DRINKS

Basic Almond Milk

1-2 C Almonds (soaked overnight)

6C Spring water

METHOD

-Blend nuts and water in a blender until blended into a fine pulp.

-Using a strainer with a square piece of cloth muslin or pantyhose placed over it it, pour the milk through it into a small bucket or bowl. Squeeze out the excess milk using the cloth. Put the pulp aside in the fridge for later use of course. There are so many reasons NOT to put it in the compost.

-Pour milk from the bucket into a glass bottle for chilling in the fridge.

-Almond Milk will last in the fridge for up to 3 days

NUT MILK VARIATIONS

Chai

In a blender with 2C almond milk add;

¼ C raisons or other preferred sweetener and your personal favourite chai spices, cloves, cardamon, cinnamon, star anise, nutmeg etc.

Apricot Tingle

Add the soak water from dried apricots to your nut milk. Any soak water can be added for different flavours.

Mint Out

Mint out on adding 2 drops of peppermint essence and a T cacao. Add some vanilla pod and honey if desired.

Macca/Aloe

In a blender add with 2 cups of almond milk add-

1 banana

Pinch a Nutmeg

Pinch a Cinnamon

Agave or honey to taste

1t carob or cacao

Aloe Vera-Strip all the green off a leaf of Aloe Vera using a knife and add only the gel to your smoothie.

NOTE-Aloe Vera should not be ingested by pregnant womyn and young children as it contains strong liver cleansing effects.

Pear n Pomegranate Juice

Just both pear and pomegranate combined through the juicer! It’s a divine pump straight to your insides direct from the Goddess herself. I LOVE pomegranates and when I discovered cold press juicers I put these two together and kabam, fell in even more love with pomegranate season J

NOTES

To easily obtain all the pomegranate pips with out getting frustrated or making a mess. Place two pomegranate halves into a bowl of water. Break them open and pop out the seeds. All the white pith will float to the surface making it easy to separate the two.

The Egyptians used the lush pomegranate for fertility ceremony. I love how in certain suburbia, you can find little Italian womyn protecting their front yard pomegranate fruit trees from the hungry pedestrian. They contain a hit of vitamin C, fiber, iron and minerals.

Green Mint Smoothie

3 pears

5 leaves of kale or spinach

5 sprigs of mint

Water to add

BLEND and SERVE

Green OJ

Add any dark leafy greens to your ready to juice pile of oranges and juice. Try spinach, touch a fennel, touch a mint, kales, carrot tops, dandelion and grasses.

NOTES

Occasionally I will add a spoon of flax seed oil to slow down the absorption of vitamin C for a longer lasting hit of freshness n energy and there is something I love about that subtle nutty flavour in my orange juice.

Nettle Tea

1 T dried Nettle leaf

1 t dried licorice root

1 t dried elder flowers

- Make a large pot, almost bring to boil but take off the heat and allow to sit for a few minutes before enjoying. Drink Nettle tea through out each day and watch how it makes you smile J seriously!

Sun Light Tea (courtesy of Phred)

Any dried herbs and/or fruit placed into water and then into a glass jar. Added sweetener if preferred. Place in sun to warm. Sun bubbles forming in the tea, must mean its ready to drink J

Plants to dry for teas

Rose Petals                               Strawberry leaf tops

Violet Flowers                            Thyme leaves

Elder flowers                             Primrose petals

Stinging nettle                            Lime flowers

Honeysuckle                               Ground Ivy

Cleavers                                   Fennel seeds

Borage leaves/flowers                    Birch Leaf