The What are Superfoods? Week 5 Final.
You will find at the end of this article a Special Money Off Voucher towards a Superfood Starter Pack, which contains each of the Superfoods as discussed over these last 5 weeks.
Week 1 - Maca
Week 2 - Goji Berries
Week 3 – Raw Cacao
Week 4 – Bee Pollen
Barleygrass
Barleygrass, or Barley Grass, is one of the easiest ways to get your recommended daily intake of greens. It is a powerful light green Superfood which contains 18 different amino acids and is a superior source of vegetarian protein.
Barleygrass is packed with a variety of vitamins and minerals, including: beta carotene, folic acid, vitamin C, vitamin E, five different B Vitamins (including vitamin B12), calcium, iron, magnesium and phosphorus.
Barleygrass by Nutri Health
Green Superfoods have the highest concentrations of easily digestible nutrients, fat burning compounds, vitamins and minerals – all of which help protect and heal your body. They contain a wide array of beneficial substances including proteins, protective photo-chemicals and healthy bacteria, helping you to build cleaner muscles and tissues, aid your digestive system function and more effectively protect you against disease and illness.
Furthermore, Green Superfoods are extremely rich in chlorophyll – the pigment that gives plants their green colour.
The molecular structure of chlorophyll is very similar to that of human blood and studies show that when this is consumed, the production of haemoglobin in blood is increased. Higher amounts of haemoglobin in the bloodstream means more oxygen-rich blood, the first and most important element that cells need to thrive.
Barleygrass has 11 times more calcium than cows’ milk, 5 times more iron than spinach and 7 times more Vitamin C and bio-flavonoids than orange juice. It also contains significant amounts of vitamin B12, which is very important particularly in a vegetarian or vegan diet.
The carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, vitamins and minerals that Barleygrass contains are all easily assimilated by the human body. This provides instant access to the nutrients, thus allowing the body to start making use of the nutrients within a matter of minutes.
The key benefits of Barleygrass:
• Fills nutritional gaps in the diet
• Packed with antioxidants, chlorophyll, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, proteins and amino acids
• Chlorophyll-rich, which mean it is a great blood cleanser
• Great for liver detox
• Has a strong alkalising effect
• Supports the immune system
• An easy, palatable way to get the health benefits of green vegetables
• Superior source of vegetable protein
• One of the most nutritionally balanced foods in nature
• Raw, vegan and pesticide free
Quick directions for using Barleygrass:
• Mix a teaspoon into water for an instant alkalising drink – great way to start your day.
• Use as an instant tonic or pick-me-up
• Works in savoury or sweet dishes – can be easily snuck into a raw cacao in a smoothie!
• Add to smoothies, dips, sauces and salad dressings
• Start with a teaspoon a day to notice the health benefits
• There is no upper limit, as long as you are including enough liquids with the powder to aid digestion.
You can purchase 100g Barleygrass by Nutri Health at £4.95 and 250g Barleygrass by Nutri Health at £9.00
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Maca, Goji Berries, Raw Cacao, Bee Pollen, and Barleygrass…
Superfood Starter Pack by Nutri Health
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RECIPES TO HELP YOU USE YOUR SUPERFOODS : -
As you begin to use these wonderful Superfoods, you will easily get a taste for them and soon gauge how much to use of each, and where you like them best. The proof of the pudding is in the eating!
ChocaMaca
Nutritionally packed and great tasting.
Serves two if you want to share!
• 1 banana
• 1 cup of milk (rice, oat, nut or seed milk)
• ½ – 1 tablespoon Raw Cacao Powder
• ½ – 1 even tablespoon Maca
• Honey to taste or add a date
Use small/hand blender or Smoothie Maker.
Simply blend and enjoy!
Optional variations
• 1 teaspoon Bee Pollen
• 1 teaspoon Barleygrass
Nut or Seed Milk
Make your own fresh, great tasting nutritional milk in minutes.
Serves one to two
You need a small sieve for straining
• 1 cup pumpkin seeds (no need to soak) or almonds (soaked overnight) or Shelled Hemp Seeds (no need to soak)
• 4 cups of quality water
• Dash of quality salt (Himalayan Pink Crystal Salt)
• Honey to taste (or try Agave Syrup)
Use small/hand blender to blend your chosen ingredients until smooth.
Use the milk straight away or by the next morning, keeping leftovers in the fridge.
Please note that it is normal for separation to occur, but when you stir it up it gets nice and creamy again.
Barleygrass Lift- Off
Serves one
You need a glass and teaspoon
• ½ – 1 teaspoons Barleygrass
• Half glass of pure water
Mix well and drink.
A fantastic drink to start your day, as it totally alkalises your body and wakes you up. Also use as a fantastic ‘pick-me-up’ when you need a boost.
Self-Made Musli-airre
No rules – mix it up and make your own breakfast
• Goji Berries
• Oats
• Seeds – hemp, sunflower, pumpkin, sesame
• Nuts – brazil, almond, walnuts, cashew, hazelnut (TIP: soaking the seeds and nuts for about 20 minutes will make them easy to digest).
• Sliced banana, pear or apple
• Nut milk, rice milk or water
Soak all ingredients together for about 10 minutes
Add a sprinkle of Maca, Cacao, Bee Pollen and/or Barleygrass
Enjoy – this will keep you going all morning!
Sunflower/Pumpkin Dip
• 1 cup soaked and sprouted sunflower or pumpkin seeds
• ½ tbsp oil-soaked chopped garlic
• ½ tbsp tahini
• ½ – 1 tsp Barleygrass powder
• A squeeze of lemon
• Dash Tamari/Shoyu
Combine all ingredients in a food processor or good hand blender.
Add oil (flax or hemp), herbs/spices to taste such as cumin, cayenne, basil, soaked sun dried tomatoes, olives.
Spinach Dip
• 2 cups spinach
• 1 small or a ½ large avocado
• ½ tbsp fresh lemon juice
• ½ tsp Barleygrass powder
• ½ tsp Raw Cacao Powder (yes it really does work!)
• ½ tsp Himalayan Crystal Salt
Blend all ingredients together and enjoy with salad, cruditès and rye bread, or rolled-up with grated vegetables in lettuce or cabbage leaves like a tortilla wrap – delicious and easy!
Raw ‘Pasta’ Sauce
• 2 fresh tomatoes
• 3 soaked sun-dried tomatoes
• Oil-soaked chopped garlic
• 1 small red pepper
• 1-2 sticks celery
• ½ avocado
• 1-2 dates
• 1 tsp Barleygrass
• ½ tsp Cacao Powder
• Dash of olive oil
• Good squeeze fresh lemon
• ½ tsp Himalayan Crystal Salt or Tamari/Shoyu
Blend the ingredients together, adding fresh herbs to taste such as basil, oregano, thyme etc. for an Italian taste, or add some good Indian curry paste/pickle to spice things up.
Once blended, add a sprinkle of Goji Berries into the mix.
Enjoy with a raw vegetable tagliatelle – courgette and carrot, peeled lengthways using a vegetable parer, or enjoy with cooked spelt, corn, rice or vegetable pasta.
Truffle Treat
• 4 tbsp dark tahini
• 2 tbsp Raw Cacao Powder
• 2 tbsp finely chopped dried apricots
• 2 tbsp finely chopped dried dates
• 2 tbsp finely chopped Goji Berries
• 1½ tbsp honey or Agave
• 1/4 tsp Himalayan Crystal Salt
• Extra Cacao Powder to dust
Optional extras: Alternative dried fruits, coconut oil, ginger powder, orange essence, or
shelled hemp seeds.
Mix the tahini with the raw cacao powder in a bowl and add all the other ingredients mixing well as you go.
Should you want to add more of the agave syrup or honey add it slowly and taste as you go.
If you can still taste the tahini too strongly, then add some more of the raw cacao powder, and if the mixture is too runny, add even more cacao powder so the truffle mixture is stiff enough to roll into balls.
When your truffle balls are rolled to the size of regular chocolate truffles, then sprinkle raw cacao powder and shelled hemp seeds on a plate and roll each ball in it to cover completely.
Store in the fridge – if they last that long!
You may want to dust in raw cacao powder before serving, if the balls have absorbed the cacao.
Everything you could possible want to help you to use Superfoods in your diet is here. Whether you are a vegan, vegetarian or or meat-eater, incorporate Superfoods into your diet for optimum nutrition, life-force and happiness!
When you feel good, you are naturally happy…
