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Bloat-Busting Smoothie: Ginger-Mint Detox - Yuri Elkaim. You are here: Home / Eat Cleaner / Recipes / Juices and Smoothies / Bloat-Busting Smoothie: Ginger-Mint Detox by: Yuri Elkaim Though bloating can present itself in a variety of ways, most people describe it as an uncomfortable feeling of tightness, fullness or swelling.

Bloat-Busting Smoothie: Ginger-Mint Detox - Yuri Elkaim

Often accompanied by gassiness and a perceptible swelling of the belly, one in 10 Americans indicate frequent bouts of bloating—even when they haven’t overindulged in a big meal. Why You Feel Bloated Bloating can be brought on by a variety of things, almost all of which have to do with food. The long-term effects of this dietary abuse weigh on gut bacteria, rendering the digestive system incapable of proper functioning because it’s absolutely anemic for real fuel.

Refreshing Pink Lemonade Smoothie. Pineapple Nutmeg Detox Smoothie. 12 Days of Edible Gifts: Homemade Kahlua. Did you know you can make your own version of Kahlúa at home?

12 Days of Edible Gifts: Homemade Kahlua

It takes three weeks for the coffee beans to infuse the vodka and rum mixture, so you'll want to prepare this ahead of time if you plan to use or give it as a gift. What most don't realize is that the best bartenders are busy mixing up everything from homemade Baileys to fresh grenadine. The techniques they use to make these superior mixers are easily adaptable for the home.

A few weeks ago when I decided to make this, I spoke with San Francisco star bartender Scott Baird. Although most recipes call for simply a clear spirit like vodka or light rum, Baird insists on a mixture of vodka and dark rum for a rich flavor and thick syrup-like liquid. Photos: Anna Monette Roberts Ingredients 1 750 ml bottle vodka or white rum 1 1/4 cups dark rum, like Pampero 1 1/2 cups sugar 3/4 pound whole coffee beans 1 vanilla bean 1 cinnamon stick 1 tablespoon cocoa nibs, optional 1 slice of orange peel, optional Directions Information Category Yield.

Superfood Almond Coconut & Chocolate Milkshakes – Making Thyme for Health. You would think after a four day trip to Carmel I would be feeling refreshed and settled now that we’re home but honestly, it felt like a tease to me.

Superfood Almond Coconut & Chocolate Milkshakes – Making Thyme for Health

I returned home with an undeniable urge to see more and immediately found myself researching different places to visit in the coming months as soon as we returned. It’s like traveling is a drug to me, one that I can’t get enough of. Or as Brandon said to me, “you don’t get bit by the travel bug, it’s crawls it’s way inside of you and lives there.” That’s a nice visual isn’t it? I think most of my excitement stems from how beautiful the weather has become now that spring is here and summer is right around the corner. For the time being, the most feasible solution is to get back into the local hiking groove for a while. Speaking of, one of my favorite things to drink before a long hike on a warm day is a nice cold smoothie. This Almond Joy inspired smoothie is my most recent craving. Superfood Almond Coconut & Chocolate Milkshakes. BLUEBERRY BANANA SMOOTHIE - Harriet Emily. As much as I love a hearty breakfast, there are somedays I feel like something lighter.

BLUEBERRY BANANA SMOOTHIE - Harriet Emily

If you’re looking for something to make that will leave you feeling great after having it, then look no further than a smoothie. I really love making my own at home as I find that bought ones tend to be made just from fruit, whereas I like to add other ingredients like vegetables, nuts or superfood powders to mine. So, when it came to making this, it wasn’t going to be your standard blueberry and banana smoothie.

Sneaking vegetables into my recipes is one of my favourite things to do, so I decided to put some cauliflower to good use and add it to my smoothie. As blueberries create such a wonderful, vibrant hue, I chose cauliflower as it was least likely to affect the blueberry’s colour. Blueberry & Banana Smoothie – serves 1-2: Ingredients: 1 large banana 1/2 cup (70g) blueberries 3 cauliflower florets (65g) 2 tbsp cashews (20g) 1 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice 3/4 cup (185ml) water. D.I.Y. Healthy Soda Recipes (Fizz Ed): BA Daily: Blogs.

Ripe fruit and a carafe of soda water are all you need to can your canned soda habit once and for all.

D.I.Y. Healthy Soda Recipes (Fizz Ed): BA Daily: Blogs

Photograph by Gentil & Hyers At Spur in Seattle, where chefs Brian McCracken and Dana Tough change their menu according to what’s growing at nearby farms, serving soda from a bar gun wasn’t going to cut it. Like so many chefs across the country who are embracing all things D.I.Y., they started making sodas with the same seasonal ingredients that go into their dishes. Not only are the results more food-friendly (McCracken and Tough pair their house-made Cucumber, Mint, and Basil Soda with saddle of lamb and English peas), they’re also organic and corn syrup-free. “We use ingredients that we go bonkers for,” Tough says.

The important healthfactor here is that with homemade sodas you control how much sugar goesinto your drink and bypass the whopping 40-plus grams in a canof commercial pop by using simple syrup. 4 Healthy Soda Recipes Cucumber, Mint, and Basil SodaCalories: 61 Sugar: 16g. Greeno Mojito Smoothie.