Grow Garlic Indoors

Fall is the best time to plant plump garlic(http://prolineorganic.tumblr.com/post/126832255580/grow-garlic-indoors) cloves in your garden so they can put out a generous tuft of roots over the winter for maximum harvests next summer. But if you don’t have a garden—or just can’t wait—you can grow garlic plants any time of the year in an indoor garden on a sunny windowsill, and harvest the greens all winter long.

Vitamix Recipes with Stevia or Truvia

My experience with stevia is that the white processed stevia (like Truvia) tastes too much like licorice. But whole leaves ( ground in Vitamix or ground to a powder) work fine for me. I bought some liquid made from whole leaves, but I’ve not yet cooked with it. Stevia is simply from leaves from a plant, so it is natural, extremely low calorie, will not promote tooth decay, nor influence blood sugars. Apparently, it has been used in Japan for decades with no ill effects noted.

How to make watermelon popsicles

Just cut up the watermelon, place it in a blender (I’m a vitamix girl) and blend away. Fill your popsicle molds with kiwi slices, pour the watermelon puree into the molds and put them in the freezer for several hours or overnight.  Run warm water over the mold for a minute or two before pulling out the popsicle.  And that’s it!!

You can also make the watermelon popsicles with cantaloupe or honeydew puree, but the watermelon pops are the hands-down favorite with my kid and her friends. I do switch it up with slices of strawberry instead of kiwi, and sometimes we go all crazy and throw in both! The sweetness of the watermelon is subtle so pretty much any “accent” fruit would work.

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Cucumber Lemon Water with a Minty Twist

Looking for something refreshing to drink that will not only hydrate you but tastes delicious? This is the drink for you. There is nothing more refreshing then lemon, cucumber and mint water! And wait until you find out the benefits!

Jamba Juice Banana Berry Smoothie Recipe

Easy Jamba Juice Banana Berry Smoothie Recipe

Ingredients:
1 banana, sliced
1 cup frozen blueberries
½ cup apple juice
½ cup strawberry juice
½ cup vanilla nonfat frozen yogurt
½ cup raspberry sherbert
1 cup ice

Mashed Cauliflower Recipe

Cut the leaves of the cauliflower and discard (they taste bitter)
Place cauliflower in dutch oven or crock pot with 5 cloves of smashed garlic and rosemary leaves.
Cover with chicken broth and bring to a boil for 15 mins (check it halfway through so it doesn’t burn). Depending on your heat setting cook for as little as 10 mins. or as many as 20 mins.
Remove the cauliflower from the broth and place the cauliflower into the Vitamix or food processor. The rosemary and garlic will be chopped/ground thoroughly in the blender. Do not add the broth to the mash as it would make the mashed cauliflower too wet.
Mash the cauliflower on low until creamy smooth. Make sure to spoon down the sides so the larger chunks of cauliflower get mashed too.

Proline Organic

Like many of you, we’ve personally dealt with excess weight, joint pain, bloating, acid reflux, skin problems, high blood pressure, food cravings and an addiction to processed and sugary foods.  Through our own journey to better health and well-being, we discovered that these are signs that the body is out of balance. Rather than turning (once again) to fad diets, weight-loss products and drug-store remedies, we decided to find a better, more permanent, solution and found that a total health transformation can be achieved simply through what we choose to nourish our bodies.  We found that not only are natural and organic foods and products better for our health, they can help the body heal itself of all these symptoms we’ve suffered.

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The wonderful benefits of lemon water!

HEALTH BENEFITS OF DRINKING LEMON WATER

Five health benefits of drinking lemon water:
1. Helps your Liver get rid of Toxins and Waste Products: the liver plays various roles in the body including detoxification, protein synthesis, and more to help with digestion. Lemon water increases the livers detoxifying enzymes and helps the liver carry out these functions more efficiently.
2. Lemon Water is Alkalizing: the body functions best in a more alkaline state and cancer cells tend to breed in an acidic body. Unfortunately due to the foods most people eat, the things they expose their skin to, and the environment they live in, most people’s body’s are very acidic. Lemons are very alkalizing to the body and blood (although lemons are actually an acidic fruit).
3. Rich Source of Vitamins and Minerals: rich in vitamin C (anti-oxidant, anti-bacterial, & helps immune system), vitamin B (energy production), riboflavin (tissue repair, growth, & development) and minerals like calcium, phosphorus, magnesium (these minerals all help build strong bones & teeth).
4. Terrific for Skin Care: Lemon water can act as an anti-aging remedy by removing wrinkles and improve the overall appearance of your skin. Your skin can’t look healthy if your body is holding onto toxins.
5. Good for Weight Loss: Lemon water can help burn fat faster. When the liver is full of toxins it can’t metabolize fats as efficiently.

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Organic Whole Raspberry Margarita's

Last weekend, my boyfriend and I made these delicious drinks after dinner. Since we love having a whole fruit margarita, we wanted to change it up a bit. We had some fresh raspberries on hand and decided to make a raspberry margarita! YUMMY!!! The flavor was amazing and using the fresh raspberries made it taste much more natural then using a mixer. Whether you want to make a yummy cocktail one evening for friends/family, or make this to go along with a yummy grilled dinner this summer, this is simple and bound to be a hit!!

Ingredients:

• 1 cup fresh raspberries
• 3 oz Patron Silver Tequila
• 1 oz Triple Sec
• 1 lime, peeled
• 3 cups ice cubes
• 1/4 cup sugar

Directions:

1. Place all ingredients into blender.
2. Place lid on top and blend on high for about 30 seconds, or until smooth.
3. Pour into a margarita glass (rimmed with sugar or salt if desired) and serve!!