Thursday, January 24, 2013

Delicious Popsicle Recipes

   MERRY BERRY SMOOTHIE POPSICLES

For delicious homemade popsicles, use the Merry Berry Smoothie recipe from our previous post.

Pour the smoothie into a small plastic container. Put either a popsicle stick or a small stick in the liquid to hold up the popsicle after it is frozen. Put it in the freezer for at least two hours. Then, you can take it out and eat it!



For strawberry lemonade popsicles:
  • strawberries 
  • lemon juice (and pulp is optional)
  • ice
  • a spoonful of sugar
  • water as needed



Tuesday, January 15, 2013

SPICE CAKE
  1. Mix Dry Ingredients together well
  2. Then mix wet ingredients together
  3. Add the wet to the dry ingredients and mix together
  4. Butter a pan and pour in the batter
  5. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 min in a bundt pan
 Dry Ingredients
  • 2 cups flour
  • two tsp of baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1tsp of nutmeg
  • two tsp of cinnamon  
  •  
 Wet Ingredients
  • one cup of milk
  • one cup of applesauce
  • 3/4 of a cup of maple syrup or honey
  • 1/2 cup of melted butter
     

Thursday, December 13, 2012

MERRY BERRY SMOOTHIE



  1. put the berries in the blender 
  2. add the yogurt and milk
  3.  blend it all up
  4. add the ice
  5. add maple syrup   
  6. blend again
  7. THEN DRINK!
INGREDIENTS
  • two cups of frozen berries
  • one cup of yogurt 
  • one cup of milk
  • handful of ice
  • one spoonful maple syrup  

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

kale salad



  1. Chop kale into bite-sized pieces
  2. Add olive oil and let it sit for about five-seven minutes
  3. Then add salad dressing
  4. Then you can eat it!


WHAT YOU WILL NEED
  • Raw kale
  • salad dressing ANNIE'S NATURALS shiitake sesame vinaigrette
  • olive oil
 enjoy! 

Thursday, November 29, 2012

kombucha recipe

  1. boil water in a big pot.
  2. turn off heat and add black tea and sugar.
  3. stir till sugar is dissolved.
  4. wait until water has cooled completely.    
  5.  poor sweat tea mixture into a large glass jar.
  6. then place SCOBY mushroom on top.
  7. leave in a warm, dimly lit place for seven to ten days. If the temperature is cooler (like in winter), it will take longer.
  8. taste test. When you think it's ready, taste a spoonful. If it tastes at all like black tea, it is not done. The longer you let it sit, the more sour it will taste.
  9. DRINK IT!




WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

  • a large  glass jar 
  • three quarts of water
  • four bags of black tea 
  • one cup sugar 
  •  a healthy SCOBY mushroom 
OTHER IDEAS:
after it is fermented, when you are putting in bottles or going to drink it, you can add chia seeds or favorite fruit juices.
TIP: 
our favorite is grape chia seed kombucha


ENJOY!