Posts Tagged ‘spinach’
Creamy Chipotle Spinach Dip – A Healthy Dip
This Creamy Chipotle Spinach Dip is a healthier and more flavorful dip than that boring frozen spinach, sour cream, packaged mix concoction. We start with fresh raw spinach. Dark greens, such as spinach, are rich in vitamins A, C, E and K and are high in carotenoids – antioxidants that help block the early stages of cancer.…
Read MoreMixed Greens Pockets – Fun Way to Eat Your Vegetables
These Mixed Greens Pockets are a fun way to eat your vegetables. Make them ahead of time and freeze them, then heat them up at the last minute for a hot appetizer or lunch. Use your favorite greens in this, or mix and match a few. I made them with turnip greens and kale, but…
Read MoreCranberry Pear Pecan Salad with Poppyseed Dressing
This Cranberry Pear Pecan Salad recipe is a fall salad that is amazing. Especially when adding the best creamy poppyseed dressing that you will ever have! Pecans for Walnuts can also be substituted. Cranberry Pear Pecan Salad Ingredients 1 cup Pecans (or Walnuts) chopped in chunks 6 ounces baby spinach 2 Pears, sliced to the desired size…
Read MoreSimple Pesto Recipe – for Anything
Who doesn’t love a pesto? This simple pesto recipe can be made from many different base ingredients and used to add flavor and a splash of class to many, many dishes. Try this from Harvest2U. Simple Pesto Recipe Ingredients: 1 cup fresh basil leaves Or many other options: spinach, arugula, kale, broccoli, dandelion greens, collards,…
Read MoreCheesy Kale Cups
These cheesy kale cups make healthy appetizers can easily be modified for your tastes and what is in your kitchen. Swap spinach or other greens (chard, spinach, turnip greens, etc.) for the kale. Replace the Monterey Jack with Swiss or Cheddar. Spice it up with some garlic or dried red peppers, etc. Cheesy Kale Cups Ingredients…
Read MoreCarrot Kale Juice Recipe For Everyone
Here is a straightforward and easy, very healthful recipe for carrot kale juice, that Includes apple, ginger, and spinach for dense nutrient refreshment. Try and mix up the ingredients a little to tweak it to your taste. Add cayenne! Carrot Kale Juice Ingredients: 1 Green Apple 3 handfuls Spinach 6-8 Kale leaves 4 large Carrots…
Read MoreSpinach Watercress Juice
Here’s a Spinach Watercress Juice that will clean your blood. Watercress is full of anti-oxidants, vitamin C, beta-carotene, folate, potassium, calcium, phosphorous and iron. And, watercress also is a good source of fiber and iodine as well. In fact, it has more calcium than milk and more iron than spinach. Also, the main active aspects of…
Read MoreAwesome Green Juice – For the Rest Of Us
Try this Awesome Green Juice. Getting healthy through juicing is relatively easy. With this Green Juice recipe, you’ll be well on your way. Feel free to tweak it to your tastes. Add lemon, turmeric, ginger or even a pinch of cayenne pepper for a change of pace. Green Juice Ingredients: 1 Green Apple 2-3 cups organic Spinach…
Read MoreSpinach Vegetable Juice to Start Your Day
This Spinach Vegetable Juice makes a killer wake up juice to start your day. Spinach Vegetable Juice Ingredients: cup of spinach 1/2 cucumber stalks of celery including leaves carrots 1/2 apple First, mix and match your veggies to get the taste you like. Then blast ’em all through your juicer or high-speed blender and enjoy!…
Read MoreFennel Spinach Cucumber Juice
Have you had Fennel Spinach Cucumber Juice? Fennel is mild and sweet (a hint of licorice or anise). Juice the bulb along with the spinach and cucumber. This juice will give you a lot of vitamin C, antioxidants and a boost to your immune system. The oil of fennel contains a phytonutrient (anethole), which can reduce inflammation and…
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