One food fits all.

Have you ever wondered what goes into those feeding tubes, for patients at the hospital... or baby formula?

Okay, maybe the latter people have had more exposure to... but the former?

So my grandmother just had surgery on a tumor in her throat, so she can swallow a bit better.

The doctors gave her this liquid food... can I call it food?  Anyway, basically it was, corn syrup, cow's milk and soy with added nutrients-- calcium, and a few others.

It said 1 calorie on the label? But I have a hard time believing that.  Who knows.

Anyway, I wanted to make her another food choice that had just as much protein and nutrition.. without the sugar load, cholesterol and inflammation results other negative side affects of consuming milk.  eeeek.

This recipe makes 1 pitcher full of serious nutrition-- I wasn't going for taste, but it actually was very palatable.. could have had it as a soup or a sauce !!

Extreme Healing Smoothie Juice 
-- Designed especially for beating cancer

1 cup cooked white beans
1 cup cooked quinoa

1 brazil nut
1/4 cup cashews
1/4 cup pumpkin seeds

3 carrots
4 leaves of kale
1 orange beet
1 lime with peel
1 handful of parsley
1" peeled fresh turmeric
1" peeled fresh ginger
1 garlic clove
2 cups lettuce
3/4 cup cabbage
7 mini bell peppers
1 tomato

1 oz aloe vera juice
1 tsp nutritional yeast
1 tbsp raw coconut oil
1 tsp flax oil
1 tsp spirulina
16 oz coconut water
8 oz sun tea (unheated water with herb diffused over 20 minutes-- I used a tsp mixed of alfalfa tea, calendula and spearmint)
1 tbsp of Organic Life Vitamins 
2 tsp Calcium Magnesium Citrate 

The day before, I soaked the white beans all day, and then put them in the crockpot overnight 4-5 hours -- it helps to plug it into a timed power outlet.
Soak the nuts and seeds in water while you juice the vegetables.

Prepare vegetables so that they can fit into a juicer.

Once vegetables are juiced, add them to a high powered blender.  Drain the nuts and seeds and add them, add the oils, spirulina, beans and quinoa.  Blend on high for 1 minute.  Add the rest of the ingredients, again blend on high for 1 minute.

After everything has been blended, strain the contents through a nut milk bag or a fine sieve-- only if it's for a feeding tube, otherwise it doesn't need to be sieved.

Voila, all in one magical food.  I was too afraid to try it after it was made, even though it smelled really good. My husband gave it a go, and thought it tasted like a thai curry! Go figure :)

Hearty greens & quinoa salad with walnut-sesame dressing

Lunch or dinner for 2 with some leftovers :)

Steamed Vegetables
1/2 radicchio sliced thinly
1 bunch broccolini roughly chopped 1-2 inch pieces

Black lentils + Quinoa
1/2 cup of lentils
1/2 cup of quinoa

Arugula and Yellow Beet Salad
3 cups of spinach
2 cups of baby arugula
1/2 yellow beet grated, or thinly sliced

Walnut-Sesame Dressing 

1/4 cup walnuts

1/4 cup cashews

2 tbsp sesame seeds

2 tbsp almonds

1 tbsp vinegar

1 cup of water

3 tbsp nutritional yeast

1/2 tsp garlic powder and onion powder each

1 tbsp basil
1 tsp agave
1 micropinch of stevia

Garnishes
sriracha sauce
2 slices of tomato
3 yellow beet sticks

Wash the lentils and quinoa, and put in a pot, fill the pot with water until the water covers the lentils and quinoa by about an inch.  Bring to a boil, then simmer until water is evaporated, about 20 minutes.



After lentils have been set on the stove, steam the vegetables until the broccolini is bright green and the radicchio has wilted slightly.  While the vegetables are steaming, cut the salad ingredients and place in a bowl. Place all of the ingredients for the dressing in a high powered blender like a vitamix and blend until smooth. Garnish with sriracha.

Place 1-2 cups of salad on the plate.  Follow with a 1/4 cup of steamed vegetables, 1/4 cup of quinoa and lentils and 5 tbsp of dressing.  Garnish with tomato and beets.

 Mix well and enjoy :)