & Awesome Meat Sauce

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Here is one of my favorite meals this summer~cold Zucchini Noodles with my Awesome Meat Sauce! 

zucchini noodles & awesome meat sauce

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Black Fermented Garlic

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Zucchini Noodles & Awesome Meat Sauce
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Recipe type: Main Dish
Cuisine: Italian~Summer Style!
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Serves: 4
 
Grain-Free, Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Soy-Free, refined Sugar-Free
Ingredients
  • *Most ingredients can be found at Trader Joe's
  • 1-2 large organic zucchini, peeled and spiralized into noodles
  • 1 lb. grassfed ground beef
  • 1 medium onion, diced
  • 1 can Trader Joe's Organic Vine-Ripened Tomato Sauce
  • ½ tsp sea salt
  • 1 Tbsp dried oregano
  • 1 Tbsp turmeric powder
  • 1 Tbsp honey
  • 1 bulb Trader Joe's Fermented Black Garlic
  • ½ container (4oz) Magestic Garlic Sauce (raw sun dried tomato/jalepeno flavor)
Instructions
  1. In a large cast iron skillet or pan, saute' onions until transluscent.
  2. Add grassfed ground beef to skillet.
  3. Once beef is browned, add tomato sauce.
  4. Stir in oregano, turmeric, sea salt, and honey.
  5. Turn heat to low and allow to simmer 5 minutes.
  6. Chop off bottom of black garlic bulb and squeeze black garlic into dish.
  7. Using a fork, mash the black garlic in order for it to blend well.
  8. Then, shut of heat and add sun dried tomato/jalepeno garlic sauce.
  9. Stir well and serve over spiralized zucchini noodles.

 

Thai Chicken Salad with “Peanut” Sauce

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My Thai Chicken Salad with “Peanut” Sauce is light yet filling, refreshing, and bursting with flavor!  *See my Kombucha Sangria for a perfect little summer combo!

Thai Chicken Salad with "Peanut" Sauce

 

 

 

 

 

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Thai Chicken Salad with "Peanut" Sauce
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Recipe type: Salad
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Serves: 4
 
Grain-Free, Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Soy-Free, Refined Sugar-Free
Ingredients
  • 3 Tbsp. creamy almond butter
  • 5 Tbsp. coconut oil
  • 4 Tbsp. coconut aminos
  • 3 Tbsp. grade B maple syrup or raw honey
  • 4 tsp apple cider vinegar or coconut vinegar
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • ¼ tsp ground red pepper
  • Romaine lettuce, shredded
  • All of the meat from 1 organic rotisserie chicken, chopped
  • Green onion or chives to sprinkle on top
Instructions
  1. Mix ingredients in sauce pan.
  2. Stir while heating (heat until blended and warm, but DO NOT BOIL)
  3. Place shredded lettuce on plate or in wooden bowls.
  4. Add chopped chicken.
  5. Drizzle sauce over chicken.
  6. Top with green onion or chives.

 

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I'm Summer Williams, a Clinical Nutritionist who specializes in gastrointestinal health. With a firm background in healing, I believe anything is possible. All of my recipes are Grain-Free, Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Soy-Free & Refined Sugar-Free. Learn More →
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