Healing, Kiefer, Flax oil Smoothie or…

Ronda’s Purple Monster –

We make the purple monster routinely. This is a great breakfast that is filling and full of good oils, anti-oxidants, and vitamins. We make this smoothie several times a week or when I am on the go and don’t have time to mess with cleaning the juicer. Sometimes I make it to alleviate the guilt of that first cup of morning java.

I buy bananas in large bunches, cut them up in wheels and freeze them one banana per zip-lock sandwich bag. Frozen bananas make the smoothie creamy and cold like ice cream. I also use frozen blueberries, frozen raspberries which eliminates crushed ice chunks at the bottom of the glass. If you don’t use frozen fruit you may want to add ice to your blender. And, no, you don’t taste the carrots – no one would ever know they are in there!

What is Kiefer? Kiefer is like liquid yogurt. I make my own by adding a Kiefer “grain” (a culture that looks like a small piece of cauliflower) to a quart of organic milk. It sits out for 24 hours and then “Wah-lah” you have kiefer. It smells great like sour dough bread. Kiefer is full of pro-biotics as is real yogurt, and is great for you digestive tract. You can buy it at the store in many fruit flavors but it is more economical and healthier to make at home. I make it in a quart sized mason jar with a plastic screw top lid. I also use it in the place of buttermilk in pancakes and biscuits. Yum!

Make sure that you never blend kiefer or yogurt as it kills the live active cultures that are so good for you. Hand stir it in your drink or pulse the blender on only for a second to use the suction to mix in the kiefer rather than blend the little cultures to death.

This is a great smoothie for a healing diet. I was given the basic recipe by a man who had a tumor in his jaw and used it as part of his de-tox and healing regime.

Ronda’s Purple Monster
Healing Smoothie

Put in the Vita-mix container:

¼ cup Flax Seed oil
¼ cup fresh or frozen red raspberries
¼ cup fresh or frozen blueberries
1 banana – (I freeze mine)
Handful of raw pecans or walnuts
Handful of raw almonds
1 organic carrot (I use 1 handful of organic peeled baby carrots)

Add enough water to cover ingredients. Blend starting on a low setting and increasing to highest setting until all ingredients are liquefied.

Then add ¼ cup organic Kefir (or plain organic yogurt Or organic
Cottage Cheese - if using cottage cheese then blend)

Blend for only a second or just stir with a spoon.

Makes about a quart.

Please, tell me what you think...

He seems to like it!