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Presto Pesto in 1-Minute Flat

This mouth-watering dip is bursting with superfood flavor from pure fresh vegetables. Enjoy it as a spread, a pate, a mayo, or a topping for Zoodles! Looking for a quick, money-saving way to eat more veggies? Today in the fridge I found kale, broccoli stems, green beans, zucchini, and Brussels sprouts, already lightly cooked. I threw them in the processor with fresh basil, avocado, and garlic. Presto Pesto!! It was an instant WOW! I spread it on Hi-Protein Rosemary-Walnut Bread!...

Wild Dandelion Avocado Pesto with Pumpkin Seeds!

I went for a walk in the hills, and the wild forest dandelions were calling to me! So, I filled my backpack with bright green leaves. How to eat them? I love sautéed dandelions, but today I want them raw with all the precious un-sprayed nutrients and enzymes intact. Aha! How about a pesto? An hour later I was spreading this yummy pesto on crisp, organic rye crackers. Often considered a noxious weed, fresh dandelion greens are filled with healthy phyto-chemicals. In folk medicine, the ...

Avocado Pesto

High nutrition and super-quick, whipped avocado is one of my top favorite snacks. For this 5-minute blended treat, you don't even need a recipe. An avocado dip that tastes yummy on everything, use it as a sauce for pasta or pita, sandwich spread, garnish for veggies, mayo substitute, topping for veggies, meats, or garnish for your eggs. Super-easy with a food processor, you can also make it in any blender, or mash it by hand. Makes 1 cup spread. Enjoy! [amd-zlrecipe-recipe:226]

Homemade Mayo, Egg-free

Homemade mayonnaise is way better than store-bought. It contains real lemon juice, healthy oils, and tastes great in salads or dips. This is also a vegan mayonnaise recipe and a Paleo mayo, made without soy or eggs. So it’s perfect for picnics and packed lunches, as it can sit out of the refrigerator all day...

Paleo Mint Grasshopper Ice Cream

This is a rich and refreshing coconut ice cream with a light crème de menthe flavor. It's a vegan peppermint ice cream made with blended coconut milk and spinach leaves for color! I was amazed to discover that fresh spinach adds a beautiful green color, high nutrition, and a mild flavor with no impact on the refreshing mint ...

Will the true Paleo Diet please stand up?

What is the authentic Paleo Diet? Myriad interpretations, diverse rules, and disagreements surround the oldest diet on the planet. Other "Paleo experts" relax the rules to the point where we lose the benefits altogether. Perhaps the whole point of Paleo is to be inspired by our ancestral diet, to take the positive points as wisdom and leave the rest. Many people ask me questions: What kind of flour should I use? Are sweeteners that raise blood sugar Paleo-approved? Why aren't grains and legumes ...

1-Minute Orange Mousse with Wild Blueberries and Gojis

Today my snack du jour was a refreshing 1-minute berry treat. Mmmm... Wild blueberries and oranges appeared in my dreams, and the real one was even better! Of course I ate the whole thing! My food experiments these days are about quick, nutritious foods with very few ingredients. It's incredibly fun, saves lots of time, and my taste buds are in heaven. Enjoy this mousse as an instant breakfast, dessert, or snack. ...

Apricot Blueberry Goji Salad with Basil

All you need is a few apricots, blueberries, a handful of spinach, lemon, and a bit of fresh basil. Perfect! Just toss all these ingredients together, knowing every one of them is loaded with delicious refreshing flavor, high anti-oxidants, vitamins, and alkaline power. It took about 3 minutes to slice them and blend a dressing. Whew! It was a fabulicious lunch! Try it! ...

Grain-free Garlic Naan

This easy Middle Eastern–style flatbread is grain-free, yet tastes surprisingly similar to that irresistible garlic naan in Indian restaurants. It’s a tasty wrap for veggies, meats, eggs, or any leftovers. Super-quick to make - just mix the batter and cook like a pancake. Slather it with Avocado Pesto, ...

Fuji Fennel Smoothie

Detoxifying and refreshing with a hint of sweet licorice, here's a great use for those feathery fennel greens. High in anti-oxidants, vitamin-C, and bioflavonoids, fennel's exotic flavor comes from the essential oil anethole, also found in anise and licorice. Fuji apples are pleasantly sweet, and relatively low in sugar, so...

Paleo Wild Blueberry Fudgesicles

With only 5 ingredients, these super-easy fudgesicles hit the spot today! No guilt, no sugar rush or weight gain from these low-carb babies. Just pure joy! Yes, they're Paleo, vegan, free of dairy, gluten, tree-nuts and sugar. Hooray! Did you know that pure 100% chocolate is the #1 highest anti-oxidant food on the planet? I used slightly softened 100% baking chocolate to minimize sugar content and give a thick, creamy texture. Wild blueberries are a potent anti-oxidant anti-inflammatory that ...

Creamy Peach Dream-Bar Pie

Heavenly flavor, indescribable joy, a refreshing Paleo dream-bar pie, that looks complicated but isn't. This 3-part recipe includes a nutty crust, gooey blended cashew-peach filling, and sliced peaches on top. Simple. The combination tastes divine, looks beautiful, easy to make, and 100% raw with no baking needed. Like all my desserts, there's no harmful sugar spike or risk of weight gain if you use the suggested non-glycemic sweeteners. My guests were moaning with pleasure, ...

Blueberry Chia Jam

What could be more wonderful than fresh Blueberry Jam on your breakfast toast? This recipe is so pure it will refresh your whole body and soul. Make it in 15 minutes or less. Blueberries are a fantastic low-carb super-food, high in anti-oxidants. They contain so much natural pectin that this jam hardly needs any other ingredients. It is also thickened with chia seeds, for a dense, spreadable jam. ...

My Favorite Chocolate Mousse

I need chocolate. Yup. Besides, 100% chocolate is the highest anti-oxidant food on the planet, when it contains no sugar. Here's a fantastic hunt-and-gather Paleo delicacy with 100% pure cacao. It's also the easiest treat in the world to make! Smooth, creamy, chocolaty, tastier than French "mousse au chocolat" and way healthier! It will give you a pleasant endorphin lift, without any sugar rush or risk of weight gain if you use one of the zero glycemic sweeteners suggested. ...

Chocolate Wild Blueberry Mousse in 1-min

Did you know pure 100% chocolate is the highest anti-oxidant food on the planet? Today was one of those days. A deep dark craving came over me - slowly - until there it wa an irrepressible NEED calling me in like a bottomless hole. Yep - this kind of chocolate emergency requires extreme measures. In a blur of the blender, my snack was ready! Only 5 ingredients and I was in creamy bliss. Ahhhhhhhhhhh.... Wild blueberries add a refreshing jolt of superfood nutrient heaven. Check it out! ...

1-Minute Anti-Oxidant Blackberry Mousse

When you're reaching for a cookie - quick, eat this instead! In 1 minute flat, you'll be treating your taste buds and your body to a healthy anti-oxidant nutritional lift. This mousse won't raise blood sugar or cause weight gain, if you use one of the suggested non-glycemic sweeteners. Just 5 ingredients and a blender is all you need to experience bliss. OF COURSE I ate the WHOLE THING! ...

Chocolate Superfood Travel Snack Bars

Hi everybody! Did I tell you I'm going on a trip? I'll be away for two months in London, Mumbai, Ganeshpuri, Kathmandu, and Tibet, doing a medical service tour and Qigong study. When I travel I always bring uplifting treats from home. And these are my absolute favorite! A comforting snack with heavenly flavor and a superfood kick is an absolute necessity on a trip - or a hike. They'll go in my backpack so they're handy to grab. Airports are sorely lacking in nourishing food, so we have to be ingenious! ...

Chia Tapioca with Fruit Power Breakfast

The simplest and quickest power-breakfast you can make. Chia seeds are a perfectly balanced superfood, high in protein, omega-3 fatty acids, and fiber. In fact, the word "chia" means "strength" in the Mayan language. Chia tapioca tastes yummy with coconut milk and fruit. Stir the chia seeds into your milk. Allow them to soak and expand while you're getting dressed. Your delicious breakfast will be ready in 15 minutes. Top with fruit and enjoy. ...

Paleo Dark Chocolate Cheesecake Bars

Chocolate cheesecake is a necessity of life! Imagine luscious New York cheesecake merging with dark chocolate truffles. Sounds like heaven, right? Only this recipe is super-easy to make and totally dairy-free, of course. Its vegan cream cheese texture comes from blended lemons and coconut butter. These are pretty intense and chocolaty, so I suggest small pieces. You'll get a little endorphin lift from the chocolate - Oh yeah! But there will be no sugar spike or weight gain if you use the suggested natural non-glycemic sweetener. Yay! ...

Lemon-Ginger Coconut Chia Bars

Today I needed a refreshing bite of lemon & ginger. These bars have a zingy citrus flavor, plus they're raw and alive with powerful anti-oxidant lemon nutrition. In Chinese medicine lemon is cooling -- yes I get it. And ginger moves Qi, the vital force in the body -- well, I definitely need that. Super-easy to make, you don't need any equipment for this recipe, although a food processor is a wee bit quicker. There's no need to bake these bars, as...