The Green Aisle's Healthy Smoothies and Slushies: More Than Seventy-Five Healthy Recipes to Help You Lose Weight and Get Fit

by Michelle Savage

Overview

A recipe book of delicious drinks for every type of diet.

Chocolate cheesecake, mango tango, and cinnamon toast. Broccoli boost, zucchini nut bread, and sweet and spicy apple. These are just a few of the energizing and nutritious drink recipes you can find in Michelle Savage's The Green Aisle’s Healthy Smoothies and Slushies.

This book is full of beverages that are tasty, healthy, and easy to make—all you need is a blender. All featured ingredients are easily found in grocery stores, at farmers’ markets, or in specialty food stores—and some are even available on Savage’s blog and website, BrowseTheGreenAisle.com.

In addition to providing these recipes, which are sure to help you lose weight and maintain a healthy lifestyle, Savage also includes information on the following topics:

Toxins, free radicals, and enzymes
Probiotics
Milk alternatives
Meat dangers
Coffee versus tea
And much more!

Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Good Books and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of cookbooks, including books on juicing, grilling, baking, frying, home brewing and winemaking, slow cookers, and cast iron cooking. We’ve been successful with books on gluten-free cooking, vegetarian and vegan cooking, paleo, raw foods, and more. Our list includes French cooking, Swedish cooking, Austrian and German cooking, Cajun cooking, as well as books on jerky, canning and preserving, peanut butter, meatballs, oil and vinegar, bone broth, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781629145754
Publisher:	Skyhorse
Publication date:	01/13/2015
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	7.60(w) x 7.80(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Michelle Savage posts recipes, blogs, and sells products via her website, BrowseTheGreenAisle.com. She is a graduate of West Valley College, Saratoga. When not developing new food and drink recipes for her site, she works as a court reporter. She resides in Manteca, California.

Table of Contents

Dedication vii

A Note from the Author ix

Part 1 Introduction 1

The Essence of Health Begins with the Art of Food 1

A Case for Sunwarrior Protein Powder 2

Why Sunwarrior is Superior Versus Other Protein Powders 2

Sunwarrior versus Whey 3

Sunwarrior versus Soy 3

Vegan and Vegetarian 3

Athletes and Bodybuilders 4

Blendtec High-Speed Blender 4

Toxins, Free Radicals & Enzymes 5

Probiotics 6

The Skinny on Dairy and Soy 6

Milk Alternatives 7

Nut Milk Recipe 7

Coconut Milk Recipe 8

Creamy Coconut Popsicles 9

What's in Your Peanut Butter? 10

Nut Butter 11

Meat Dangers 11

Ditch the Bean 12

Effects Coffee Has on Your Digestion 12

Is Coffee Really Toxic? 14

Is Decaf Better? 14

Now, Do You Want to Kick the Coffee Habit But Just Don't Know How? 15

Hot Coffee 15

Java Junkie 16

Water News 16

Benefits of Drinking Lemon Water 17

Chewing and Digestion 17

Raw Vegan Food Pyramid 18

Buying and Prepping Produce 18

Organic Labels 18

PLU Numbers (Price-Look Up Code) 19

Wash All Produce 19

Prep Fruits and Veggies 20

Don't Forget to Soak Your Nuts! 20

Part 2 Smoothie and Slushie Recipes 21

Testimonials 172

Recipe Index 174

References 176

Acknowledgments 178

Metric and Imperial Conversions 179

Index 180

Editorial Reviews

"Loving the smoothie recipes in Michelle's book, and I'm always inspired by her story of transformation." —Drew Canole, nutritional and transformation specialist, FitLife.tv

"Loving the smoothie recipes in Michelle's book, and I'm always inspired by her story of transformation." —Drew Canole, nutritional and transformation specialist, FitLife.tv

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