The Live Green Smoothie Diet

Archive for January, 2010

Nu-MEE! Sweet, creamy, slightly exotic and floral-tasting… filled with the alkalizing, energizing power of fresh aloe vera gel, with a vaguely tropical undertone from mango and guava. A wonderful Live Green Smoothie that takes just minutes to whip up, and all the ingredients are so pedestrian I bought them in my own little central-New Jersey [...]

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The keyword for a ripe persimmon is definitely “luscious”. Funny thing how here in the west persimmon’s have the reputation for being mouth-puckeringly tart, but the truth (known so well in China and Japan) is that a ripe persimmon is beautifully, delicately, mildly custard-like. And luscious. My grocery stores have lots of ripe persimmons right [...]

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I love young coconuts, but since I moved this past summer, I haven’t found a local source for them… and have had plenty of other recipes options that I haven’t been motivated to put a request into my local grocer to order a case for me. I’ll get to it… because I surely love them. [...]

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Oh, aloe, aloe, where have you been all my life. Crikey, I may have to rename this site the Aloe Smoothie Diet if I keep this up. I’m so in love with how fresh aloe feels energetically when I drink it, and it makes the most wonderfully delicate smoothies! If you’re into juice feasting, you [...]

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04 Jan, 2010

Honey-Lemon Raw Smoothie With Fresh Aloe Gel

Posted by: Angela Leeds In: *LGS Daily Recipe|Drinks

I am thoroughly persuaded of the healing and healthifying benefits of drinking fresh aloe vera gel, and for this reason the plant is on my Top 5 list for learning how to cultivate at home. Every time I discover another great way to enjoy it in a raw smoothie, I’m blown away by how refreshed [...]

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Last Day for $20 Savings on my LGS Daily Recipe magazine… The post below was originally published on my “This Raw Life” blog on November 29, 2009: Angela’s “Shamanic Juju” Raw Smoothie (A Great Way to Enjoy Both Medicinal and Entheogenic Mushrooms) p The Magical World of Mushrooms Amongst raw food enthusiasts there is a [...]

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The post below was originally published on my “This Raw Life” blog on September 18, 2009: Dave the Trucker: Raw Food Weight Loss of 178 pounds in 13 months! Check out this more recent video about Dave…he’s now lost 200 pounds! Dan McDonald (“The Life Regenerator”) has been following Dave’s progress all along. Be sure [...]

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The post below was originally published on my “This Raw Life” blog on September 16, 2009: Today’s Fresh Juice Photos: Basil, Cabbage, Kale, Celery, & Apple p Some leftover savoy cabbage, a few stalks of kale, three stems of fresh basil cut off my terrace potted plant, several stalks of celery and two golden delicious [...]

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To my readers, am giving you a heads-up that you will see a lot of activity on my site this week, as I am restructuring the way the site is set up. Currently, I have multiple blogs installed on my one website: This LGS site, my “This Raw Life” blog, and my “Longevity and Peak [...]

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We generally think of peppers as vegetables, but in fact, as a “botanical fruit”, they’re considered both vegetables and fruits. And if you have a super-sweet red, orange, or yellow pepper on hand, it’s no stretch at all to use them to make a deliciously sweet raw smoothie. Add a bit of honey and some [...]

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  • Smoothie maker: This is the type of recipe I would have never even thought about... very original!
  • Angela Leeds: Glad you liked it, Dawna! I was just just telling a friend of mine about it last night -- he was lookign for some easy, "meaty" raw vegan dishes and I
  • Angela Leeds: Hi Sabrina -- thanks for the tip on the macros. Yes, this was one of the first recipes I posted on the site, before I employed decent photography. I u

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Transform your body, energy, and mind with Live Green Smoothies!

Discover the "liquid sunshine" happy vibe of blending & drinking live greens and fruit!

Whether you're a raw and whole food enthusiast, a junk food enthusiast, a master on the BBQ grill, or a life-long vegan, the Live Green Smoothie Diet site has you in mind.

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