Babaco Fruit

We are now living in Ecuador and we are discovering new fruits; Here is one that I tried today and simply made a juice with it.
It's called Babaco,
It seems to be the same family of the papaya; The fruit is yellow, long and have a pentagonal shape.

The skin is thin and easy to cut.
In the center there is kind of a flesh looking like marshmallow!

I removed it and cut the fruit in small pieces to juice it.
It's really juicy and looks like a ripe pear.

The taste (for us) is like a soft lemon.

Kitchen small appliances ...

Forget the coffee machine, toaster, micro-waves and such!....
Here are the small appliances you will need for a healthy living:

- A juicer is a must to have to get the most from your fruits and veggies; Juicing will extract all the nutriments, vitamins in a liquid form easy to digest for your body.
I started with a centrifugal juicer but it doesn't juice the greens very well; so we invested in a masticating juicer and we Love it!

         

it comes with few accessories

- A Powerful Blender to do smoothies, sauces, dip, soup and more.

We had a pretty good blender with various speed and we thought it was great but since we try the Vitamix, there is nothing to compare with! It's fantastic, we really Love it!

There is different Vitamix blender; We use the turboblend.

  

The one we bought came with a temper, a fabulous recipe binder and a milk bag...

- and Finally we invested in a juice press; Perfect for juicing citrus like oranges, grapefruit, mandarins  lemons, limes... (as well as pomegranate). 

   

These are the small appliances we use the most beside a good knife and a cutting board!...

Think to invest in your health by getting the right tools!

My Favorite morning Juice!

Today, I just wanted to share my favorite morning juice...
Light, sweet and full of magic for my cells! it gives me all I need to have enough energy for my morning activities...
Try it and I hope you will enjoy it too!

Here are the ingredients:

- 2 apples

- 1/4 pineapple

- 1/4 lime

- 1 celery stalk

- 1/2 cucumber

- 2 kale branches 

(Or a handful of spinach)

Enjoy!

Fat sick and Nearly dead Movie

If you haven't watch it yet, Joe put it on youtube for a limited time!

Very inspiring, I highly recommended it (I cannot embedded it, so click on the link!)

Full Movie (1H34)

http://youtu.be/gpLQwWKb3l8

Collard Wraps

Here is a fun wrap that you can do when you want something crunchy and yummy!

Collard greens are not always easy to find, you can replace them with a large lettuce leaf.

Gently de-stem the leaf

Make a raw pesto (I will add the recipe later on)

spread it on the middle of the leaf

 

Add any veggies you like

start with a bed of greens, young arugula, kale, lettuce...

add shredded carrots, tomatoes, red pepper, cucumber, avocado, onions...

wrap it up!

and enjoy!

Sweet treat!

I wanted to share a little sweet treat that can be perfect for Valentine day or any occasion!

Lime bites...

What you'll need:

3/4 cup Almond meal

2 Tbsp lime zest

2 Tbsp lime juice

pinch of Salt 

1/4 cup agave (or raw honey)

few spinach leaves

2 cups shredded coconut

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For the chocolate:

1/4cp raw cacao powder

1/4 melted coconut oil

2 Tbs agave

salt (pinch)

Mix the 4th first ingredients in a food processor; add the agave, spinach and then the coconut (do not over process); pulse to get a nice texture.

Form some balls in your palm and dehydrate them up to 1 hour (at 105F)

While they are in the dehydrator, prepare your chocolate:

melt the coconut butter, add it to the cacao powder, add the agave and salt and stir well.

Then dip your lime bites in the chocolate

Place them in a dish that can be store in the freezer for few hours (1h to 1h30 must be good)

and Enjoy!

Flax Crackers

Flax crackers are great when you'd like a little crunchy in your meal!
There is few different recipes for them,
Here is how I do mine:

You'll need: 

3/4 cup flax seed (soaked)

2 to 3 cups carrot pulp (what you get when you make carrot juice!)

1/2 tomato or red pepper

garlic to taste

onion to taste (1/8 for us!)

Salt, pepper

Blend everything in the food processor

Here is what you get!

Pour on a te-flex sheet

and spread it to form a nice big square

Score with your spatula the shape you want to give them

I just make them to small rectangle

dehydrate for 4 hours (at 105F)

Then flip them over and take off the teflex sheet 

Dehydrate for another 2 hours

and here are some crunchy and tasty crackers

perfect for your salad, dips, sandwich and more...

Enjoy!