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Kristen Helmstetter

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Recipe: Matcha Lime Mousse – Creamy and Zingy

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Matcha Lime Mousse – creamy and zingy.

Most of my creations come from trying to use whatever I have on hand … inspired by whatever I recently heard re health foods or food TV shows.

In an effort to use the avocados and limes plus getting polyphenols from matcha green tea… I made Matcha Lime Mousse.

I love matcha green tea powder so much I wrote a whole book with recipes using matcha – tons of polyphenols, health benefits, and the most amazing feeling in my mind when I consume it. (This is my favorite matcha and they have a bunch of other amazing teas.)

In hindsight, I’d use more ginger to get more ginger kick and ginger goodness.

Brain food.

Recipe: Matcha Lime Mousse

  • 3 medium avocados, peeled and pitted
  • 2 limes, juiced (about 1/4 cup juice) plus some zest
  • 1 to 1 1/2 inches fresh ginger, chopped
  • 1/4 cup raw honey or maple syrup (more to taste)
  • pinch sea salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon matcha green tea powder (or more)
  • 1/4 cup cold (or room temp) brewed green tea (or water)

Blend everything until smooth. I used a Blendtec high-powered blender although I prefer a Vita-mix.

Recipe yields about four servings.

Update:

Here is my latest and greatest favorite matcha! It’s by Pique Tea.

Pique Tea: Clean and pure matcha
Pique Tea: Clean and pure matcha

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5 Breakfasts I’m Eating This Week

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Coffee. Of course. With everything.
Here are five breakfasts I’m eating this week. They’re easy, nutritious and help me feel great.

 

Chia Pudding.

Chia pudding with honey and nutmilk
I put a big scoop of nut butter in the blender. I added 2 to 3 cups of warm water, a pinch of sea salt, and big spoonful of raw honey (the warm water helps the honey blend). I blended it. In a mason jar, I had about a quarter cup of Chia seeds waiting. I poured the nut milk liquid in with the chia seeds (in the Mason jar). I put the lid on and shook it. I let it sit for a few minutes and shook again. Repeat shaking a couple more times. Then, I like to get it chilled in the refrigerator before eating (a few hours does the trick). This made about a quart of Chia pudding and it was delicious!

 

Hard-boiled eggs and an apple. 

Gorgeous rich-colored yolks.
I have hard-boiled eggs in my refrigerator at all times. Ever since I learned to cook them in my instant pot (pressure cooker) it is way too easy to not have these handy snacks on hand at all times. 

The best thing about making hard-boiled eggs in the instant pot is how easy the shells peel off and how consistently they cook perfectly.  

Sometimes I have them with hot sauce and a dollop of Greek yogurt, and sometimes I sprinkle on some horseradish powder from Dr. Cowan’s vegetable powders and sea salt.

 

Pressure cooked carrots with sea salt and butter.

Easy Instant Pot Carrots
Another favorite food for me to cook in the pressure cooker: simply carrots. I break the carrots in half if they are too long and I put them in the instant pot with a cup of water, and cook them for 3 to 4 minutes under high-pressure. 

As I’ve written before, the instant pot helps my family get way more veggies in our diet. Instead of having veggies one time a day at dinner, for example, we are eating them many times a day –> breakfast lunch snack and dinner! 

Once these carrots are done cooking, I take them out and put them in a bowl with grass-fed butter and sea salt. If I’m wanting protein with it, I grab hard-boiled eggs from the fridge, chop’m up, toss’m on top. 

 

Sourdough toast with smashed avocado and homemade pickled red onions.

F – this is good.
I have a serious love affair with sourdough bread. If someone were to offer me a slice of chocolate cake or a slice of sourdough bread with butter and sea salt… I would take the toast every time. 

I’ve grown very fond of this combination, where I toast a piece of sourdough bread, I take an avocado and smash it up with some sea salt, and top it with homemade pickled onions. Pickled onions are fabulous to have in the refrigerator to put on top of almost anything you’re eating, except maybe chocolate cake.

 

Kefir and cucumber smoothie.

Cooling and refreshing Kefir + Cucumber
This is an easy smoothie filled with probiotics. I simply take some grass-fed, whole-fat kefir that I buy from the store (or make myself), and I blend a cucumber with it. I also add a pinch of sea salt. 

It’s refreshing, light, and delicious. Perfect for these hot temperatures that will be coming with summer.

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Recipe: Low Carb Fatty Green Smoothie. I Love Fat.

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A "healthy" green smoothie.
A “healthy” green smoothie.

This delightfully fatty and low carb smoothie is a regular in my life. Who would’ve guessed that people would start going all gaga over fat?

The day has come. Fat is a star (healthy fats, of course).

You should make this smoothie.

It’s amped with nutrition… check it out.

  • Broccoli sprouts. Those are powerful.
  • Ginger —> anti-inflammatory.
  • Avocado is fiber, fat, nutrients, and helps us absorb the other nutrients in the smoothie.
  • Spring water is a no-brainer for me these days. I finally bought into that whole thing. Literally. I ordered a pallet of it.
  • Cucumber is hydrating and good for the skin.
  • Celery is tasty and has potassium and folate.
  • Lime is fun. (vitamin c, bioflavonoids, etc)

Go make one!

Recipe: Low Carb Fatty Green Smoothie

  • 1 to 1/2 cups spring water (I like Castle Rock)
  • Fresh ginger
  • Sea salt
  • Lime (peel and all)
  • Avocado (no peel… or pit)
  • Celery
  • Cucumber
  • Broccoli Sprouts!

Blend it up in a Vita-mix (<– A Vita-mix is worth the hefty price tag – I’ve had mine forever).

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Easiest Way To Peel An Avocado – Can’t Believe I Didn’t Know.

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Avocado - a delicious health food.
Avocado – a delicious health food.

I’m blogging a quick description on the best way to peel an avocado, because, crazily(!), I just learned this.

I figure there’s someone else out there who needs to know, too.

Ready to peel an avocado?

  • Cut the avocado in half.
  • Twist it to open it.
  • Take out the pit with a knife by gently, but effectively, tapping the blade into the pit. Be careful.

Are ya with me so far? I knew those first steps all along… it’s the next bit that I didn’t realize.

  • Now, cut each half… in half again so it’s quartered (as pictured above – you see three avocados in my picture).
  • Grab a bit of the peel with a couple of fingers and peel the peel off like you would peel a banana. THAT’S the brilliant part – it’s so easy. You get ALL of the avocado with none left behind as can happen with a spoon scooping it out (and, now, you don’t have a spoon to clean). Plus, you get a good look to see about any bruised pieces you want to discard.
Best way to peel an avocado.
Best way to peel an avocado.

 

PLUS, most of the nutrition of the avocado is supposedly right in that dark green part next to the peel so don’t leave any behind. Peeling an avocado as I do now, I get maximum nutrition.

Time to make some guacamole. You know the kind… the This Sh*t Is Too Easy kind.

PS. If everyone knew this about peeling avocados thang, except for me, don’t tell me, okay?

Image credit would be to these people, but once you’re there they credit it back to google. 

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Guacamole: “This Shit Is TOO Easy!” (Recipe)

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Guacamole - such an easy lunch.
Guacamole – such an easy lunch.

I whipped up some organic guacamole on Sunday for lunch. As I was making it with lightening speed I was reminded of the funny movie White Men Can’t Jump where they’re running around exclaiming, “This shit is too easy!”

Guacamole is that for me. Easy.

My guacamole always includes some garlic powder because it adds depth. <– That’s one of my guacamole secrets. 

I also use cilantro (super healthy and flavorful – sometimes I even add one drop of coriander essential oil from the one and only Living Libations).

I also add organic ground coriander (I prefer it’s brightening floral-ness over cumin).

Of course there is chopped organic green onion, diced celery, sea salt, superfood vinegar, and I usually add some Brain Octane to energize my brain and lubricate it up nicely (lube up the guacamole, that is).

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(Recipe) Ginger Essential Oil Green Smoothie w Flax Power

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Ginger Essential Oil Green Smoothie w Flax Power
Ginger Essential Oil Green Smoothie w Flax Power

Eating healthy is what I do.

It matters to me because, well, I like to feel good. Who doesn’t?

I want to live a looooong time, too. I still have a lot to do in life. I mean, like, have you seen my skills bucket list for bad-ass-ed-ness?

At the risk of being obvious I’ll state that a key to living a long time (and feeling well, too) is eating healthy (and exercising and meditating, but let’s keep this post focused on the food part or we’ll be here all day). One way to accomplish healthy eating is getting fresh organic produce in your diet.

Enter: Green Smoothies… with smart ingredients.

Today, I’m adding an ingredient that you might not have tried in your green smoothie.

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