strawberry orange julius

Just add strawberries to this baby clean and tastly orange julius and voila a new delicious twist on the oldie but goodie.

cranberry orange butter syrup

I made this up after having leftover cranberry sauce from Thanksgiving and nothing to use it with. It was a huge success with me and my kids liked it too!  It seriously makes me feel like I am at a bed and breakfast (well I've never been to one but I bet this is what they serve. :)) It takes just a little bit of time but once you have it made it will last for a while in the fridge. And will be handy everytime you have pancakes or waffles.

Ingredients:

-2 oranges
-2 Tbsp butter
-3-4 Tbsp maple syrup
-cranberry sauce


Instructions:

1. Zest the oranges and then peel the orange by cutting with a knife around the edges so the white and segment skin is removed.
2. Seperate the orange slices and try to remove the segment skins from them (easiest if you pull from the side already free of skin.
3. Put the oranges plus all other ingredients into the pan and simmer until a sauce starts to form
(If you like the segments whole, don't let it go too long, otherwise make a sauce) and then smash together with a fork.
4. Pour onto pancakes warm and eat as is or with maple syrup drizzled on it.

Clean and tasty Orange Julius

I had a hankering for an orange julius, reminisant of the days when I would go to the mall and get them ones loaded with all sorts of things. I hopped online to see if I could find any inspiration and ended up devising my own. So here goes.....

Serves 4

Ingredients:

-4 oranges (or a combo of oranges and manderans which is all I had)
-2 bananas frozen
-about 3/4 C whole fat coconut milk
-1 tsp vanilla
-orange juice fresh or not OR I used coconut water cause that all I had again (enough to get it mixing well)
-Stevia
-Ice cubes

Directions:
1. Combine all but ice cubes in the blender and blend till smooth
2. Add ice cubes to your liking (I love icy drinks so I do about 8 or so)
3. Pour and enjoy!

Greens and Fruit smoothie

I love smoothies especially for on the go snack or breakfast. This one is a go-to here. And trust me you can't taste the greens. The smoothies finished below are of smoothies without any berries and you can hardly see the greens as is. We love to change around the ingredients and see what we come up with.

Ingredients:
1-2 C of spinach or kale (with kale- strip the leaves off and discard the stem)
1 orange peeled
1 C homemade non-dairy milks (hemp, almond, cashew etc) we love hemp!
1-2 bananas fresh or frozen
2 C mixed fruit of ANY kind (we like berries and they hide the green well)
1 tbsp ground flax seeds
Other great additions are coconut oil, frozen coconut milk, probiotics, and filtered water

1. Put the greens and milk in first and blend till smooth (if you have an awesome blender such as a vitamix or blendtek then no need to seperate the steps)
2. Add in the fruit, flax seeds, and any other add ins and put in water or milks as needed then blend till smooth
3. enjoy as a smoothie or freeze into popsicles for later