Archive for November, 2009
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
The Pomegranate is an ancient food going back to biblical times but it has recently gained popularity for its health properties. The fruit contains a high antioxidant level and has been attributed to fighting such diseases as high blood pressure, kidney and prostate ailments and also gum disease. I decided to give this fruit a review in the blender as part of my morning smoothie. I must advise you that the route I took to obtain the juice was not the road I would recommend as this is a fruit that does not give up its fruity goodness without a fight! After finding some directions on how to procure the juice from the fruit I proceeded by cutting the top, or crown of the fruit and cutting down the side between the sections. remove the seed clusters from the skin and remove anything that is not a seed and put into blender. At this point I could see there was going to be a problem with skins or outer layer of the seed but I proceeded with the blending operation. once juiced I removed the shell with a strainer and added the juice to the rest of my drink ingredients and BAM! What a refreshing flavor the Pomegranate gives.Very citrus and a slight bitter but I added a touch of almond butter to the mix and it neutralized it quite well. Overall the Pomegranate was an interesting experiment that I had to experience but I would just go buy the darn juice at my local grocer next time and forget the ancient Roman way of getting the juice. You can purchase the juice or you can get it a syrup form but I recommend juice as it has less sugar and you can get all the healthful benefits of the wonderful Pomegranate without all the fuss. My tasty pomegranate recipe is as follows:
1 cup yogurt or Kefir
1 splash of Agave nectar
1 cup of pomegranate aril extract (the juice)
1 cup of mango slices
1 cup of blackberries
1 tbsp of peanutbutter or almond butter
That is how my drink came together but you can mix or match the combinations any way you like, in fact, if you come up with a great pomegranate smoothie recipe, please share your recipe!
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Friday, November 27th, 2009
Learn how to make an immune booster smoothie & other recipes, including healthy vegetable & fruit smoothies, in this free health foods & nutrition video.
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Friday, November 27th, 2009
Learn how to prepare fruits & vegetables to use to make fresh smoothie recipes in this free health foods & nutrition video.
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
Learn how to make very healthy and easy fresh fruit smoothie recipes in this free nutritional video on making healthy fruit and vegetable smoothies.
Expert: Nili Nathan
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Bio: Nili Nathan, host of “Great Healing Getaways”, is the creator of a television series and Web site on holistic health, where she researches, writes, and reports.
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
Learn how to make a Pineapple Orange Banana Smoothie in less than 5 minutes, loaded with nutrients to start your day. For more recipes go to www.reneoswald.com
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
I would like to start making daily fruit and vegetable concoctions but don’t know what to buy. The prices seem to vary greatly and I don’t want to pay over the odds if it is just a gimmick.
Any advice and recipes appreciated! Thanks!
A juicer simply crushs the fruit, and removes the skin. A blender pulverizes everything, a smoothy-maker is a gimmick. Easily the most versatile thing is a blender, thats what I use.
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
I’m starting college next week and I am commuting, but I have time in between classes and I don’t want to buy fast food and gain the "freshmen 15" so I want to try and pack a smoothie instead [: Please give me some delicious but healthy recipes (:
Thanks!
Hi katelynn,
I get my protein from the link below, they have a forum page with some good smoothie recipes, my favorite is the oreo smoothie!
Their choc flavor is the best.
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Monday, November 16th, 2009
Learn how to make a healthy veggie chocolate chili smoothie from our expert in this free nutritional video on making healthy fruit and vegetable smoothies.
Expert: Nili Nathan
Contact: www.earth911.org
Bio: Nili Nathan, host of “Great Healing Getaways”, is the creator of a television series and Web site on holistic health, where she researches, writes, and reports.
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Monday, November 16th, 2009
Get the recipe – http://www.ciaculinaryintelligence.com/2009/06/summertime-smoothies-popsicles.html
The Culinary Institute of America is the world’s premier culinary college. Culinary school chef instructor Dave Kamendemonstrates how to prepare delicious homemade fruit smoothies and smoothie popsicles with his kids. For more information about our cooking school, please visit www.ciachef.edu.
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
This is a tropical tasting smoothie. It has high protien and tastes great. It has high Protien.
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