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ALMOND FLOUR GOJI BERRY COOKIES

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almond flour cookie

Cover 1/2-3/4 cup of dried goji berries with orange juice. Add 1 teaspoon Simply Organic Lemon Flavor. Soak until plumped up. Takes a couple hours.

In a vitamix or food processor pulse:

  • 3 cups organic almond flour (Anthony’s. Anthony’s.com or Amazon)
  • 1/2 tsp. sea salt and baking soda and xantham gum

Add:

  • 6 tablespoons organic melted vegan butter (Nutiva. Thrive Market or Amazon)
  • 1/4 cup organic agave syrup
  • 2 tsp. stevia
  • Rind of 1 Lemon
  • 1 flax egg
    (For each flax egg combine 1tbs. ground flax meal and 3 tbs. of water. Stir, let sit in fridge for 15 min.)

Pulse to combine. Put mixed batter in a bowl. Drain the goji berries and mix them into the batter.

Take a tablespoon of cookie dough and form a ball and flatten it slightly on a cookie pan. Bake in a 350 oven for 13-15 minutes. These will be soft cookies.

Raw Zucchini Pasta

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INGREDIENTS

  • 3 organic zucchini made into pasta with a spiral vegetable slicer
  • 1 chopped organic garlic clove
  • 1 tablespoon organic lemon juice
  • 2 tbs. organic balsamic glaze
  • 1/2 cup organic olive oil (Thrive Market brand)
  • 3 tablespoons organic nutritional yeast
  • Salt and  pepper to taste
  • 1/2 cup finely ground organic raw pumpkin seeds (GoRaw)
  • Organic Cherry tomatoes
  • Organic Fresh basil

DIRECTIONS

  • Put the zucchini through the vegetable spiralizer to make it into a pasta shape.
  • In a measuring cup add olive oil, garlic, basil, lemon juice or lemon essential oil, balsamic glaze, salt, pepper and nutritional yeast. Mix with immersion blender.
  • Pour over the zucchini and toss
  • Toss in ground pumpkin seeds.
  • Add in cherry tomatoes.
  • Garnish with fresh basil leaves.

For additional information and uses of the oils mentioned here, please click here.

Green Bean and Sunchoke Salad with Young Living Lemon Essential Oil

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Green beans are good source of dietary fiber, are low in calories and have no saturated fat. Lots of vitamins and minerals.

Ingredients

  • 1 lb. washed green beans
  • 1 1/2# washed sunchokes cut up into equal size pieces
  • 1/4 cup diced up scallion
  • 1 clove minced garlic
  • 1/3 – 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 4 drops lemon essential oil
  • 1/8 cup balsamic vinegar
  • 1 tbs. agave syrup
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • sea salt to taste
  • crushed red pepper (optional)

Directions

  • Blanch green beans for 3 minutes then cool in ice water.
  • Boil the sunchokes, keeping them a little crispy, about 10 minutes.
  • Add the lemon essential oil to olive oil to mix it up.
  • In a large serving bowl add all the ingredient together and toss well.
  • I usually use a bowl with a lid so I can make it the night before and shake the bowl
  • upside down and right side up so the dressing coats the vegetables.

For additional information and uses of the oils mentioned here, please click here.

Baked Sweet Potatoes with Young Living Lemon and Rosemary Essential Oil

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Sweet potatoes contain vitamins B6, C,D, iron, potassium, magnesium and beta carotene. They are high in fiber and their natural sugars are slowly introduced into the blood stream.

 Ingredients

  • 8 cups cubed sweet potatoes
  • 1/3 cup olive oil
  • 4 drops lemon essential oil
  • 2 drops rosemary essential oil
  • sea salt
  • crushed rosemary leaves

Directions

  • Add essential oil to the olive oil, mix.
  • Pour the olive oil over the sweet potatoes in a large bar pan.
  • Toss and evenly coat the sweet potatoes with the oil.
  • Sprinkle with sea salt and rosemary leaves.
  • Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven until tender, about 20 minutes depending on the size of the potato chunks.

For additional information and uses of the oils mentioned here, please click here.

RAW POWER BALLS

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Eating raw has more nutrients that cooked food because there is no heat to destroy the vitamins and minerals. Eating raw keeps the enzymes in tact so the nutrients can be utilized. Raw will give you a great energy boost that lasts. This recipe, in particular, of raw fruits, nuts and seeds will keep you quite regular.

In a very large bowl combine the following-

  • 1 cup each: Organic Raw Walnuts, Almonds, Pecans, Pumpkin Seeds
  • 1/4 cup each: Organic Hemp Seeds, Chia Seeds, Flax Seeds
  • 1/2 cup Organic Flax Meal
  • 10 each cut up: Organic dried apricots, dates, and prunes
  • 3/4 cup each: Organic cranberries, cherries and blueberries (I used Edens Dried Fruit)
  • 3 tbs. Raw Organic Cocoa Powder
  • 1 teaspoon Simply Organic lemon
  • 1 tbs. Simply Organic Ground Cinnamon
  • 4 tbs. Organic Agave Syrup

Directions

  • Have a second big bowl ready. With your hands you will be tossing all the ingredients together.
  • In small batches grind up the ingredients. I use my Vitamix which does a quick, beautiful job.
  • You will want to grind them up well because as you grind up, especially the nuts, the oils will come out and almost create a nut butter.
  • This is important so you will be able to make them into balls and they will not crumble.
  • Then that is exactly what you want to do, make them into balls when you get it all ground up, of course.

Now, do not think that you have to follow this exactly. If you like something more than something else, change it up! Leave things out, add more of something else, it’s okay. I keep the balls in the fridge in a covered glass bowl. This is a great grab and go. I have crumbled them into hot cereal and into yogurt.

 

Lemon Chicken with Young Living Lemon and Rosemary Essential Oil

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Chicken is higher in protein, lower in fat or calories than beef or pork. Good for those wanting to shed a few pounds while the vitamins B6 and B3 boost energy. It is rich in niacin and selenium which help prevent cancer and the selenium helps keep thyroid function normal.

 Ingredients

  • 1 lb. chicken breast
  • Gluten free flour
  • 4 cloves garlic (minced)
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 1/4 cup white wine
  • 1/4 cup chicken broth
  • 5 drops Young Living Rosemary Essential Oil
  • 6 drops Young Living Lemon Essential Oil
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • Sea salt to taste
  • 1/2 # raw baby spinach
  • 2 tbs chives
  • Crushed red pepper

Directions

  • You will want to butterfly the chicken breast. Cut the butterfly in half. This will allow it to cook faster and more evenly.
  • Dust each piece of chicken, front and back with the gluten free flour. This will help the liquids to thicken.
  • In a large 12 inch skillet with a lid, add the olive oil, rosemary essential oil and the lemon essential oil.
  • Add chicken and start to brown the chicken for just a short time before adding the wine and broth.
  • Cover and cook the chicken about 15 minutes.
  • Pour the juice of the lemon, sea salt to taste and crushed red pepper over the chicken.
  • On top of the chicken in the skillet add the raw spinach, cover and allow to wilt. This takes a few minutes.
  • On a serving platter first place the cooked spinach then chicken on top.

For additional information and uses of the oils mentioned here, please click here.

Liver and Walnut Pate with Young Living Lemon Essential Oil

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10 Health Benefits of Eating Chicken Liver by K. Kristie

  1.  Helps prevent anemia
  2.  Promotes good eyesight
  3.  Helps promote fertility (folate)
  4. Promotes health tissues (Riboflavin)
  5. Keeps thyroid healthy (Selenium)
  6. Helps body fight stress (Pantothenic Acid)
  7. Keeps immune system healthy (iron)
  8. Helps prevent pellagra (Niacin)
  9. Promotes healthy skin and nails (Protein)
  10. Helps keep teeth and bones healthy (Phosphorous). Not so yucky after all!

Ingredients

  • 4 large minced garlic cloves
  • 1 tbs. finely chopped shallots
  • olive oil for sautéing
  • 2 tbs. lemon juice
  • 1 lb. chicken livers
  • 1 tsp. bouillon
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 cup walnuts
  • 1/4 cup roasted flax seed
  • 1/4 cup raw hemp seed
  • 3 tbs. dried chives
  • 1/2 tsp. dried thyme
  • 1 tbs. ancho chile powder
  • 4-6 drops Young Living Lemon Essential Oil

Directions

  • Saute in the olive oil the garlic and shallot
  • Add chicken livers and brown the liver
  • Mix the bouillon, fresh lemon juice and water, stir together then add the liquid to the chicken livers
  • Cover and cook the livers through
  • In a food processor add the walnuts, flax seed, hemp seed, chives, thyme, ancho chile powder, lemon essential oil
  • Pulse until blended
  • Add the chicken livers and the liquid that cooked with the chicken livers to the food processor and finish it off so it resembles a pate

For additional information and uses of the oils mentioned here, please click here.

Kale Sausage Soup with Young Living Lemon Essential Oil

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MindBodyGreen Top 10 Benefits of Eating Kale by Alison Lewis

  • Low calorie, high fiber and 0 fat
  • High in iron
  • High in Vitamin K
  • Filled with powerful antioxidants
  • Great anti-inflammatory food
  • Great for cardiovascular support
  • High in vitamin A
  • High in vitamin C
  • High in calcium
  • Great detox food

 Ingredients

  • 1 cup chopped onion
  • 6 cloves chopped garlic
  • 4 stalks chopped celery
  • 1-1/2 cups cut up carrots
  • 1 red pepper diced
  • 2 qts. chicken broth
  • sea salt to taste
  • crushed red pepper
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh parsley
  • 12-16oz. chicken Italian sausage (this would be raw sausage that should be browned before putting it in the soup)
  • I used Bilinski’s (already cooked) Italian Herb Chicken Sausage 12 oz. made without casing. Just cut it up in the soup.
  • 2 cups finely chopped up kale
  • 1-2 tbs. olive oil with 4-6 drops Young Living Lemon Essential Oil

Directions

  • Sautee onion, garlic and celery until soft
  • Enter in carrots and the pepper and let it sauté  a bit
  • Add the chicken broth and bay leaf, salt and pepper to taste
  • Simmer on low for 45 Minutes
  • Take the olive oil and Lemon oil and work it into the kale with your hands
  • Put the Kale and the Sausage pieces in the soup
  • Add the cut Parsley
  • Allow to simmer another 45 Minutes  Done. Eat.

For additional information and uses of the oils mentioned here, please click here.

ROASTED SUNCHOKES with ESCAROLE and BEANS

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Benefits of Sunchokes, Escarole, and Beans

  • Sunchokes (Jerusalem artichoke) is a root veggie high in iron. The carbohydrates are stored as inulin. The body breaks it down slowly so blood sugar stays more stable.
  • Escarole is a green leafy vegetable high in vitamins A and K. These vitamins support the health of the immune and neurological systems. They have  high carotenoid compounds which act as antioxidants. They are high in iron, calcium, and potassium.
  • Great Northern Beans contain omega-3 fatty acids which may be helpful in preventing cardiovascular disease, immune system disorders, (including diabetes), and some cancers. These beans are low in calories, sugar, and fat. They offer high protein and fiber. Great Northerns are low glycemic and the complex carbohydrates digest slowly. This can be helpful in controlling hunger helping  with weight gain and is a good food choice for dieters.

Roasted Sunchokes

  • 1- 11/2 # of sunchokes
  • 1/3- 1/2  cup olive oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon Simply Organic rosemary
  • sea salt to taste
  • 6 cloves chopped garlic

Directions

  • Mix the rosemary in the olive oil.
  • Scrub the sunchokes, leaving the skin on them.
  • I roast the sunchokes on my pampered chef large bar pan lined with parchment paper.
  • Placed the sunchokes on the pan, spreading them evenly on the pan.
  • Pour the olive oil, salt, and the garlic on the sunchokes.
  • Work the ingredients all into the sunchokes.
  • Roast at 425 degrees about 20- 30 min. until tender and brown.

Escarole and Great Northern Beans

  • 1 head of organic escarole washed and chopped
  • 4 cloves organic chopped garlic
  • sea salt to taste
  • organic crushed red pepper to taste
  • 1/4 cup organic olive oil
  • 1 can organic great northern beans
  • 1 tablespoon organic lemon juice

Directions

  • Add the lemon oil to the olive oil
  • Sautee lightly the garlic in the olive oil
  • Add the chopped escarole and cook down like spinach.
  • Add the sea salt and crushed pepper.
  • Add the can of drained great northern beans.
  • Now is the time for the sunchokes, put them in the pan. Heat through.
  • Plate it up and eat with your favorite gluten free bread.