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Purple Kale Smoothie

Purple Kale Smoothie

Purple kale smoothie! A wonderful way to eat kale. We regularly have green kale smoothies, but now that I can find purple kale in our grocery stores, I’m getting the purple ones. Purple kale is known to have anthocyanins, which is what makes the kale purple. This is a type of phytonutrient that is said to… Continue Reading

Avoiding GMO’s

Avoiding GMO’s

What is GMO? GMO stands for Genetically Modified Organism. What scientists have done is that they are modifying plants on the DNA level. They are altering their DNA by inserting different genes into them. This creates a new plant that was never found before in nature. These unnatural plants are new to our bodies and… Continue Reading

Green Beans

Green Beans

I have been craving Green Beans! When I was at one of my favorite stores (COSTCO) I bought some. Not only did I buy SOME, I bought A LOT. This bag is a 4 pound bag of frozen organic green beans. But I wanted some. Guess I’ll be having some for the next few weeks… Continue Reading

Granola

Granola

What a simple delight! I love granola. So does my family. I think we could eat a pound of granola every day. But we don’t want that going to our waist lines. So we’re limiting the kids to 1.5 small bowls per day. I’m not sure how much that is by weight; someday I’ll weight… Continue Reading

Blueberry Kale Smoothie

Blueberry Kale Smoothie

Kale? Don’t worry, your kids won’t even taste in there. When they admit they like it, I tell them it has kale in it. I want them to be ok with spinach and kale and know they are eating it.  In this case, I used purple kale from Trader Joes and the color matches the… Continue Reading