A drink for healthy skin

Ingredients in this mornings drink: Amazing Grass, fresh strawberries, raw honey, Udo's oil, frozen berries, Kyo-Green and some fresh blueberries.

Last night my sister made the comment, "I guess you are not taking the Udo's oil anymore because I never see it on the blog."

Just so you know, eating too much fat is an issue for most of the people in my family so the subject of fat content comes up a lot.


I told her, "I am still taking the Udo's oil. I have it everyday in my drink."

And it occurred to me that I should mention the biggest reason I drink this everyday. I drink this for my skin.

If any of you are prone to skin conditions such as eczema, psoriasis or just plain dry skin - it is really important to get in a healthy dose of essential fatty acids and antioxidants everyday.

So what do the ingredients in my drink do?

- Udo's oil is a complete blend of 3, 6, and 9 omega fatty acids. Getting enough essential fatty acids each day is a must for healthy skin.

-Amazing Grass provides tons of greens which helps balance acidic ph levels and boosts your immune system. Also eating lots of greens in your diet promotes glowing skin.

- Berries provide a healthy dose of antioxidants and taste great.

- Raw honey is an anti-inflammatory and also boosts immune function.


Those are the 'must have' ingredients for my drink. Today I also added in some fresh berries and some coconut butter.

The white dots are the coconut butter and the small amber colored droplets are the Udo's oil.

I add in a little something different each day. Sometimes I add in some fresh spinach, bee pollen or some brewers yeast. 


The most important thing is that I want it to taste delicious because I want to keep this habit going.


So that is the story of my daily drink. 


Do you have something you take everyday just for your health?

Fruit soup

The workers told me yesterday they will be cutting down the tree in my patio.

I love this tree. It is one of the reasons I rented this apartment. But, apparently, there is a new policy in the complex that forbids trees in the patios. Sigh.

I am hoping that the tree guys:

1. Are unable to work in the torrential down pours that are happening today.

2. Are too busy chopping down everyone else's trees and don't get to mine so that I get to enjoy my tree for another weekend.


The next item up on the soy front? Soft tofu.

I combined a good size chunk of the tofu with an apple, an orange, some blueberries, Kyo-Green and some Udo's oil. 

 

It turned out to have the consistency of a thick, fruit soup.

Topped with almond slivers.

The combination of fruit was spot-on and the tofu added a nice creaminess to the smoothie without interferring with the taste of the fruit.

And coffee.

A healthy serving of protein plus tons of fruit? I think I will be making more of these!


The dogs enjoyed this:

Apple slices with a large dollop of peanut butter.

A good start to the day for all of us :-)

What's for breakfast?

Not getting caffeine into my body as soon as possible after getting up early leads to -> doing outside activities and returning to the house and waking up sometime later - laid out on the couch with the dogs draped over me - (yup, the dogs were clearly not on board with the 'acquiring caffeine so I can stay awake' goal...)

So after some much needed caffeine.

 

I had a breakfast of greek yogurt, muesli, chopped up apple and a drizzle of Udo's oil .

 The dogs got a dollop of yogurt (note that this small dish of food was mixed and then split between them) some Kyo-Green, chunks of apple and a drizzle of Udo's oil.  

Now, to get some work done!