The Healthy Post!

So anyone that knows me knows I can be a bit of a health nut! For the last year and a half, I've been juicing and making green smoothies! Below, I'll tell you the benefits of green juices and I'll also list some recipes!

Benefits:

Green juices are very alkalizing, cleansing, healing, hydrating and restorative. Disease, inflammation, pain and cancer all thrive in an acidic environment.
You can rebuild muscle and damage cells through green juicing.
Green juice offer a large cross-section of different nutrients from a variety of different greens and sprouts. Green juice supply the body with chlorophyll. Chlorophyll has many benefits to the body; neutralizes toxins in the body, helps purify the liver, improve blood sugar problems, regulates digestion, helps rebuild tissues, antibacterial and much more.
A 32 oz glass of fresh green juice may supply much of the protein an average adult needs each day. Believe it or not, leafy greens are 30% protein.
Green vegetable juice won’t spike your blood sugar and insulin level like fruits and sweet vegetables like carrots and red beets will. Its best to combine those in your green juices instead of drinking alone.

Below, are recipes courtesy of Green Juice a Day!

 Sweet Cucumber

4 handfuls of Spinach ( swiss chard is another great substitute)

2 Cucumbers

4 small Fuji Apples (2 medium fuji apples)

Kale, Pineapple & Mint

Baked Chicken Stuffed With Pesto and Cheese

This recipe is SO easy and delicious! You can thank me later. :-)

Baked Chicken Stuffed with Pesto and Cheese

(Makes two servings, but recipe can easily be doubled or tripled)

Ingredients:

2 large boneless, skinless chicken breasts

2 T Basil Pesto with Lemon or your favorite commercial pesto

2 T low-fat sour cream

2 T grated mozzarella cheese

(I used heaping tablespoons of pesto, sour cream and cheese) 

2 eggs, beaten (or if they're large eggs one will probably be enough)

3 T finely grated Parmesan cheese

3 T almond flour (or almond meal, but almond flour is better for this because it's more finely ground)

black pepper to taste

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 375F/190C.  Spray a small casserole dish with non-stick spray. Trim any visible fat from chicken breasts, then put them one at a time inside a heavy plastic bag and pound with meat mallet until the chicken is as thin as you can get it.  Don't worry too much about the shape or whether there are some loose pieces, you can tuck them in when you roll up the chicken.

In a small bowl mix together the basil pesto, sour cream, and grated mozzarella.  Use a rubber scraper to spread a thin layer of this mixture over each chicken breast, stopping about 1/2 inch from the edge of the chicken (so it doesn't run out so much as it cooks.)   Roll up the chicken breasts and secure them with a couple of toothpicks.  (I roll them so the finished piece is as thin as I can get it so they will cook quickly.)

Prepare two bowls, one with the beaten egg and the other with the grated Parmesan-almond flour mixture, seasoned with black pepper to taste.  Dip each chicken breast roll first into the egg mixture and then into the Parmesan-almond flour mixture, patting it on so the chicken breast roll is well-coated with the mixture. 

Put chicken breasts into the casserole dish and bake until the chicken is firm and lightly browned.  (Start checking after about 25-30 minutes; total baking time will be 30-35 minutes.)  Serve hot.

DIY Chocolate Scrub Bar

Skin Benefits of Cocoa

Cocoa has powerful antioxidants to improve and repair skin cells, calms and soothes the skin, increases circulation and blood flow, and rich in mineral content. Cocoa is also said to keep your spirits up, help to have radiant skin, lower blood pressure, reduce bad cholesterol and decrease the risk of heart disease. Cocoa is high antioxidants, which are know to improve and repair skin cells. Applied topically, cocoa increases hydration, calms, and soothes the skin. Cocoa contains Vitamins A, B12, B-complex, D and E. It is high in mineral content, it contains copper, iron, manganese, magnesium and zinc.  These minerals promote cell growth, repair of tissue and improve the absorption of nutrients.

Divas Can Cook! Strawberry Margarita Punch

 Recipe courtesy of Divas Can Cook

So, I've been trying different punch recipes because I'm living in the summer time (in my mind). This punch is tried and true and SO yummy! This recipe is so easy and there's even a video to follow! Enjoy!

Sparkling Strawberry Margarita Punch
Serves: 1 large pitcher

Ingredients 16 oz. fresh strawberries, hulls removed (can also use frozen)
1 can frozen limeade concentrate
4 cups water, divided. May need more (can also use sparkling water for a fizzier punch)
2 cups orange juice (without pulp)
4 cups strawberry soda 1½ cups tequila, can use more
½ cup cointreu or triple sec, can use more

Instructions

Process 1 cup of water and strawberries in a food processor until smooth. Add to a large pitcher. Stir in frozen limeade. Add in orange juice, strawberry soda, tequila and cointreau. Stir in 3 cups of water. (Can use more water if you think it’s too sweet, but remember punch is suppose to be sweet so don’t water it down too much.)

ENJOY!

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