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Delicious Dandelion Pesto

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Dandelion Pesto Recipe

Preparation time: 10 minutes.

Dandelion LeavesYou will need

  • 300gr dandelion leaves
  • 200gr raw goat cheese or parmesan
  • 4-8 cloves of garlic, I use 8 🙂
  • 150 ml olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon of unrefined sea salt
  • 100gr of toasted walnuts or hazelnuts or pine nuts
  • Juice of half lemon
  • Zest of a lemon

Preparation

Wash well dandelion leaves. Blanching the leaves by immersing them in boiling water for 20 to 30 seconds will help reduce a sometimes present acrid taste. If you use younger light green leaves blanching is not necessary.

Mix until smooth all of the ingredients in the food processor or blender.Dandelion Pesto Superfood

Depending on the type of cheese you used you may need more or less olive oil.

Serve as a salad, with pasta, as a side dish, with buckwheat or spelt pancakes etc.

 

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Lose Weight by Drinking Honey Apple Cider Vinegar Syrup

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Honey Apple Cider SyrupSuppress the appetite by taking the honey/apple cider vinegar syrup before meals.

Mix a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar and a teaspoon of pure honey with a dash of cinnamon.

Take three times a day and sip slowly before each main meal.

Apple cider vinegar has acids and enzymes which will speed up the metabolism and process of burning fat in your body rather than storing it. It suppresses the appetite and makes you eat less and lose your weight quickly.

It will make you feel fuller for longer time by reducing the speed that the stomach is emptied.

This syrup with its amazing properties helps to flush out the harmful toxins from the body which also helps to lose the excess weight.

This powerful combination not only helps with weight loss but also strengthens the immune system, treats cellulite, detoxifies the body, helps with cold and coughing, treats viral, bacterial and fungal infections and has many other health benefits.

I find it useful to prepare this syrup in advance by taking a cup of honey and mixing with cup of apple cider vinegar and adding a teaspoon or two of cinnamon.

It does not need to be refrigerated, just keep it at a dark place.

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Vanilla-Coconut Tapioca Pudding

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Gluten-Free Dairy-Free Vanilla-Coconut Tapioca Pudding

Cassava flour is great alternative to wheat flour, since wheat flour is typically refined, bleached, and stripped of nutrients.Instead of wheat flour which contains gluten to which many people are highly sensitive to, you can use organic cassava flour.

Cassava (also known as tapioca, yuca, and manioc root) is an edible starch and major source of carbohydrates.

Used as a major staple food for many South American tribes since Pre-Columbian times, cassava flour is a great alternative to wheat flour, since wheat flour is typically refined, bleached, and stripped of nutrients. Cassava flour is a good source of calcium. Did I mention it is also gluten-free :)?

Here is a quick recipe for a delicious pudding that is very easy to make.

If you are on a long detox where tapioca is occasionally allowed (please check :)) and crave a desert, this may work provided you use a tiny amount of stevia instead of sugar, skip on salt, and use a simple topping like cinnamon.

Check it out!

Preparation time

  • 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 can (400ml) unsweetened coconut milk or homemade almond milk
  • One-quarter cup (2 tablespoons) of quick cooking tapioca
  • Pinch of salt
  • 2 teaspoons of Madagascar Bourbon Pure Vanilla powder
  • 2 tablespoons unrefined brown sugar or some pure stevia extract if you are on detox
  • For topping – use your imagination :).  Examples 2 ripe bananas, sliced; toasted almonds with a tablespoon of dark rum is another option.  I also like crashing some berries in the blender.  Or adding some aronia powder or cinnamon.

Steps

  1. In a medium saucepan combine coconut milk, tapioca and salt. Slowly bring to a simmer over medium heat, stirring constantly.
  2. Add vanilla. Keep stirring until mixture begins to thicken.
  3. Remove from heat; stir in sugar until melted.
  4. Let it stand in the saucepan uncovered for 10 minutes or until thickened, stirring occasionally.
  5. Cut bananas in small pieces and stir in. Transfer to serving cups.
  6. Top with almonds and rum or any other topping that you prefer or have at hand.

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