I Am Sorry Thousand Island Blended Salad ;)

You know how it is when you create a beautiful orange salad dressing with your garden-picked tomato and herbs only to have it turn a brownish green after adding your greens.

Oh well! You can always garnish with marigold petals and oregano sprigs. ;)

Ingredients:

tomatos
oregano
miso
apple cider vinegar
olive oil
sea salt
fresh cracked black pepper
avocados

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Am I Perfectly Clear Carob Slide

You just haven't slid until you've had The Slide--carob slide compliments of Cindy Cummins.

Melt cacao butter in its jar in a saucepan of warming water.
Pour some of the melted cacao butter into a bowl and whisk in raw carob powder, freshly ground raw almonds, sea salt, honey and stevia drops (mine were chocolate-raspberry).

Place on top of banana chunks and remaining freshly ground raw almonds.

Commence dreaded homework or paperwork.

Ecopolitan's Fruit Parfait

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Cindy's I-Am-Beautiful Chia/Carob Pudding

This was so delicious!

I was perusing Elaina Love's webstore yesterday and found her morning mix for sale. She created a morning drink with chia and coconut powders and some cherry essence. I want to order that! But for now I used the spirit of her delightful creation with what I have onhand and this morning voila! a beautiful I-Am-Beautiful Pudding.

Do not underestimate the power of these superfoods as your morning elixir! ;)

Cindy's I-Am-Beautiful Pudding
(serves 2)
2 young Thai coconuts water and meat
2 T whole chia seeds
6 soaked prunes with soak water
1-2 T raw carob powder
1 tsp honey (optional)
16 drops Raspberry-Chocolate Stevia
pinch sea salt
1 rounded Tblspn raw maca powder (add only at very end of blending).

Put fresh coconut water in Vitamix and add the chia seeds to soak for at least 10 minutes.
Add other ingredients except maca powder.
Blend until smooth.
Add maca powder and blend as briefly as you can.

Serve immediately or save some for later as it gels even thicker.

I thank Gratitude Cafe for the affirmations idea as recipe name. I thank Elaina Love for the info that maca powder tends to get bitter if you over blend it. I thank Penni Shelton for reminding us all to use chia (so hydrating!) daily.

On Botox: We need the inside healing first and foremost, which reflects in the skin and the brightness of one's countenance.

Let me tell you how chia and coconut is so incredibly remarkable if used on a daily basis. I can tell the difference in my skin within two days of using at least one young thai coconut daily and a tablespoon of chia. I also use 4 capsules of MSM twice daily which the combo is very anti-aging. How, I wonder, can people be so prompt with botoxing their wrinkles and not try cleaning up their diet or putting half of that obsession towards working out?? Hmm. I understand the smoothness botox creates is nice--if you can take the needles and the toxins, just that we need the inside healing first and foremost, which reflects in the skin and the brightness of one's countenance.

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Bounty of Summer

Uncooking at its finest: onion rings, zucchini tempuraw, (both from awesomefoods.com gleaned at Erewhon Los Angeles today) pumpkin "super chips" (goraw.com) with fresh lettuce, tomato, onion , avo, (from planet Earth) and a raw burger patty (Good Mood Food).

A very spicy cayenne humus (Majestic Raw Hummus).

So, as you can see I'm quite happy with dinner after our Hollywood/Beverly Hills/Westwood/Santa Monica frolicks then wave riding at Oceanside Harbor ...