Immunity boosting Tea, Smoothie, and Soup base

Recovery Tea Recipe:

1 lemon

8 slices of fresh ginger

10 whole cloves

10 black peppercorns 

5 cracked cardamom pods

1-2 cinnamon sticks

2 tsp decaf green tea (or 2 bags)

2 tsp echinacea tea (or 2 bags)

Bring to a boil then turn off the heat and let it simmer for 15-30 mins

Strain and add honey and apple juice to taste to sweeten.

*be sure to set some aside for our smoothie

Revitalizing Smoothie recipe:

*all measurements as approximate only (I’m making this for 3 people)

At least 3-4 cups of our tea

1/4 cup frozen peaches

1/4 cup frozen pineapple

3/4 cup frozen blueberries

1/2-1 whole avocado (fresh or frozen)

2 ripe bananas

1/3 cup applesauce

1/2 a lemon *optional

1 med carrot

2 cups  (packed) Spinach

1 tbsp honey

1 tbsp ground flax

1 tsp chia seeds

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp ginger powder

1 heaping spoonful of almond butter

3-4 heaping spoons of greek yogurt

Blitz and serve. Leftovers can be kept in the fridge for up to 24 hours of poured into popsicle molds and kept in the freezer for three weeks.

Perfect Veggie Soup Base recipe:

The base is mostly the first three veggies and water. After that its pretty much to your taste.

1 yellow onion diced

4-5 stalks celery

2-3 med carrots

6-8 cloves of garlic

1/4 shredded cabbage

Mushrooms

Chickpeas

Sweet potato 

Yellow potato

2 veggie bouillon cubes

1/2 tsp white wine vinegar

1 tbsp hoisin sauce

1 tbsp soy sauce

1 tsp salt

Black pepper

Pinch of red pepper flakes

1 tsp parsley flakes

Bring to a low boil for 20-40 mins then remove half into containers for future meals and finish the rest as you wish…either enjoy plain, or add ramen, egg noodles, lentils… whatever you like. A fun way to eat this is over rice with crushed pineapple and chow mien noodles on top. :)

Enjoy, and stay warm! 

Casey

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