Making your own salad dressing can be intimidating. That’s especially true if you don’t know what ingredients to use. Do you just grab any oil off the grocery store shelf and use a vinegar at random? Do you even need oil and vinegar? The reality is that there is no blueprint for a salad dressing because they can be whatever you want them to be. For example, you can go the basic route and mix oil, vinegar, lemon juice, sea salt, and pepper and call it a day. Alternatively, you can blend together a bunch of herbs with water, lime, red pepper flakes, and other seasonings. Or, you can make this almond butter turmeric salad dressing that is reminiscent of a class Thai peanut sauce.

The great thing about making your own salad dressing is that you get to avoid high fructose corn syrup, disodium cuanylate, and other crazy ingredients in bottled dressings. Additionally, you get to avoid unhealthy saturated fats and sodium when you make your own dressing. In the case of this dressing, you have a lot of healthy fats and protein from the raw almond butter. That is the base, which provides a lovely nuttiness that complements the turmeric, ginger, garlic, and coconut aminos. If you want to add a little zest, feel free to squeeze half a lime into the dressing. We’ll leave that decision up to you, though. Lastly, you can use this dressing on salads, in raw vegan wraps, or as a dipping sauce for freshly cut vegetables.

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Blue spirulina is a blue-green algae commonly found in lakes and ponds. It is one of the most nutrient-dense foods in existence, being chock-full of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, carotenoids, and protein. According to several studies, blue spirulina may exhibit anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer activity. Other studies show that it may help lower cholesterol, reduce blood pressure, aid anemia patients due to the iron content, among other benefits. Due to its neutral flavor, it makes for a great addition to smoothies, drinks, oatmeal, chia pudding, and more for an added nutritional boost.

Although blue spirulina gives this chia pudding its color, the chia seeds make this recipe possible. When you soak chia seeds in liquid, they begin to absorb it and start to bloom, which creates the pudding or tapioca-like consistency. In fact, chia seeds absorb 12 times their weight in water, which actually prolongs hydration. Chia seeds are naturally rich in omega-3 fatty acids, fiber, protein, calcium, and antioxidants. There is really no reason to avoid these small but mighty healthy seeds.

All you have to do to make the chia pudding is whisk the almond milk, agave nectar, vanilla extract, and spirulina powder together in a mixing bowl. While whisking, pour in the chia seeds and continue to whisk to avoid clumping. Once everything is incorporated, cover the bowl and refrigerate overnight to set. You can also transfer the mixture to a couple jars and refrigerate overnight. Grab the chia pudding in the morning, top with optional fruit or nuts, and enjoy!

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A smoothie is one of the easiest things to make if you are trying to be a healthier person. Throw a bunch of ingredients into a blender, flip the switch, blend until smooth, and then enjoy. It takes all of five or so minutes for it to come together, especially if you are quick at prepping ingredients. Plus, you can load them with vegetables, fruits, nut butters, plant-based milks, and more in order to pack the smoothie with as many nutrients as possible. There is truly no better feeling than knowing you have a belly full of amzing nutritious ingredients!

This mango kale smoothie only contains four ingredients. Because it is packed with fiber, protein, omega-3s, vitamin C, vitamin K, folate, and complex carbs, it makes for a great breakfast. It is perfect whether you are raw vegan, Paleo, gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian, or literally any person with any diet. You cannot go wrong by drinking this smoothie! Just make sure that you remove the ribs from the kale before adding them to the blender. The ribs, or thick central stems, are very bitter and fibrous, so your smoothie will have an off-putting flavor if you include them. You also need to blend on high to ensure you don’t have any kale pieces floating around in your smoothie.

Now, if you are not a mango person, you can replace the mango with a banana. You can replace the kale with spinach if you do not enjoy kale. Consider adding a tablespoon of chia seeds or hemp seeds for a boost of protein and healthy fats. Those are all optional choices, as the smoothie is delicious as is. Whatever you do, just enjoy being healthy!

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If you have spent time in our recipe section, especially browsing the Full Body Cleanse-approved ones, you know how much we love cheesy dishes. Cheese is the primary ingredient that stops vegetarians from becoming vegans. While there are vegan cheeses available in the grocery store, some of them are lacking in flavor. That isn’t the case for this raw vegan nut-free parmesan cheese. It combines pumpkin seeds, nutritional yeast, hemp seeds, garlic powder, and sea salt. You’ll want to sprinkle this on everything you make, especially your salads while cleansing.

Most vegan parmesan cheese recipes contain nuts, particularly cashews. In fact, most vegan cheeses use cashews because they are creamy, but if you are avoiding nuts due to an allergy, this recipe is perfect for you. Nuts do not agree with everyone, causing inflammation or poor digestion in certain people. That isn’t necessary the case with pumpkin seeds and hemp seeds, both of which offer impressive nutritional profiles. Pumpkin seeds are naturally rich in zinc, magnesium, iron, copper, manganese, and vitamins E, K, and omega-3 fatty acids.

Hemp seeds are highly nutritious, offering good amounts of fiber, omega-3 fatty acids, protein, magnesium, potassium, zinc, iron, vitamin E, and phosphorus. A single serving (about three tablespoons) of hemp seeds has nearly 10 grams of protein, which works to curb hunger and energize the body between meals. The antioxidants in hemp seeds may also help lower blood pressure and protect against free radicals, which are molecules that increase the risk of chronic inflammation, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, and other conditions.

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If you let summer end without making these creamy peach pops, then you didn’t fully live this summer. Peach popsicles are a great summer dessert for the entire family to enjoy. They utilize fresh peaches, which have a lovely natural sweetness and subtle tartness. Just make sure the peaches are not overripe, or else you may have some questionably flavored peach pops. Think of these like healthier versions of creamsicles, in that they are free of dyes, added sugars, and preservatives.

The homemade almond milk is the creamy element, so make sure that you have that prepped and ready to go before you start blending the peaches. You’ll also need to acquire popsicle molds if you don’t already own them. You may not know which molds to get, but we encourage you to buy the silicone molds. Some of these molds already have the included tops so that you do not have to purchase popsicle sticks. Plus, these molds do not crack when you try to remove the peach pops from them. Just run them under a little warm water and they’ll pop right out!

If you want to get a little fancy, feel free to add some fresh peach slices to the popsicle molds. That will add another level of flavor and texture to these already delicious peach pops. If you like this recipe and want to see more like it, make sure to leave a comment or shout out the recipe on social media. We love to see when people make the recipes we post!

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Time is precious, no matter if you are a busy parent, grandparent, single adult, or young college student with pressing deadlines. When life keeps hurling tasks at you to complete, finding time to prepare and enjoy healthy foods can seem like an impossible feat. That’s because there is this notion that making a healthy dish requires a great deal of your time. Quite the opposite! There are many healthy meals that you can make in 15 minutes or less, just like this peach tomato basil salad.

This salad bursts with flavor and comes together in just 10 minutes. It is everything you want form a salad as well: juicy, acidic, sweet, herbaceous, and so much more. It’s perfect to enjoy as a refreshing, light lunch option, or dinner side. Because of how easy and quick it is to make, there is no excuse for you not to make it. Plus, the ingredients should make you want to gobble up this salad quicker than you can make it. The juicy, acidic tomatoes pair beautifully with the sweet peaches and aromatic basil. Toss everything together in a quick and easy dressing and you are ready to eat.

As a quick note, you want the peaches to be ripe, but not too ripe. If they are mushy, they can have an off-putting flavor and texture. Perfectly ripe peaches still retain some firmness and a hint of tartness, which beautifully complements the slightly sweet and acidic tomatoes. The sweet peaches also add a refreshing sweetness that balances the acidic dressing. And as a final note, the thinly sliced jalapeños are optional, but they bring a lovely heat to the sweetly tart salad.

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Before summer comes to an end, do yourself a favor and make this salad. It features one of summer’s most iconic produce items: the mighty watermelon. It is juicy, refreshing, sweet, and crispy. Just make sure that you use the watermelon before it gets too ripe and soft. You want crisp cubes for this salad! Plus, an overripe watermelon can have an unpleasant flavor, which will not go well with the blueberries, mint, and vinaigrette.

This is actually a great salad to make if you have leftover watermelon that you do not want to enjoy on its own. Perhaps you had a party and cut up an entire watermelon, but half of it went uneaten. That’s perfect because this recipe calls for eight cups of watermelon. You can choose to use less if you want to make a smaller salad. Add in the blueberries and freshly chopped mint and you are in business. In fact, you could enjoy that trio without dressing and be perfectly content, but the apple cider vinaigrette adds a savory element that makes this feel more like lunch and less like a breakfast side.

Don’t have blueberries? You can opt to use blackberries, or even strawberries, if you have them on hand. There is just a special relationship between mint and blueberries. It’s a combo that just seems to work over and over again. Let us know if you agree in the comments!

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Get ready to eat just about every color of the rainbow with these raw vegan collard wraps. They are quick and easy to make and pack one of the biggest nutritional punches you’ll ever enjoy. The wraps include shredded purple cabbage, carrots, red bell pepper, sliced avocado, and alfalfa sprouts, and a delicious tahini-based dressing that ties everything together. Feel free to swap out ingredients for others that you either have in your fridge, or ones that you enjoy better. Just make sure that the ingredients you use are cleanse-approved, provided you are cleansing.

The trick for wraps is rolling them without breaking the collard green leaves. In order to roll the collard leaves easily, remove the thick stems. Not only does this allow for even rolling, but it also gets rid of a bitter, unpleasant, fibrous bite. To do this, simply use your knife to cut away the thick stem at the bottom of the leaf. You can also shave off the back part of the stem that runs slightly up the leaf, creating a flatter surface for rolling.

Now if rolling the leaves proves too difficult, you can always turn these wraps into tacos. That said, they are much easier to eat as wraps; not to mention, a lot less messy. The choice is yours and we don’t judge over here. The important thing is that you are making a great decision (and a healthy one at that) to enjoy this recipe as your next entree!

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When the sun is shining, you need a refreshing beverage, in addition to your water of course. You need to have water on you all day during these hot summer days, but you can enhance your hydration efforts, while delivering some much needed nutrients and electrolytes to your body, with this peach mango agua fresca. What is an agua fresca, you ask? The literal translation means “fresh water,” and it is a light, non-alcoholic beverage popular in Mexico and Central America.

Traditionally, an agua fresca blends fresh fruit with water and some sort of sweetener, typically a lot of sugar, and maybe a hint of lime juice, depending on the recipe. What separates this agua fresca recipe from the others is that it does not contain an entire bucket of sugar. The natural sweetness from the peaches is all you need, but you can add the optional agave nectar if the beverage is not sweet enough for your liking. You may also prefer the agave nectar if the lime you use has a little extra zing or zest to it, meaning it is tarter than you expect.

Unlike other juicing recipes, this one does not require a juicer. Blend everything together in a blender until it is very smooth and you no longer see any bits of peach or ginger. To serve, you have to pour the mixture through a cheesecloth or nut milk bag to avoid taking large gulps of peachy ginger pulp.

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Whether you asked for a beet recipe or not, we are here to provide an excellent one! Beets can be quite daunting, from the flavor to their ability to stain anything, including your fingers. How do you get past their earthy flavor? That is the simple part: you pair them with sweeter ingredients. In fact, one of the most classic juice combinations is the ABC, or CAB, depending on how you choose to arrange your letters. That is the combination of apples, beets, and carrots. Together, those three ingredients create a beautifully balanced juice.

This recipe is similar, but it calls for strawberries, which bring a lively, sweetly tart flavor to the party. Plus, strawberries provide lots of vitamin C and beneficial antioxidant compounds. In addition to being low in calories and carbs, they also contain fiber and potassium. Beets are also rich in vitamin C, fiber, and potassium, but they are also rich in dietary nitrates, which the body converts to nitric oxide. Nitric oxide is a vasodilator, which helps widen blood vessels, a process that could potentially reduce blood pressure and improve blood flow to muscles. The latter effect would primarily be beneficial for exercise performance and cardiovascular health.

Don’t worry, we did not forget about the carrots. These powerful orange root veggies provide lots of vitamin A, which has been linked to benefitting eye and skin health. Other studies confirm that vitamin A may aid digestion and offer protection against certain types of cancer. Now, what are you waiting for? Let’s make the smoothie and enjoy some deliciousness and beneficial nutrients!

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