This weekend we hung out at the Lisbon Yoga Festival. Actually it was quite busy for us supplying food for hundreds of Yogis for two days; lunch boxes, curry, fresh rolls and dumplings, delicious cakes and fresh juices and smoothies. On sunday Karo also taught a massive Jivamukti Class and Lisa did a Superyogi food demo.
We had a blast and met many interesting, inspiring, lovely old and new faces. So here’s a big Thank You to Lisbon Yoga festival for this opportunity.
In this post, I (Lisa) am including all the recipes and additional information in this blog post about the juices and smoothies. Enjoy :)!
Smoothies (made in a blender)
Green protein smoothie (1 cup)
150ml milk (of your choice)
1 banana (can be swapped for a ripe pear)
2 hands of spinach or kale
1 teaspoon spirulina or algae mix (spirulina and chlorella)
Maca energy smoothie (1 cup)
150ml milk
1 banana (can be swapped for a ripe pear)
a small piece of ginger (optional)
1 teaspoon of maca poder
1 teaspoon of raw cacao (optional)
When making smoothies always start with the milk and the banana (or other fruit) and blend until smooth. Then add the green leaves and blend into a smoothies and add the poder at the end while the blender is still rotating.
Juices (made with a centrifugal juicer)
Green juice (1 cup)
1-2 apples
1-2 Kiwis
1 celery stalk
2 hands of spinach or kale
Immune boost juice
1-2 Organges
1 carrot
1/2 lemon
small piece of ginger
small piece of tumeric
I usually start juicing the fruit first to see how much juice they make, this depends on the size of the apple/ organe and on the quality. If you are using ginger and tumeric put them in the juicer in between two pieces of fruit so the fruit juice can wash the ginger/ tumeric out of the machine. After the fruit add the vegetable like celery and spinach/ kale. As greens to have as much juice as fruit, let a bit of water run through the juicer after the green so you get the most out of them. Just measure two fingers in a glass or whatever fits into your juice glass still.
For starters a centrifugal juicer is fine, they are cheaper and often all pieces can go into the dishwasher! They are quite noisy though and for green leaves a slow juicer is better but they are also more expensive.
Generally, if you want to make juices quite regularly and with organic products it is good to invest in a good juicer. The quality of a juicer can be judged by the pulo that you are left with at the end. The drier the pulo the better the juicer. Dry pulo means that you are getting the most out of your fruit and vegetables, nutritional and tastewise. A good juicer would be around 100Euros.
Talking about leftover pulp: it is a shame to throuw it all out! Pulp is going well in cakes. You can make a carrot cake from carrot pulp, a chocolate cake with beetroot pulp or cake with apple and pear pulp. You can also use them to make veggie burgers or add the pulp to a smoothie! Pulp is basically fiber, which is healthy to add to your diet.
Find some inspration for what to do with pulp leftovers here
In The Big Book of Juices you will find over 400 juice recipes!
