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Plant Fusion Review, Giveaway: Banana, Cookies ‘n’ Cream Shake AND Chocolate Caramel Apple Pancakes. Raw and Gluten-free.

Many, many weeks ago, NutraSpark Nutritionals generously sent me a whole bunch of PlantFusion plant protein powders – and during that time I sampled some of the varieties in beverages and also developed a couple …

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Happy National Hot Tea Month! Traditional Medicinals Herbal Tea Review & Giveaway

A cup of tea solves everything. The sound of the kettle coming to a boil.  Selecting a tea from my embarrassingly vast trove of flavors and blends.  Watching the curls of steam rise from the …

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Mint Gone Wild: Cocoa-Coconut-Mint Smoothie

The tiny mint plant was so cute, so cheerfully green and enchanting-smelling that I had to get it.  It was barely 3″ high and had such delicate and tender little leaves!  But a shadow hung …

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Which Came First: The SCOBY or the Kombucha?

It was a hot summer day thousands of years ago when an exhausted Chinese housewife sat down for a moment to catch her breath and enjoy a cup of hot tea after sending her children …

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Bloody Mary Green Smoothie

Look at that bad boy!!  That’s a humongous Brandywine that came out of our garden.  I have no idea how it didn’t break the vine on which it was growing.  State Fair material, don’t you …

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Hibiscus-Cherry Cooler

For months a friend of mine had been extolling the virtues of a daily cup of hibiscus tea. He told me that drinking it regularly could lower one’s blood pressure and some studies have shown …

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VeganMoFo: Peanut Milk, Banana & Cocoa Smoothie-Shake

You knew this was coming, right?  What’s the first, most logical thing one would create with peanut milk?  Exactly.  Nothing earth-shattering here, folks, just the usual rock-solid-delicious smoothie suspects paired with their new friend, peanut …

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Peanut Milk & Meal

  I’m weaning myself off of soy milk.  Not only because I’ve discovered a connection between my consumption of soy milk and how (icky) I feel, but also because of a post about carrageenan by …

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