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Easy Summer Sides – Zucchini Carrot Soup

Rommy Kirby — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 17:54:50 +0000

Add this simple summer soup to your slim down menu!

It’s detox friendly, gluten free, dairy free, and vegan.

Zucchini Carrot Soup

1 large onion- chopped
2 large carrots- sliced
2 large zucchini- sliced
2 stalks of celery- sliced
2 tbsp minced fresh parsley
1 handful of spinach
1 tsp sea salt
1/8 tsp red pepper
4 cups distilled water or vegetable broth (must be yeast free & organic)

Put all of the ingredients into a pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until all veggies are cooked thoroughly, about 20 minutes.
Puree with an immersion blender, Vitamix, or blender. (Serves 4)

Vitamix Quick Tip

Put all ingredients into blender
Secure cover.
Blend on high for 5-7 minutes.

The Vitamix blends at such a high speed that it will actually do the cooking for you!

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Essential Detox Fizzy

Rommy Kirby — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 19:41:34 +0000

You know that urge when you really want the bite of fizz on the back of the tongue but every single fizzy drink on the market is loaded with chemicals, artificial flavors, neurotoxic sweeteners and sugar.

I used to love the first sip if a freshly opened Coke! I liked the way it bit into the throat and feel of the effervescence in my mouth. I thought I would be able to stop at just one sip, but no, I wanted more and more until the entire syrupy chemical concoction was gone.

I still love that occasional bite! Here is my recipe for a delightful detox treat that I can whip up in less than 5 minutes.

Ingredients

1 cup (+/-) Sparkling Mineral Water – I like Pellegrino

1/2 – 1 cup Cranberry Juice – For detox use Just Cranberry by Knudsen and I like it strong

1 tablespoon Coconut Sugar or Manuka Honey

Essential Oils (use all or just the ones you like)

2 drops Cinnamon Bark

2 drops Ginger

2 drop Lime

1 drop Lemon

1 drop Wild Orange

Put it together

1 – Measure sugar or honey into a small glass container

2 – Add desired essential oils so honey or sugar can absorb them

3 – Pour sugar into tall serving glass

4 – Add sparkling mineral water. Allow fizz to dissolve coconut sugar. Stir slightly if necessary.

5 – Add cranberry juice.

6 – Stir gently

7 – Enjoy!!!

Your kidneys will thank you for the real cranberry.

Your liver and gallbladder will thank you for the Lemon, Lime and Wild Orange.

Your pancreas will thank you for the Cinnamon.

Your belly and digestive system will thank you for the Ginger.

The sharp tartness and slightly sweet fizz satisfies the urge for commercial chemically formulated soft drinks.

I do not use ice and suggest that you do not because it is hard on the digestive system and particularly the kidneys.

The essential oil I use are pure, therapeutic grade and certified by a 3rd party to be free of microbes, pathogens, pesticides, herbicides, molds, mildew and fungus. They are the only essential oils I use, teach about and recommend. Send me an email to learn more about the oils I use and trust.

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Essential Hot Cocoa

Rommy Kirby — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 18:27:20 +0000

There is just something yummy and cheerful about a cup of hot cocoa on a cold winter day!

Here’s how I like to enjoy mine…

courtesy of doTERRA blog

Ingredients

1 cup water

5 tsp. cocoa powder

2 teaspoons Coconut Sugar (adjust to desired sweetness)

1 tsp. vanilla extract

3 cups coconut milk

Essential Oils to Flavor (I add a drop of the oil to my coconut sugar then add the sugar to my other ingredients)

Cinnamon Bark

Peppermint

Wild Orange

Put it together…

1 – Measure dry ingredients into a bowl.

2 – Heat water in saucepan on stove

3 – Add dry ingredients and stir until smooth

4 – Add Coconut Milk and heat until simmering

5 – Pour into warm mugs

6 – Enjoy!!!

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Essentially Happy Head Elixir

Rommy Kirby — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 17:56:45 +0000

It is estimated that 25 million working days are lost due to headaches, particularly migraine.

I suffered..scratch that, I was actually I was debilitated by them, for over 6 years!

It was a vicious cycle…

migraine, meds, recover from meds, 1 maybe 2 good days of bright hope, then it started all over again.

It took a lot of work, a thorough detox, and years of living a daily detox lifestyle to enjoy the health I have today. Seldom do I get a migraine. When I do, most of the time, I can nip it in the bud naturally.

Here is one natural and delicious way of staying in the game without the nasty side effects…by the way, this is also great for those times when you have overindulged…

Essentially Happy Head Elixir

Ingredients:

3 Granny Smith Apples
4 Stalks Celery
1/4 cup fresh clean water
1-2 Lemons
2 drops Cinnamon Bark Essential Oil
2 drops Grapefruit Essential Oil
1-2 drops Ginger Essential Oil

Directions:

Juice apples, celery and lemon.
Pour water through juicer to get all the goodies
Drop Cinnamon Bark, Grapefruit, and Ginger Essential Oils into glass
Pour juice into glass
Enjoy

This recipe

aids the liver
helps to emulsify fats
supports digestion

Next time, you’ve been over served (hangover anyone?), over eaten or feeling Captain Head Tension rally her Storm Troopers, give this a try. Your body will thank you.

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Delicious Dijon Corn Salad

Rommy Kirby — Sun, 25 Aug 2013 15:41:34 +0000

Dijon Corn Salad

Because of garden bounty, summer is a really great time to clean up our diets, but let’s face it…summer is also a time we want quick, easy and scrumptious food.

Did you know that you can have both?

You can easily impress your family and friends…and sneak in something really healthy.

Dijon Corn Salad

Ingredients

2 Cups Baby Arugula, Spinach or other tender leafy green of your choice
2 Cups Raw or Cooked Corn (I have done it both ways and prefer cooked)
1/2 Cup Organic Cherry or Grape Tomatoes (go ahead and dice your Heirloom Tomatoes if that is what you have)
2 Tablespoons Dijon Mustard
1 Teaspoon Local Honey
Juice of 1/2 Lemon
Sea Salt and Pepper to taste

Directions

Cut corn from the cob.
Cut cherry tomatoes in half.
Place corn and tomatoes in large mixing bowl.
Combine mustard, honey, and lemon juice in medium mixing bowl.
Pour over corn and tomatoes and gently fold until dressing is evenly distributed.
Place arugula in large bowl.
Layer corn and tomatoes on top.
Salt and pepper to taste.

Recipe notes…

Serves 2 as a main dish and serves many as a side dish and is best served room temperature. It can also be easily doubled.

I’ve shared this delightful dish at 1 cook out, 1 dinner party and 1 party I hosted myself in the last month. Each time, there were no left overs and no one, not one single person thought they were eating ‘healthy’ food.

I use local, organic corn from my CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). I don’t always have local, organic cherry tomatoes, but I can pick up organic at the grocery and I get the triple washed, organic baby arugula to make things even easier.

You will find this recipe in the transition phase of my Summer Detox. Being healthy isn’t about deprivation…it is more about decadence and giving your body delicious and nourishing foods!

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