Sticky Cauliflower Rice

• 5 cups cauliflower rice (use ready-made or see step 1)
• 1 tablespoon coconut oil
• ⅓ teaspoon Himalayan salt
• 2 tablespoons coconut vinegar
• ½ cup coconut milk

Tahini Miso Sauce

• ⅓ cup tahini
• 1 large garlic clove, peeled and finely grated
• 1 teaspoon wasabi paste (optional)
• 1 teaspoon fermented miso paste
• 1 tablespoon coconut vinegar
• 1 tablespoon coconut aminos
• ¼ cup cold filtered water

Add-ins

• 6 organic raw nori seaweed sheets
• 1 large cucumber, julienned
• 8 ounces wild-caught pre-cooked salmon, skinless and broken into pieces (option to use smoked or canned salmon instead)
• 1 cup purple cabbage, thinly sliced
• ⅓ cup scallions, white and green part, thinly sliced

Directions:

1. If you’re making cauliflower rice at home: Chop the cauliflower into one-inch chunks, including the core. Transfer a third at a time to a food processor and pulse until the cauliflower has a rice texture.

2. Heat the coconut oil in a large sauté pan over high heat....

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Eat food. 
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Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup organic raspberries frozen
• 1/2 cup organic blackberries frozen
• 16-20 ounces iced green tea (prepare in advance)
• 1 handful of ice
• 2 cups baby spinach
• 2 kale leaves torn from stem
• 2 scoops vanilla- or chocolate-flavored protein powder (pea protein, sweetened with stevia)*
• 2 droppers full of liquid stevia I prefer berry or chocolate flavor
• 2 tablespoons avocado about ¼ avocado
• 1 scoop freeze-dried greens (optional and recommended)
• 1 tablespoon flax, hemp or chia seeds (optional and recommended)
• 1 tablespoon fiber inulin or glucomannan (optional and recommended)
• 1 teaspoon Maca powder (optional for the adventurous)
• 1 teaspoon pomegranate powder (optional for the adventurous)
• 1 teaspoon acai powder (optional for the adventurous)
• 1 teaspoon camu camu powder (optional for the adventurous)
• 1 teaspoon bee pollen (optional for the adventurous)
• 1 tablespoon aloe gel (optional for the adventurous) 

Directions:

1. Add all ingredients to blender bowl (pr...

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Ingredients

• 1 cup frozen peaches
• 1 banana
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 tbsp protein powder
• 1 tbsp coconut butter
• 1 tsp cinnamon powder

Directions

1. Add all ingredients into your blending container.
2. Blend ingredients for 45 seconds.
3. Enjoy and serve! 

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Underlying weight loss and gut health are the trillions of bacteria that find a home in your gut. You have over 500 species of different bacteria in your gastrointestinal tract. In fact, you have more bacteria than you have cells! Most of that bacteria is good for you; it helps you break down food, absorb nutrients, and keep your immune system primed.

Some of that bacteria are the kind that attacks cells or produces ...

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What would a world like this look like? What would a world like this feel like? 

For many, this world of being “on the move”, is not a reality. In fact it’s just the opposite. Most of us find ourselves or those we live with, work with or associate with stuck, trapped and imprisoned like birds locked in a cage, unable to fly. This silent majority, for years, has longed for the day and the key to break free and unlock their dreams and potential, wondering when they will discover the solution to break out and spread their wings and finally fly.  

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There is a key to unlock our immobile, inactive and unrealized hopes and potential and get our lives and those we care about “on the move”. 

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You probably have never heard of him before, but chances are, you’ve seen an example of what he did for a living. His name was Eric Brenn and in the 1950’s and 60’s he was the best in the business. He was so good at what he did, he made it on national television and inspired a generation of performers. It was February, 1969 when Brenn made his national debut on the famous Ed Sullivan Show. He appeared on stage in a snazzy black suit and bow tie with a stack of dinner plates in his arms along with a number of long sticks.

Then with a coy smile and a wave of his hand, loud circus music began to play as he carefully set one plate on top of a wooden stick and spun it with the flick of his finger.  He repeated this with two, three, four and five plates, all now, mounted on top of sticks on a dinner table, all spinning in rhythmic unison. The audience was thrilled! Brenn, the consummate showman, smiled from ear to ear, bowed to the camera and studio audience taking in their thunderous app...

Ingredients

▪ 2¼ cups full-fat coconut milk

▪ 2½ teaspoons unflavored gelatin powder

▪ ½ cup maple syrup

▪ zest of 1 lemon

▪ ½ teaspoon ground cardamom

▪ 1 teaspoon alcohol-free, gluten-free pure vanilla extract

▪ 1/8 teaspoon sea salt

▪ ½ cup fresh or frozen raspberries

Directions

Step 1: Place ¼ cup of the coconut milk in a medium heatproof bowl. Sprinkle the gelatin over it and set it aside to bloom for 5 minutes.

Step 2: Heat the remaining 2 cups coconut milk with the maple syrup, lemon zest, cardamom, vanilla, and sea salt in a saucepan over medium-high heat for five minutes. Whisk the softened gelatin into the saucepan and continue whisking until all of it is dissolved.

Step 3: Allow the mixture to chill for 15 to 20 minutes. Place 3 to 4 raspberries in each ice pop mold, then fill with the liquid. Place the pops in the freezer to set for a minimum of 4 hours.