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The Ultimate Beauty Smoothie. This glowing green smoothie has everything you need for beautiful skin, hair, and nails.

The Ultimate Beauty Smoothie

(Photo: Kimberly Snyder) Celebrity nutritionist Kimberly Snyder feels beauty is achieved from the inside out. With clients like Drew Barrymore, Reese Witherspoon, Rooney and Kate Mara, Dita Von Teese, and Channing Tatum, she says “outer beauty is a reflection of inner health.” Snyder is the founder of Glow Bio, an organic smoothie, juice and cleanse company based in Los Angeles, and author of two best-selling books.

Her latest offering, “The Beauty Detox Power,” goes on sale today. My Glowing Green Smoothie is most definitely the ultimate beauty smoothie. Blending the greens used in this recipe helps make the full spectrum of their nutrition readily available to the body. I encourage you to mix and match your greens and fruit. 25 3 Ingredient Smoothie Recipes Infographic. 8 Healthy Smoothies Made With 3 Ingredients. How to make a green smoothie. Smoothie2.jpg (554×3570) A l e x a n d r a. Sweet Sprouted Millet Granola. Coconut-Blueberry Smoothie Recipe.

Heavenly Carrot Cake Baked Oatmeal. I’m still digging up cookbook recipes that I didn’t include in the final book.

Heavenly Carrot Cake Baked Oatmeal

It’s like finding buried treasures in my Google document! The beauty of all the recipe testing that went down over the past 2 years is that I have so much inspiration leftover to tweak and share here – such as this baked carrot cake oatmeal. It was a big hit with my recipe testers, but ultimately I decided to go with the baked apple and pear oatmeal for the book, knowing I would eventually share this version on the blog anyway. Coconut Black Rice Breakfast Pudding. The holidays are over.

Coconut Black Rice Breakfast Pudding

The rush of New Years has passed. And now we plummet, head first, into the depths of winter. The Secret To Thick Smoothies. I cannot stand watery smoothies, I drink them way too fast and they end up feeling more like a juice!

The Secret To Thick Smoothies

I have found the solution to end all of your watery smoothie problems: Xanthan Gum! Instead of the usual, “Maybe my smoothie will get thicker if I just add one more banana… no maybe 1/4 cup more oats… and an extra Tbsp of nut butter!” We’ve all been there, and before we know it, our smoothies have doubled in calories, carbs, and fat! Xanthan Gum a simple way to thicken your smoothie without adding unnecessary calories, fat, carbohydrates, etc. Breakfast Criminals. 29 Delicious Vegan Breakfasts.

What Should I Eat For Breakfast Today ? On The Glow Basic Oatmeal Squares. There are fancy squares and then there are not-so-fancy squares.

On The Glow Basic Oatmeal Squares

These are the not-so-fancy squares. Nekisia Davis' Olive Oil and Maple Granola recipe on Food52. Cooking is more fun with friends.

Nekisia Davis' Olive Oil and Maple Granola recipe on Food52

Find your friends who are already on Food52, and invite others who aren't to join. Let's GoLearn more Join Our Community Follow amazing home cooks. Collect recipes and articles. Sign Up. Chunky Cinnamon Granola Clusters. Making Healthy quick snacks for me and the kids has been on my mind lately.

Chunky Cinnamon Granola Clusters

With three kids, ages 5 and younger, I need to prepare for the time of the day when I don’t know when I’ll be able to cook something in the kitchen. Well I can do this but Curious George usually ends before I’m done or baby Tia usually has eaten a fair share of dried peas that have fallen on the floor left over from her breakfast. While on a Google search rampage for tasty snack ideas I found this recipe very inspiring. Thanksgiving Leftovers. Every other Thursday, Gena Hamshaw of the blog Choosing Raw shares satisfying, flavorful recipes that also happen to be vegan.

Thanksgiving Leftovers

Today: Here's a way to satisfy both the vegans and the hungry, sleepy, looking-for-something-healthy visitors at your table the day after Thanksgiving. Cauliflower Hash + A Beautiful Experience at a Syrian Restaurant in Kuwait. Syrian or Lebanese?

Cauliflower Hash + A Beautiful Experience at a Syrian Restaurant in Kuwait

, Mike asked me late one evening, wondering what I was in the mood for. Syrian! A glimmer in my eyes, I replied instantly, already excited at the prospect. (Side Note: Something you might not know about Mike is that he was born here in Kuwait and left the country as a young child with his family to live in Syria – his mother’s homeland – after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in the early 1990s. He still has several childhood friends here.) 27 Pancakes Worth Waking Up For. Gingerbread Pancakes. Kenya has been jonesing to make gingerbread for weeks, so I finally got out my baking pan and all of the ingredients when he said to me with most intense, focused voice, "Mommy, I wanted to make gingerbread COOKIES".

Gingerbread Pancakes

That entire time I had thought Kenya wanted to make gingerbread but in his mind it was all about the iconic shape of the gingerbread cookie. After all, what's cuter or more fun than a cookie whose arms, head and feet you can eat right off before devouring the middle? After a lengthy conversation with Kenya about the difference between gingerbread and gingerbread cookies, I asked him if instead he wanted to make gingerbread pancakes. He immediately broke out into a huge smile. Papillon. Oh guys. Guys. You give terrible advice. Y'all got all excited - woo the love interest!