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Nourishing Brown Rice Breakfast Bowl…

  YIELD: 2 Servings PREP: 5 mins COOK: 10 mins READY IN: 15 mins Ingredients 1 cup Brown Rice cooked to packed instructions 2 cups homemade almond milk or alternative 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg 1 persimmon Quartered 1/2 cup Fresh Strawberries hulled 2 tbsp hemp seeds 2 tbsp Black Sesame Seeds 2 tbsp raw almonds Instructions In a small saucepan, heat the almond milk, rice, cinnamon quills and ground nutmeg Simmer for 5-6 minutes or until gently heated Ladle into bowls and top with fruit, hemp and sesame seeds Serve immediately CUISINE: Asian COURSE: Breakfast SKILL LEVEL: Beginner

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Brown Rice and Vegetable Congee…

YIELD: 2 Servings PREP: 5 mins COOK: 60 mins READY IN: 1 hr 5 mins Ingredients 1 tbsp coconut oil oil 3 cloves garlic, minced optional 1 tsp grated ginger 1 tsp grated fresh turmeric 1 tbsp sesame oil 1 tsp mirin 1 tsp rice wine vinegar 1 cup brown rice, rinsed (soaked overnight if desired) 2 cup water + 1 cup if needed 1 tsp ground wakame flakes 1/2 cup pumpkin, diced 1/2 cup sweet potato, diced Fresh coriander to serve Sesame seeds to serve Instructions In a large pot, heat the coconut oil and sauté the minced garlic and grated ginger and turmeric Add the sesame oil, mirin, rice wine vinegar, brown rice, water and wakame flakes Bring to a boil, then turn down the heat and allow to simmer for 40 minutes, without letting the...

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Nut Milks….

YIELD: 2 cups (2 Servings) PREP: 4 hrs 0 min All nut milks are really easy to make. You can experiment with almonds, hazelnuts, sunflower seeds, black sesame seeds, pistachios- just about any nut or seed can be used. All will have their own flavour and colour and some are best used for baking, others are better for drinking. I add nut milks to cereals, smoothies and puddings, and gently heat in a pot for a warm drink! Ingredients 1 cup raw almonds soaked overnight or 4 hours 1 coconut, flesh and water extra filtered water as needed dates and vanilla bean seeds, if desired Instructions Drain and rinse soaked almonds Add all ingredients to a blender and process for about 2 minutes Strain through...

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Double Chocolate Chi Coconut Smoothie…

YIELD: 1 1/2 cups (1 Servings) COOK: 2 mins My friends from Chi Coconut Water asked me to create a delicious smoothie.......this was the result! Ingredients 1 cup Chi coconut water 1/2 cup homemade almond milk 1 banana frozen and broken into quarters 1 tbsp raw cacao powder 1 tbsp cacao nibs 1 tsp maca powder optional 1/2 tsp pure vanilla paste/essence 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon Instructions Blend all ingredients together until smooth Top with desiccated coconut and extra cacao nibs COURSE: Breakfast SKILL LEVEL: Beginner

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Spicy Green Apple Smoothie…

YIELD: 2 cups (1 Servings) PREP: 2 mins COOK: 2 mins READY IN: 4 mins Want a great kickstart to your day? Ingredients 2 apples cored and sliced 1cm ginger peeled 1/2 cucumber chopped roughly 1 cup spinach  2 cups filtered water Instructions Add all ingredients to your high powered blender, and spice up your day! COURSE: Breakfast SKILL LEVEL: Beginner

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