Flowery Ice Tea

About this recipe:

Today we had an extraordinary hot day. Perfect time to make some chilled ice tea. You can make a big pitcher and sip on it all day. The camomile and lavender works relaxing while the lime, lemon and ginger add a refreshing splash!

Ingredients:

• one gallon of water

• 10 t. camomile

• 8 t. of lavendar

• juice of one small lemon

• juice of one small lime

• 2 inch of fresh ginger, peeled

1. In a large pot bring the gallon of water to a boil. When it boils, turn off the burner and add the lavender and chamomile.

2. Brew for 20 minutes. Transfer to a pitcher using a strainer to strain out all the flowers.

3. Chill in the fridge until cold. Add the lemon and lime juice.

4. Cut the ginger so it fits in a garlic press, squeeze the ginger juice out of it, making sure to catch it in the pitcher.

5. Stir it up and enjoy with a fresh lemon slice, some ice cubes and maybe even a tiny squeeze of  raw agave nectar.

Good Morning Fruit Shake

About this recipe:

This delicious alkalizing fruit shake is an ideal way to start your day. It is always best to consume fruit on an empty stomach, it will help detoxify your system and will give you a great boost of vitamins, fiber, protein and energy for the rest of the day.

Ingredients:

• 2 kiwi's, peeled

• 1 sour apple, pitted

• 1 c. filtered water

• 2 shots of outdoor grown wheat grass, I get mine frozen

• 1 açaí berry smoothie pack, I prefer the unsweetened one

1. Put the kiwi's, apple and water in the blender, blend until smooth.

2. Add the wheat grass shots and açaí berry pack, transfer to glass.

3. Enjoy right away.

Chai Tea

About this recipe:

A lot of the times when you get chai tea from a coffee shop it is loaded with sugars and all kinds of flavorings that you don't even know about. You can only really know what is inside if you make it yourself. Its easy, just get organic ingredients at your health food store and mix at home. This recipe is without the black tea so its completely caffeine free.

Ingredients:

1/2 T. fennel seed

8 cardamom pods, cracked with the blade of a knife

12 cloves

1 cinnamon stick, crushed

1/2 T. orange peel

8 anise stars

1 T. coriander seeds

1 inch piece of fresh ginger, grated

6 cups of water

1. Bring water to a boil.

2. Add fennel, cardamon, cloves, cinnamon, orange peel, anise stars, coriander seeds.

3. Boil for about 8 minutes.

4. Transfer tea water to a tea pot. Add the ginger to tea and allow to steep 5 minutes.

5. Drink with milk of your choice, sweeten with stevia or agave nectar.

Milk Kefir

About this recipe:

Milk kefir is a healthy probiotic drink that will help digestion due to its beneficial bacteria and enzymes. Store bought kefir is often cultured after pasteurization and has a ton of added sugar. Pasteurizing milk will destroy all healthy bacteria so when you make your own kefir, make sure to use raw dairy only. To read more about raw dairy click here.

Ingredients:

• 1 T. milk kefir grains, I got mine on Ebay.

• 1 c. fresh raw milk, room temperature

1. Sterilize a glass jar by submerging it in boiling water for 5 minutes. Take it out of the boiling water and set it on the counter. Cool for a minute.

2. Poor in the milk. Make sure the hot glass does not make the temperature of the milk rise to more than 80F. 

3. Mix in your kefir grains, screw on lid, shake lightly.

4. Wrap the jar in a towel and set the jar inside your oven with only the oven light on. This will make sure of a constant temperature of 72F. 

5. After 8 hours you want to shake up the glass to agitate the grains.

6. After 24 hours you will have a nice soured kefir. Take it out of the oven.

7. Strain out the kefir grains with a clean plastic strainer. Transfer the fresh strained kefir to a clean jar. Put the grains back in the brewing jar and repeat process.

8. Leave the freshly strained kefir out on the counter for another 24 hours. This will give the vitamins a chance to fully get to work.

9. Drink right away or refrigerate. You can repeat this process every day to make sure you have a fresh glass of kefir a day.

To find out more about kefir go to Dom's kefir making page.

Flowery White Tea Mix

About this recipe:

Organic silver needle white tea is some of the most sought after tea. It grows in the northern district of Fujian, China. It is only harvested for a few days in early spring the prep of the tea is governed under strict requirements. The tea is packed with antioxidants and is lowest in caffeine of any type of tea.

Ingredients:

• Organic silver needle white tea

• Organic lavender, dried

• Organic peppermint, dried

• Organic rosebuds, dried

1. Mix ingredients to your liking. Store in airtight container.

2. Brew a cup of tea, I use about 1 T. per small cup.

3. Sweeten with a drop of stevia or add a splash of your favorite milk.

Teeccino Latte

About this recipe:

When you are trying to get healthy, the fist thing you should eliminate from your diet is coffee (and alcohol!). We all know this can be pretty hard. I found this wonderful alkalizing drink that actually has a ton of benefits and healthy nutrients. Teeccino is rich in inulin, a fiber that helps improve digestion and it increases the absorption of calcium and minerals.

Ingredients:

• one or two scoops of Teeccino powder (my favorite flavor is CHAI)

• filtered water

• milk of your choice

1. Brew just like regular coffee. I used my stove top espresso maker.

2. Heat the milk of your choice and froth it up to a lovely foam.

3. Fill a cup 1/3 to half full with Teeccino, top if off with frothed milk.

4. Sweeten to taste with stevia or agave nectar.

Coconut Kefir

About this recipe:

Kefir is one healthy probiotic drink. Coconut kefir has amazing side affects: it stops sugar cravings, it aids digestion of all foods, it has a tonifying affect on the intestines, it cleanses the liver, it contains high levels of valuable minerals including potassium, natural sodium, calcium and magnesium. It increases energy and gives you an overall feeling of good health. Who can say no to that! Coconut kefir fits right into a candida and sugar free diet, better than its dairy variant.

Ingredients:

• juice of 4 young thai coconuts

• 1 c. of water kefir grains. I got mine on ebay, they ship dried and all you have to do is rehydrate them

1. Crack the coconuts, to learn how click here.

2. Transfer the juice into a large clean canning jar. Make sure the juice is at room temperature.

3. Add the kefir grains, close the lid to your canning jar.

4. Set in your cupboard for 24 (more sweet) to 48 (more sour) hours. The liquid will get a milky color. If your house is cold and old like mine, set it in the oven with only the oven light on. This way it is a constant 71F.

5. Strain out the grains with a plastic strainer, use these to start your next batch right away.

6. Transfer the strained liquid to clean glass drinking jars and leave out on your counter top for another 24 hrs. This allows the vitamins to increase.

7. Refrigerate. Add a splash of lime and few drops of stevia to taste.

8. Drink half a cup with every meal for optimum benefits.

9. Repeat process every two days.

note: Scrape out the meat from the left over coconuts and set aside. You can use this to make a great coconut kefir cheese. To see how click here.

To learn more about kefir making visit Dom's kefir making website.