The Live Green Smoothie Diet

Serious beta-carotene blast here, with fresh strawberries and rose water adding fragrance, and a bit of banana added for creaminess Use yellow, orange, or red sweet peppers, and substitute raspberries if you’d like. Imagine this with red sweet pepper and raspberry with rose water… mmmmm. Add greens to this one… I left them out just [...]

Lovely, velvety, with a romantic rosy blush… and you hardly need romance happening to enjoy it. I poured a couple out to enjoy with my father, who liked it very much. By now, if you’ve been following me for any length of time, surely you have some rose water in your cabinet that desires to [...]

When I served this, the kids at the table loved it… “Looks like blood!” Well, that’s not exactly how I’d put it, but.. yes… it sure is a striking dish. Substitute several mangoes instead of the cantaloupe and you’ll have another gorgeously simple dessert or breakfast option. It’s absolutely company-perfect, and you could probably whip [...]

I love rose water almost as much as I love great vanilla. Almost. And if you’re like me, and you appreciate quick & filling meals that also taste great, you’ll love this combination. Which, by the way, you can also make with either vanilla or orange blossom water instead of the rose water! *swooning on [...]

This is a non-fat recipe with no added sugar, and a non-savory (no onions, no garlic, no olive oil) way to enjoy the health benefit of your jucy summer tomato harvest! If you’re trying to lose weight, if you’re watching your sugar, if you follow a Weight Watchers program, or looking  to increase your tomato [...]

At times this is a staple in our house. It’s just so brainlessly easy to make, and so ridiculously delicious, I love having it on the table to go owith whatever else is rummaged up. Fresh papaya is so succulent and rich… like juicy butter! It’s such a wonder that it has no fat in [...]

The way tomatoes taste in heaven… This is a sweet, tropical answer to the Bloody Mary, and I’ll bet you’ve never had anything like it! The intent of this recipe was to make a Tomato-Rose Sorbet sweetened with Mango, made creamy with Zucchini, and made aromatic with Rose Water. But it was so delicious, I [...]

Here’s a great basic recipe you can use to help add more fresh greens to your kids’ diet. The avocado in this green smoothie makes it creamy, fresh parsley or baby spinach make it (unwittingly) a salad-in-a-glass, and the strawberries, raw honey, and rose water make it fragrantly sweet in a way kids (well, mine [...]

This lovely fresh tea looks like raspberry sherbet and isn’t made with tea at all but, like all my Warm Live Teas, is a raw smoothie made with fresh fruit, then gently warmed to a cozy temp… and take all of a couple minutes to whip up! A simple refresher… but with exotic appeal. And [...]

(Above: Pear-Ginger Warm Live Tea) Warm Live Teas are similar to Warm Live Soups… they’re smoothies made from raw ingredients, then briefly warmed up without cooking them. But in this case, the teas are sweet. And so delicious. Instead of having a decaf herbal tea flavored with the essence of fruit, just make a warm tea [...]