Carrot pulp marmalade

                            

CARROT PULP MARMALADE

3 oranges

4 cups of water

3 cups of carrot pulp

4 tablespoons of lemon juice

3 cups of honey

1/2 teaspoon of ground ginger

1 package of store-bought dried pectin

Peel all three oranges and cut the rinds into very narrow slices. Cook the slices in four cups of water until they're tender ... then let 'em sit at least seven hours (or overnight).

                        

Once the peelings have had a chance to stand for seven (or more) hours, add the carrot pulp to them and boil for 10 minutes.

       

 Next, chop the oranges into a bowl and remove all seeds. 

     

Then introduce the oranges, lemon juice, honey, and ginger to the pulp/peelings mixture and boil for 20 minutes more.

        

If—after 20 minutes-the marmalade has begun to jell on its own ... terrific! Pour the mixture into hot, sterile canning jars and seal. Otherwise—if the jam hasn't thickened-you should stir in the dried pectin at this point. (I don't know why, but sometimes you'll need the pectin and sometimes you won't. All I can say is, when in doubt . . . use the pectin.) Boil the pectin-enriched marmalade for another 10 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat, but continue to stir for an additional seven minutes. Finally, pour the marmalade into hot, sterile canning jars and seal.

           

Thank's for the recipe Mother earth news!! 

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Optimal food combining for health

I discovered I have the least digestive problems and feel best and most energetic and most importantly NOT bloated, tired or brain foggy, when I use the following proper food pairings.

Thank you Ashley Pitman at Mind Body and Green for this informative article.

I recommend saving the food chart (below) into your photo library for quick reference before preparing food. It's easy you'll know it by heart after a few uses.

If you've ever felt bloated, burpy, gassy, fatigue or even heartburn after a meal, chances are you're guilty of bad food combining.

With a few simple tweaks to your diet, proper food pairing can have you experiencing more energy, better skin, better sleep and natural weight loss within a couple of days. And, believe it or not, you don't have to be a vegan, vegetarian or raw foodie to do get results. 

The gist of food combining is that different types of foods digest at different rates. When you eat several foods that digest at different rates your digestion gets out of whack and things begin to rot and ferment in your body. This "sludge" turns into stored toxins. And, when your body can't digest food properly it misses out on being able to absorb the nutrients in food leaving you with low energy, breakouts and poor sleep. It's an all around bad deal. 

All food combining guidelines take into account the speed at which food digests. Fruit digests the quickest, then greens, then non-starchy vegetables, then starches and then, digesting the slowest, is protein. Eating foods in the correct order (according their transit times) ensures a traffic jam-free (and toxin-free) digestive tract. 

When you get the combining right, your body gets to use the nutrients in the food. This leaves you with more energy, which inevitably equals more beauty. 

Here are the food combining basics:

• Starches Veggies = OK
• Proteins Veggies = OK
• Proteins Starches = No No
• Plant Proteins Plant Proteins = OK
• Animal Proteins Animal Proteins = No No
• Starches Starches = OK
• Fats Proteins = No No (or pair moderately)
• Fats Carbohydrates = OK
• Fats Starches = OK
• Fruits are best eaten on an empty stomach
• Fruit Raw greens = OK (except melons)

All of these guidelines can seem overwhelming at first, but it's really quite simple to find meals that work. As a compliment to the lovely Nadya Andreeva's post, '10 Common Food Combinations that Wreck Havoc on Your Health', here are 7 Food Combinations That Won't Wreak Havoc on Your Health: 

1. Avocado sushi rolls - Avocado is a fat and rice is a starch.

2. Baked chicken with broccoli - Eat the broccoli first because it's a non-starchy vegetable, which digests quicker than chicken, which is a protein. 

3. Pasta Primavera - Pasta is a starch and the rest of the ingredients are veggies. 

4. Salad with guacamole and corn chips - Eat the salad and guacamole first because they're veggies, then the corn chips, which are a starch. 

5. Green salad and grilled fish - Eat the salad first, which is a plant veggie, and then fish second, which is an animal protein. 

6. Apple, followed by scrambled eggs twenty minutes later - The fruit goes first because it digests the quickest, protein comes second because it digests the slowest. 

7. Steak with lightly sautéed spinach - Eat the spinach first because it's a veggie, then the steak, which is an animal protein. 

I invite you to try a couple of these meals this week OR switch up the order in which you're eating your current meals. Remember, fruits go first, followed by greens, non-starchy vegetables, starches and protein. 

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Creamy green Persimmon Smoothie - super delicious -super healthy

            

                                        

 

This smoothie is great for breakfast, an afternoon snack or if you feel like something creamy and sweet anytime.

What I love about mixing bananas and avocados in a smoothie is, that the smoothie gets perfectly creamy! It's the perfect mix! The sweetness  of the banana and its texture complements perfectly with that of an avo. Just heavenly.

This time I've added Persimmon I bought at borough markets. I love persimmons. Try them if you don't know them! They also make excellent Sorbet. You can do that with the blender too. I will post a recipe for that soon.

     

It's a healthy food combination too as avo and bananas can be put together without problems. Read this post about optimal food combinations for your health. You can add nut milks as it's neutral, although it won't need it.
I prefer this smoothie without.
Don't add any proteins to this mixture (like protein powders or whole nuts or seeds) as Persimmon is a fruit and fruit should not be eaten with anything other than fruit or greens. If that confuses you, read my post about food combining.
Both banana and Avo are exemptions and also count as fruit. This is why this combo is fine.

For my Persimmon super power smoothie, one glass of it you'll need:

- 1 big beautiful glass

- half a cup of filtered water

- half small avo

- some staranise and clove if you like.. or nutmeg (I like their flavours and cloves are one of the highest antioxidant foods out there! Be careful with them as they are super bitter. Make sure you grind them well)

- 1 Persimmon

- some spirulina (not too much here again, as Spirulina does not taste great!)

- Baby spinach

- a little Himalayan pink Salt

- half frozen banana (I use a frozen Banana as I like to keep the temperature of the smoothie down. Instead of the frozen banana you can always use a normal banana and use ice instead of the water mentioned above)

Start with the water(or ice), star anise and clove, spinach, frozen banana put everything into the blender start low speed and end up with high speed, add the rest of the ingredients.

Pour into your glass when everything is perfectly blended and smooth.

Enjoy.

It's soo yummy !

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Easy Quinoa Bowl

This is an easy lunch or dinner recipe. I cook quinoa often as it's one of the two only alkaline grains (next to millet) you can eat. It's so healthy and has lots of proteins and nutrients.

I like to soak my Quinoa in some filtered water in a tea cup in the fridge a day to a few hours before cooking just because it makes it even easier digestible and your body can access all the good stuff lie vitamins and minerals better , as they get sprouted (or almost sprouted if you soak them only for a few hours) If you have a stomach like a horse no worries about soaking but as I've said like with lentils it's just even healthier if you soak grains in general. (Nuts and seeds even more importantly too by the way)

Ok, so this quinoa bowl is something I cook lots on days where I have nothing much on, no dinners or lunches out.

I take my soaked/sprouted quinoa out of the fridge, sieve the water out.

In a pan I fry some onion and garlic and tomate puree in some coconut oil.

Add some canned tomato when it's time (its time when the puree starts to smell sweet before it burns or when the whole thing gets too hot)

and add the quinoa

I normally also add Himalayan Sea Salt, Pepper, Cayenne Pepper, some Balsamic Vinegar and Apple cider raw vinegar, Sometimes Tumeric, Curry and/or Nutmeg. This time I also had some fresh Sage in the fridge so I added that.

I also added leek.

I let it cook for a little, taste, add some more thing I think it needs.

Take off the heat, let it cool down.

Serve on a bed of organic Watercress.

Add some more fresh Sage and Extra Virgine Olive Oil or Extra Virgine Coconut Butter/oil on top for extra deliciousness.

Yumm... easy and soooo delicious and one of the healthiest things you can eat!!!

               

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