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Green smoothie before bed; the best medicine

February 10, 2009 by hollie Raw Foods

I’ve been eating horribly the last few weeks, which is about how long I’ve been in school. I’m sure these two things are connected. When stressed, I go toward the familiar foods, and I’ve been eating loads and loads of high-fat carbs, chicken (ugh), and sugar. I’ve gained three pounds. I can feel it around [...]

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Addendum to Corn Crackers: CUT CORN FROM COB.

October 20, 2008 by hollie Recipes

I was just reading the comments to my last post, and happened to scroll down to the recipe, and realized I left out the all-important step of cutting the corn off the cob (and throwing out the cobs).
Some of you will be thinking, “What kind of a moron does she think I am?”, while others [...]

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Tweaking the Kale Smoothie

September 9, 2008 by hollie Recipes

A lot of people taste the smoothies I make and think they taste too “green”. I can handle the flavor because I’ve gotten used to it over time. But there are ways to tweak it:

Make sure your fruit is very ripe. Maybe even overripe. You can toss some pretty funky bananas into those things, and [...]

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Kale smoothies FTW

September 8, 2008 by hollie Posts with Photos

I know what you’re thinking, believe me, I do. If someone told me ten years ago that I’d someday be enjoying smoothies made from kale, I’d have told them they were a couple bulbs short of a box, and they needed professional help.
But here it is, in all its considerable non-glory:
Hollie’s Favorite Kale Smoothie
3 C [...]

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