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BE HEALTHY, Then you will BE WEALTHY!!
Green smoothies are basically blended green leafy vegetable mixed with fruits, raw seeds and raw nuts.
Written by Sivan Choo – Certified “Raw Food Nutrition” Educator by Living Light Culinary Instituted, California
http://www.hehahahealth.com/Since Yeh Fung and I learned how to make green smoothies, we make this part of our meals everyday. I make smoothies for myself and my kids 3 times a day (breakfast, lunch and dinner). Since then I don’t have to nag my kids to eat fried vegetables anymore because they get enough raw organic green vege from the green smoothies that packed with enzymes, antioxidants, phytochemicals, vitamins and minerals. In fact, my father-in-law who stays with me for 2-3 weeks every month also enjoys green smoothies a lot. If he is back to his hometown, he will bring some vege and fruits to the coffee shop and asks the coffee shop owner to blend them for him. My mother-in-law too shared the green smoothie recipes with her nieces because her water retention (Edema) problem improved.
We included green smoothies in our cooking lesson and 1 of the participant put in it into practice immediately after the class because she knows that she can get enough enzymes out from green smoothies. To her surprise, her husband leg’s aching problem that persisted for 3 years disappeared unknowingly after taking green smoothies for his breakfast for a month. How do we know it is the power of green smoothie? Because this is the only change that she has made in particular month. She also noticed that her daughter acnes issue also resolved. She was so excited that she introduced green smoothies to her sister and mother who suffered from foot aching and constipation issue respectively. Both her sister and her mother’s health issues also resolved after taking green smoothies.
To Yeh Fung, mouth ulcer is a history to her since she takes green smoothies. For myself, my yellowish palms (due to too much of beta-carotenes that is not harmful) turn more reddish overtime with the dark green leafy vege in green smoothies.
My brother-in-law, Bik Hoi dropped 18kg over 3 months time after he changed his diet to plant based whole food diet which includes green smoothies for his breakfast and dinner. He looks younger now and has a better complexion. He also feels more energetic and his hairs start to grow too (FYI, his is slightly bald! I hope he doesn’t know that I quote this…a little bit sensitive). Most of his friends are so curious about his improvement and ask him for the secrete recipe!!
Some rules that I follow:
1. Use different green leaves everyday
2. Use green vegetables that are low in oxalic acid (oxalic acid will bind with calcium and form calcium oxalate, an insoluble salt).
a. Vegetables that are low in oxalic acid: kale, lettuce, celery, mustard green, broccoli, cabbage, and most other greens.
b. Vegetables that are high in oxalic acid: spinach, swiss chard, parsley, beet leaves.
3. Add high oxalic vegetables to green smoothies for variety, but do NOT make an entire smoothie out of them.
4. Add flaxseed or pumpkin seed or sunflower seed or black sesame or white sesame or almond or other nuts and seeds for mineral and natural mono and poly unsaturated fat. Only use raw and soaked seeds and nuts. Soaked overnight or 8 hrs.
5. Use organic vegetables if possible because they contain higher nutrients (vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, antioxidants, etc) compared to commercially grown vegetables.
6. Peel fruit if it’s not organic
7. Banana and avocado gives the smoothies the creamy and smooth texture
The following recipe is for 2-3 cups of 250ml green smoothies
Sivan loves all the following green smoothies. Each one of them is so unique and taste good! In fact, Sivan will make her own mix and match based on what are available in the fridge. Hence, it is always a surprise to her husband and kids on the taste of the green smoothies. Of course it always tastes nice. The trick Sivan follows is mix and match sweet and sour (of course not too sour) fruits together. To attract the kids to take the green smoothies, Sivan will use the kids’ favorite fruits. The proportion of fruits and vege is fruits : Vege = 60% : 40% or 70% : 30%.
Tips, if your kids don’t like vege, may be you can just put 1 or 2 leaves of vege as a start or use vege that tastes milder such as lettuce. Once they experience the goodness of the green smoothies, you can start to add more dark green vege. Remember to share with your kids the benefits of green smoothies, e.g. grow healthier, beautiful complexion, etc.
Sivan’s favorite #1
1 orange
½ soursop
2 bananas
150g of green mustard
3 tbsp of soaked flaxseed (you may replace with soaked sesame)
1 cup of water
Sivan’s husband favorite
1 apple
1 orange
1 cup of pineapple
½ avocado
150g of cos lettuce
3 tbsp of pumpkin seeds (or soaked sunflower seeds or soaked almonds or soaked walnut)
2 cups of water (~500ml) (if you like a thicker smoothie, reduce the amount of water)
Sivan’s favorite #2
2 kiwis
2 bananas
75g of cos-lettuce
75g of simpochoy or kale
1 cup of water
Yeh Fung’s favorite
2 apples
2 kiwis
½ avocado
5 cherry tomatoes
150g of cos lettuce
400ml of water
1.5 tbsp of soaked flaxseed
Sivan’s favorite #3
½ papayas
2 oranges
150g sweet cabbage
1 cup of water
Yeh Fung’s daughter (Su Sing) favorite
1 dragon fruits
2 bananas
150g choy-sam
5 cherry tomotoes
400ml of water
1.5 tbsp of flaxseed
Sivan’s family favorite #4
1 cup of pineapple
1 large mango
75g of kale (or sweet potatoes leaves)
75g of mini-cos lettuce
1 cup of water
3 tbsp of flaxseed
Yeh Fung’s family favorite
¼ pineapples
2 bananas
1 apple
5 cherry tomatoes
150g of mini cos-lettuce
1.5 tbsp of flaxseed
Sivan’s daughter (Ann Zi) favorite
1 large dragon fruit
2 bananas
1 orange
150g of bok choy
3 tbsp of soaked flaxseeds
1 cup of water
Sivan’s Brother-in-law (Bik Hoi) Favorite #1
3 bananas
100g of cos-lettuce
200g of misome
2 limes (if you like sour taste)
2 cups of water
Sivan’s Brother-in-law (Bik Hoi) Favorite #2
3 bananas
150g cos-lettuce
150g spinach
2 limes (if you like sour taste)
2 cups of water
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