The Live Green Smoothie Diet

I was delighted this week to find a good local source of giant aloe vera leaves! It’s been a few months since I enjoyed a smoothie made with fresh aloe vera gel, and the fresh gel is el primo for alkalizing your body and helping to get rid of inflammation and stiffness, not to mention [...]

What a lovely way to wake up! This beautifully sunny glass is full of Vitamin C, whole-food fiber, and the alkalizing, energizing, soothing power of fresh aloe vera gel! Add a bit of rose water (or orange blossom water… your pick), and you’ve got a light, refreshing day-starter with a wee bit of exotic appeal. And for [...]

One glass of this and I felt warm and ready for… well, for somethin’! A night of dancing, I’d say, if it weren’t already 11pm on a Thursday night. This is a delicious, non-fat, low-cal, energizing drink you can make a few different ways. Made with fresh lime juice and raw cane sugar as I [...]

This unique Live Green Smoothie is a meal, and though you could probably live on the thing, could also easily categorize as either a dessert or a high-test energy drink. Wow. Vanilla and macadamia nuts together are just a classic combo. And here, they combine to make a rich, creamy, delicious, mild smoothie, just loaded [...]

If you haven’t yet tried any of the smoothies I’ve been whipping up lately with fresh aloe vera gel, maybe this will be the one to send you over the edge and buy a handful of aloe vera leaves at your local grocery store. I’d like to say that this is my favorite one, but the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I love vanilla, and I’m also always on the lookout for new ways to enjoy fresh aloe very gel because of it’s “miracle superfood” reputation… I just never thought the two would go so nicely together! Turns out, they make quite a lovely pair. This smoothie is light and for the vanilla purist. It’s refreshing, [...]