#Smoothie Season & #Mangoes

Immunity Boosting Smoothie: 

Orange Juice (Vitamin C), 
Pineapples (Antioxidants), 
Mango (King of Fruit), 
Strawberries (Vitamin K), 
Protein powder (Complete Vanilla), 
Milk Thistle (Liver Support), 
* Flax Seed Meal (Omega 3),
Local Honey (Combats Pollen Allergies).

Add spring water until the consistency you like is reached. 

Mangoes are known by "King of Fruit" because they are supposedly one of the most nutritious fruits on the planet.

* You can purchase flax seeds and blend them into a powder (flax seed meal) in your Vitamix. 

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Vitamins? Eat #WholeFoods instead!

If you're going to give your children vitamins, please find a natural brand free of artificial dyes. Do not buy Flintstones or anything remotely similiar. Best bet get your vitamins from naturally occurring sources - fruits and vegetables!

Do know that 98% of the ingredients in this brand have nothing to do with "Vitamins"!

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#Pineapples #Benefits

I LOVE pineapple. 

So the other day I was at my local health foods store and one of the workers always puts on a food demonstration or features a food product from the store that week, usually whatever is on sale. I walked in and beelined to her because I wanted to know what was featured plus my stomach was growling. She was serving strawberries and pineapple. 

I said I would love to buy pineapple fresh but I don't know how to cut the skin off. She showed me. Wow, so simple! 

First you see if the fruit is ripened. The way you can tell is if it has yellow in the vines of the skin. If it's green, it's not sweet yet. If it's part yellow then it's half sweetened. Let it sit on the counter until it turns yellow. Don't wait too long though because it can spoil quickly. Once it's ripe, you pull off the top with your hand. Then you cut off the top and the bottom. Cut the pineapple in half. Then you'll cut a "V" into the middle of each half to remove the stemmy core. Then you slice it like you do with cantaloupe to remove the melon from the rind. Serve. Voila!

The pineapples were on sale for 97 cents each! 

The pineapple I picked out was partial green and yellow. 

One day later, it was nearly all yellow. I cut into it the way I learned how and it was so easy! The fruit is perfectly sweetened. I got a bunch of fruit for the little pineapple I had chosen! I am sure I'll be buying more from now on!

I've always chosen pineapple for their natural anti-inflammatory benefits. They are also high in vitamins and have digestive benefits. They are mega immune supporters, mainly vitamin C. They offer antioxidant defenses. Benefits of pineapples.

Have you eaten any pineapple this week? 

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Brown or White #Eggs?

So I bought some brown eggs the other day at a health food store. They are locally (within 100 miles) raised, Chino Valley Ranchers, Organic Omega-3. The hens are fed a vegetarian diet that includes flax seed and are free range. They are USDA organic. The dozen cost $4 or $5, I can't remember. Seems like a lot of money but once you've learned what you eat eats then it makes you take a second look at typical things you buy. Eggs and milk are staples in my house and so we buy only organic. There is a difference in taste of regular (corn) fed hens' eggs to vegetarian fed hens'. There is also a distinct smell.

Anyway, I wanted to learn more about why the brown eggs cost more than the white. Some say that there's a nutritious difference between the two being that the brown ones are healthier but there had to be a real reason why the cost was higher for the brown ones.

So I did some research. I learned that there are two kinds of hens. Ones that lay white eggs and ones that lay brown eggs! Yep, it's that simple. Hens with white ear lobes lay white eggs and hens with red ear lobes lay brown eggs. Hens that lay brown eggs are also larger birds than those that lay white eggs. They need more food and they're offered different (or better) feed than the other hens thus the real reason the cost is higher for brown eggs. The red ear lobed hens makes bigger eggs too.

You can find white organic eggs from hens fed on a vegetarian diet. You'll save about a $1 or more on white organic eggs. So there are still affordable options if you want to go organic.

Support local farmers!

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