Jayme's Reviews
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The Thrive Diet
By Brendan Brazier
Penguin - 2007
Blood Builder Smoothie : page 223
Much tastier than I thought it was going to be. As with all the smoothies in this book I added about half the water called for. Next time I will probably put more orange in, or use a bigger orange, mine was pretty small and the recipe doesn't specify size.
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Blueberry Rooibos Antioxidant Smoothie : page 223
This is my favourite smoothie on the planet. I think I've made it about 100 times. It's full of good for you stuff, flax, hemp, ground rooibos, and blueberries! I never add the agave that it calls for though, the blueberries and banana are plenty sweet enough. I also use a lot less liquid because I like my smoothies super thick.
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Chocolate Almond Smoothie : page 222
Yum! I decreased the liquid on this to make it thicker, other than that, it was perfect.
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Creamy Carrot Ginger Soup : page 244
Super bland and unappetizing. We took one bite and it went straight into a pot for some cooking and doctoring. The search for good raw soups continues.
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Ginger Pear Smoothie : page 222
This book makes quite liquidy smoothies and this one in particular, since it's made with pears, is more juice-like than smoothie-like. I really liked the flavor combo though. The ginger gives it a nice zing.
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Kale Calcium Boost Smoothie : page 225
Couldn't even choke this down. I was really excited about this smoothie since it was my first ever green smoothie and I feel like that's some sort of vegan rite of passage. It tasted like blended lawn clippings. I tried to salvage it by adding a frozen banana to get a smoother texture and while it made it a little better, overall I would NEVER make this again.
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Mango Lime Hot Pepper Smoothie : page 224
I forgot the lime when I made this(it was 4:30am), but it was still delicious! As usual, cut the water by about half to make it thicker. I seeded the jalapeno before putting it in and it wasn't spicy at all even though you could tell the jalapeno was there. Next time I will leave a few seed to get a little heat.
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Pecan Sunflower Burger : page 232
These are packed with really intense flavour. You can leave these raw or bake them, but I prefer the raw version. It's a lot more moist and flavourful. Once they're baked I find the texture too dry and crumbly and they mellow out a lot.
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Sesame Miso Soup : page 244
This was a nice enough miso soup, but the sesame made it just a touch too grainy tasting for me.
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Wild Rice Yam Pancakes : page 212
The flavour was really good for these, but they didn't cook up very easily. By the time you've managed to get them cooked all the way through they look more like scrambled pancakes. Still, they were pretty damn tasty scrambled pancakes!
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