Slim Down Detox Salad (From Our NEW e-Cookbook)

Eating this salad is like taking a cool shower on a hot day: cleansing, refreshing and totally revitalizing.

It’s 90 degrees as we type and all we can think about is diving into some crisp lettuce crunchy sprouts, creamy avocado and tart grapefruit.  So we wanted to share one of our summer staples: The Slim Down Detox Salad.

It’s the perfect salad on a steamy day, whenever you need to banish the belly bloat and great for getting back on track after a cray-cray weekend.

This salad is delicious and detoxifying and it’s just one of the many amazing recipes you’ll find in our new cookbook {Healthy} Cooking Camp: {Healthy} Cooking Basics.  Click the link to get more info on that!

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Slim Down Detox Salad
Servings: 2
Time: 10 minutes

  • 1-2 handfuls of fresh spinach or arugula, cleaned and chopped (about 4 cups)
  • Handful of chopped dandelion greens
  • Sprouts (any kind will work, our fave is sunflower sprouts)
  • 1⁄4 cup raw pumpkin seeds
  • 1 avocado, sliced
  • 1 grapefruit, supremed
  • 8 small red radishes, sliced
  • 1⁄4 cup roughly chopped parsley

Dressing

  • 1⁄4 cup olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons raw apple cider vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon of honey, preferably raw
  • Sea salt and fresh ground black pepper

Directions

Supreme your grapefruit – remove peel and cut out grapefruit segments. Save membrane and peels to squeeze juice for dressing.

Begin building your salad by layering spinach, dandelion greens and sprouts. Add grapefruit segments, radishes, parsley and avocado slices.

Drizzle salad dressing over salad and finish by sprinkling pumpkin seeds.

To make salad dressing

Squeeze the remaining grapefruit juice from membrane and peels into a bowl.

Add in honey and whisk.

Drizzle olive oil, vinegar, salt and pepper and continue to whisk until it’s all incorporated.

Mixed Greens w/ Granola Croutons + Yogurt Dressing

Usually when you think of breakfast for dinner you think pancake night or bowl of cereal.

But here at HCC we’re taking the breakfast for dinner concept to a whole ‘nother level…and [wait for it...] we’re adding granola on your salad!

That’s right, being the gluten free gurus that we are, we’ve come up with some pretty clever crouton replacers in our time.  Some good ones were, roasted root veggies (aka Root Crouts), popcorn (so fun!) but have landed on Granola as the winner: try this recipe and we think you’ll agree that it’s not just a swap, it’s upgrade!

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Mixed Greens w/ Granola Croutons + Yogurt Dressing

Servings: 2
Time: 5 minutes

  • 2 handfuls of mixed greens (we love kale, romaine or a spring mix)
  • 5-7 mint leaves, finely chopped
  • 1 small handful of sprouts (optional)
  • 1 heaping handful of granola.  We recommend KIND vanilla blueberry clusters

Lemon Yogurt Dressing

  • 1/2 cup plain sheep’s milk yogurt
  • Zest and juice of 1/2 a lemon
  • Sea salt and black pepper, to taste

Directions

In a bowl, combine the yogurt, lemon zest, juice and salt and pepper.  Mix well to combine.

In a medium salad bowl toss together your greens, mint and sprouts.  Top the salad with a heaping handful of Vanilla Blueberry Clusters and drizzle the dressing over top.

Sweet Cinnamon Scramble

Wake up to a sweet and savory switch up!  This breakfast is the saving grace for all you sweet-craving, protein-needing folks out there.  (We’re talking to you, Paleo peeps!)

The combo sounds a little cray-cray, we know, but don’t knock it til you try it!  This breakfast just might rock your world, or more specifically, your mornings.

Try it out and let us know what you think in the comments below.

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Sweet Cinnamon Scramble

Servings: 1
Time: 5-7 minutes

  • 2 eggs
  • 1 carrot
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, more to taste
  • 1 teaspoon alcohol free vanilla extract
  • Coconut oil
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • Small handful of baby spinach, optional
Directions Heat coconut oil in a non-stick skillet over medium heat. While pan is heating grate carrot using a box grater onto small plate.  Add grated carrot to heated coconut oil and season with salt, pepper and a pinch of cinnamon. Beat the eggs and vanilla extract in a small bowl.  After carrots begin to soften, roughly 2 minutes, add eggs and baby spinach if using.  Season with salt, pepper and more cinnamon.  Scramble mixture while cooking through. Once eggs are cooked to your liking plate your dish and finish with additional sprinkle of cinnamon and a (optional) dollop of coconut oil or coconut butter.

New Power Couple

Barack + Michelle
Brad + Angelina
Jay-Z + Beyoncé
Tom + Giselle
Robyn + Quinn
…and now, Beans + Greens

Yup, The New York Times has named a new power couple and it’s not exactly what you might have thought.

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We’ve had a long standing love affair with this nutrient dense duo and now they are finally getting the glory they deserve.  Read on to see what the NYTimes has to say about this winning combo.

The article include a great recipe, but you can get our five minute beans + greens recipe in our 5-in-5 cookbook.  Just add in your email address and it will be sent to you automatically.  In the Tempeh + Greens just swap the tempeh for a can of beans.  Simple.

 

Drink Yourself Skinny

Three words we rarely say:  Too.  Much.  Food.

Thanksgiving is most definitely our favorite food holiday but after a day of indulging and subsequent servings of leftovers… we need a little break!

Even though we both had a glorious long weekend with our families we came back to NYC feeling as stuffed as turkeys!

We figured if we were feeling this way, you probably were too!  So we wanted to share some of the best beverages for getting your belly back on track.  If you ever find your digestion out of whack or need to give your metabolism a kick in a pants, just try one of these drinks.

Depending on your preference we have a cold option and a hot option.  Try them both and let us know what you think!

Slim Waist Water
Servings: about 8
Time: 5 minutes

  • 2 liters water (about 8 ½ cups)
  • 1 teaspoon freshly grated ginger
  • 1 medium cucumber, peeled and thinly sliced
  • 1 medium lemon, thinly sliced
  • Juice of 2 limes
  • ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • Few drops of Stevia to taste

Directions

Combine all ingredients in a large pitcher and drink! Aim to have one pitcher every one
to two days.

Tummy Taming Tonic
Servings: about 4
Time: 5 minutes

  • 2 cups boiling water
  • 1 bag of ginger tea or 1 teaspoon freshly grated ginger
  • Juice of ½ lemon
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon, more to taste

Directions

Combine all ingredients and enjoy! Aim to have 2-3 cups per day.