The great Noni Colada

Hail the great Noni Colada.

 

With Pineapple, tumeric, ginger and coconut water it is one hell of a super charger in a glass.

A super power super healer in one go , you cant go wrong with this being a part of your week.

Most cant stand the smell of Noni, and lets be honest , the fruit stinks.

For many putting it on their skin or in their hair is a definite NO GO, but if you can get past the stench then it is great for skin and scalp..apparently... my kid would just about move out of home if I did that..

mmmhhh hang on......... that is one way to be alone in the house !!!!

But aside from claiming personal space due to stinking others away, this super duper healer of a drink is a power house.

With coconut water packing your body with nutrients, antioxidants, amino acids, enzymes, B-complex vitamins, vitamin C and minerals like iron, calcium, potassium, magnesium, manganese and zinc.

You then have the mighty Pineapple blessing us with its wealth of nutrients, vitamins, and minerals, including potassium, copper, manganese, calcium, magnesium, vitamin C, beta carotene, thiamin, B6, and folate, as well as soluble and insoluble fiber.

 

Then you have Turmeric.

Tumeric has been used in India for thousands of years as a spice and medicinal herb.

 

Curcumin, found in tumeric is a powerful anti-inflammatory and antioxidant and you must take with black pepper to make it available to your body.

 

Ginger bestows us with its traditional use for pain relief, including menstrual pain. Ginger can lead to significant reductions in LDL cholesterol and blood triglyceride levels whilst assisting in the elleviation of nausia.

Then to all of that add the mother of them all...the NONI.

Noni has the nicknames of “The Tree For Headaches” or “The Painkiller Tree”. Studies have shown that noni reduced pain comparable to the drugs tramadol and hydrocortisone, making it effective for arthritic and other joint pains. Also known as a huge Immune system booster and Anti-tumor/anti-cancer Antidepressant/sedative. Noni stimulates seratonin and melatonin, two very important hormones. Affecting ones mood, emotions, and sleep.

Mmhhh all of that in one huge glass of GOODNESS.

Here's to YOUR HEALTH baby !!!

AWEsome liquid fast drinks

Liquid Monday

Three Kick arse , keep your knickers on ( or off ) smoothie recipes to make you want to stay at home and drink all day !!

For a few years now I have wanted to get into the habit of liquid fasting for one day a week.

I have given it a try every now and then and sometimes I was in the swing of it , then would just forget, organizing to meet friends for lunch or something on the day I was meant ot be drinking juisces or smoothies or teas all day.!!! Woops.

AND as Frederic Patenaude....says

“If you haven’t given up caffeine completely and you’re starting to get serious headaches that impair your ability to work, have a little bit of caffeine. This is not going to affect the other good results you’ll get from your fast, but will get rid of your caffeine headaches. Think about ways you can reduce or eliminate your caffeine intake so that next time you fast, you will not get a caffeine withdrawal headache.”

But with a new found passion for it all I am loving my mondays filed with liquid and wanted to share some great recipes I have created which make the day a lot of fun and givng my digestion a break each week.

Papaya Joy.

Flesh of a whole papaya

Water from one coconut

A chunk of ginger

Aloe vera flesh.

A few raw cacao beans ( with the flesh dried around them if you can ! )

BLEND

Orgasmic Tumeric Tea.

 

 

 

A huge handfull of fresh Tumeric root

A large hand grab of ginger root

Black pepper

Cardomon pods

1/3 of a Vanilla bean

Cinnamon

Coconut oil

Honey.

Simmer the tumeric, ginger, black pepper and cardomon podes in a saucepan for about 20 min.

Blend this mixture in a good blender and strain.

Return the liquid to the blender and blend with the vanilla, cinnamon ( to taste ) coconut oil and honey .

DRINK

SO GOOD !

Black Sapote Awesomeness.

The flesh of a ripe black sapote

Coconut meat

Water or coconut water

Cinnamon to taste.

& if you like it sweet..a dash of honey..

BLEND..and DRINK

 

Beyond !!!

ENJOY ENJOY ENJOY

 

The Great Noni Colada.

The Noni Colada.

Behold the Noni fruit.

 

Scientifically known as Morinda citrifola or as the great morinda.. which I am sure none of you will know it as because lets face it... it is not a word thrown around.

Another great name that is used for the Noni is dog dumpling (Barbados) or Indian mulberry, nunaakai (Tamil Nadu, India) and even beach mulberry, cheese fruit, or noni (Hawaii).

 

What ever you call it most know it as the fruit that stinks !!!

 It is green at first when on the tree but by the time it has fallen onto the ground it slowly simmers as it ripens and turns white....ish whilst giving off a pungent odor.

An incredible Immune system booster that contains antibacterial agents that fight infectious bacteria. The Noni is antipsychotic, antifungal, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects which are valuable in treating conditions like arthritis and disorders related to central nervous system.

Even more so the noni is well known in the prevention of cancer, protection and healthy functioning of liver maintenance of cardiovascular health.

and it goes on..

So how do you enjoy this pungent fruit?

With THIS Noni Colada recipe....

 

 

Ingredients.

Loads of coconut water ( well one big one will do...)

a juicy sweet pineapple

Fresh ginger root.

Tumeric root

and a noni fruit..

BLEND ( I am loving my new Vitamix … )

After blending... strain..it is important to strain and not eat the seeds...

and Viola... Liquid healthy vitalizing sunshine.

Enjoy .. 

suggestions include.. sitting in the sun naked, or drink whilst in a fresh water hole. And definitely with other juicy sexy fun lovin people !!!

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Jack Can Save the World

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Mercury Retrograde  has been finally kicked out on its arse.

What a long three weeks that was. And it did not go quietly at all.

She hung on for dear life with her gnarled toenails hooked into all drama around me and my car.

It was nearly enough to send me to the drink. 

Only I don't drink.

Going way beyond “trusting that everything happens for a reason” I am now practicing radical self love in the form of just damn well loving the shit out of every moment. 

The sun rises over the escarpment to the monkeys and toucans calling out to their loved ones.

Love it.

The rain fills my favourite water hole and I sit under the waterfall massaging my neck. 

Love it.

My car breaks down AGAIN, my phone runs out of minutes so I cant call anyone and my son is at someones house whom I cant contact.

Love it.

I cant get home for two days and end up sleeping on a couch and find myself doing naked yoga in the forest.

Love it.

My son comes home dosed up on flu like symptoms and is grumpy and feeling sorry for himself. Love it.

Love it all. 

Why the hell not.

Not loving it only causes me to feel upset, angry and confused. I have spent way too much of my life feeling that way..so now it is time to feel this way. In Love With It All. No need to trust, no need to hope, just pure LOVE baby!!!

As soon as Mercury left its retrograde chaos where we all had the chance to renew, revisit and recharge I personally went into re wild mode under the full moon of May that reached from Libra to Taurus. An auspicious full moon, known as the Wesak full moon, it celebrates the birth, enlightenment and death of Lord Buddha, formally known as Siddhartha.

We are certainly in for some changes on the planet as it is time to shift our attention onto new role models.

As the paradigm shifts we shall see trends in the world where men are daring to live their femininity and are not held back by the social dictation anymore and do what they feel and not just what they think is right for them.  

Aho  to that !! I am so ready for that one and will be celebrating any man I find along my path that dances and eats fruit naked !!

Speaking of fruit, I want to talk about Jack Fruit.

My new love. 

Not only is it a taste sensation to rock your world with the flesh being used for ice creams, smoothies and curries whilst the seeds are used for flour and hummus, it is being hailed as the miracle crop and could be the solution to worldwide food insecurity saving the world from hunger.

No wonder I am in love with Jack !!!

Consuming 10 to 12 bulbs of the fruit you don't actually need to eat for half a day.

It is the largest tree borne fruit on the planet and grows up to 35 kg in Asia...

that is a lot of fruit!! A good source of dietary fiber, protein calcium and iron it could possibly replace crops such as wheat and corn due to its high calorie content.

I generally make ice cream from it but whilst I was cooking for an awesome group of people during the “Secret Energy' retreat with “Sevan Bomar” I branched out and made a rocking curry and a “to die for” birthday cake.

One person went as far as to say it was the best cake they have ever eaten !!!

Oh my love for Jack only deepens.

 

With all of this going for it I have added hugging jack fruit to my loving routine along side of hugging trees, my son and myself.

Generally eating a truck load of fruit is not entirely a bad thing. 
In fact peoples lives are devoted to it with retreats designed solely around eating fruit and entire festivals where you can go and eat a truck load of fruit !! Woodstock has one and so does Costa Rica. In fact I am going to the one in Costa Rica to massage and cover people in the fruit of chocolate !!

The rainy season is upon us.

 Filling up my favourite water hole, greening all that is around us, making soil into mud and putting a stop to afternoon activities.

With the rainy season comes damp conditions both inside and outside of the body.

Neighbours are dropping like flies with the Flu including my son, who is normally climbing trees like a monkey.

So I went into the forest to find us some medicine.

Food foraging is one of my new favourite things to do.

This morning I found a small and sweet pineapple, I dug up turmeric and ginger, collected katuk greens and picked up the pipa ( coconut ) that fell out of the tree last night by our kitchen window.

With all of these ingredients I blended them up to make juices, one green with the katuk and one without it to make some super powerful flu fighting drinks.

Combined, turmeric, ginger and black pepper provides a great immune boosting injection of goodness. 

And so does more hugging. Always hug more. Laugh more and love more.

Yes Life Is Awesome.

CHOCOLATE oh CHOCOLATE

Chocolate 

Five things to do with chocolate that does not involve eating.

Glorious Chocolate.

Massage.

This would have to be one of my favourites. Pushing most people I know to their erotic edge, being covered in or covering someone else in chocolate conjures up sensual and often wicked thoughts.

Most people ask me when inquiring about the chocolate massage that I give, if someone comes and licks it off!!

“Well if you invite someone along, yes!”. 

Other wise a warm shower is recommended!     
To do a massage, melt the desired amount of cacao paste with generous amounts of coconut oil and even some cacao butter if you like. For a full body you will need about half a kilo of paste, at least a cup of oil and a generous blob of cacao butter.  For the face you may like to seperate a small amount and add honey or sweetener so that it tastes good if it finds its way to the receivers mouth during the massage !!  Put on some good music, cover the floor with old towels and if you can keep the mixture warm through out the massage with a hot a plate or keep the pot of chocolate bay marie style in warm water then brilliant!  Massage as you would with oil.  Breath in the aroma and feel the effects of the ancient bean working its sensuous magic for both yourself the giver and the receiver.

Pray.

The Mayan Goddess of Chocolate, Ixcacao , has a humble but very honorable origin. An earth goddess, an ancient fertility goddess in a matriarchial society where it was women's work to gather crops and see to it that everyone was fed, her divine responsibility was to banish hunger and provide safety and security to the people.  A good woman to pray to!  I have cacao pods on my alter and include the vision of decadence, nuture and the ancient goddess in my visions as I meditate in the morning. If I am building an alter of gratitude, especially before a feast to share with friends, I always include a cacao pod or cacao beans amongst my crystals, feathers and other important finds from mother nature.

Body Oil.

When I lived in Peru, amongst mountains covered in snow and in freezing cold weather for the most part, many people asked me how was it I maintained a healthy glow much like a suntan.  Well it was chocolate.  I would melt with a generous amount of coconut oil, cacao, enough to colour the oil, but not too much to make it actual eating chocolate.  My morning ritual, was rather decadent.  Before showering I would warm this mix and then I would have warm coconut oil to cover myself with once out of the shower.  It was always commented on how I smelt like chocolate.  I have to say this is my favourite body lotion ever.   Made in my very own kitchen from two of my favourite products.   Chocolate and coconut oil.

Paint.

Instead of toxic paints use melted chocolate. A sweet smelling gift for the grandparents or step it up a notch for a lover. Roll yourself covered in chocolate over a large canvas leaving imprints and images of your body parts!  Eco friendly, fun and smells delicious.

Plant.

Yes chocolate grows on trees.  The cacao tree is commonly called Madre Cacao.  Theobroma cacao meaning "Food of the Gods" a name coined by the swedish Linneus, that merged the greek words "Theo" god "broma" food with the Maya cacao.  Plant one, build an altar under it, harvest the pods, ferment the beans, dry them and grind them and there you have your very own chocolate.  Life does not get much better than that !!

Jungle Vegan Chocolate Ice Cream

Recipes from the Jungle Kitchen

Super food, Super delicious and super easy

vegan 

ice cream 

In the afternoons after taking a walk amongst the deep green that surrounds our home we sometimes feel like a big tub of ice cream. 

At times it is all we want to eat here in this part of Costa Rica because it can get so hot.

Although we live in the mountians we are not far from the beach and still feel the soaring heat during the day.

With no ice cream palour near by or even new age raw treat cafe to frequent it is all about the jungle and my kitchen.

And with a recipe like this you can eat it foe breakfast ! Lunch ! or Dinner !

Filled with electrolytes, nutrients and minerals it is

Perfect for any meal. Especially for the little ones, and those of us that are still little at heart !

No food miles, only food meters and ALL Local from Costa Rica.

Jungle Vegan Banana Chocolate Ice cream.

Ingredients:

Frozen bananas ( I used  5 )

3 to 4 heaped Tble spoons of cacao powder

Pipa  (coconut ) water .. from one pipa

Jelly of 1 or 2 pipa (coconuts)

A handful of Chia seeds

Extra add "ins" if you like 

Cinnamon

Hemp seeds

tsp of Maca powder

Blend in a blender until smooth.

How perfect is this for a quick breakfast ?

Especially with the seeds added in it is great for you kids and they will LOVE the idea of chocolate ice cream for breakfast.