Tag: HEALTHY KIDS

Philosophie Babe Recipe: Rainbow Chia Pudding Jar

There is absolutely nothing better than to look at your meal and see a rainbow. I LOVE to eat all the colors! So, clearly, I’m a huge fan of this recipe created by Philosophie Babe, Carolyn from Carolyn’s Pantry.

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Fall Equinox Cleanse

Philsophie Fall Equinox Cleanse

The Philosophie is having a HUGE sale on all of our cleanses, so if you've been considering trying one out, now is definitely the time! We have a variety of programs to suit everyone from regular cleansers to novices. Check out our options along with our helpful tips on how to receive the most profound benefits from your cleanse!

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Screen-Free Activities That Will Engage Your Children's Bodies and Minds

While giving the kids an iPad or setting them in front of the TV may seem like the easiest way to keep them entertained, there are so many simple, inexpensive activities that you and children can do together that don't involve a screen. As a mother committed to my children's growth and development, I do my best to find activities for them that are creative, educational, and physically-engaging and here's just a few of my favorites.

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Powerhouse Fruits and Vegetables Pack a Nutritious Punch

With the overload of info on nutrition and health, figuring out which foods to incorporate into your diet can be confusing. Luckily, Dr. Jennifer Di Noia has created a classification system that makes it easy to determine which fruits and vegetables will give you the most nutrient-rich bang for your proverbial buck.

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Great Q+A from today's email

 

We got a great question from Angela today via email.  She wants to transition her young daughter from processed foods to more healthy options, and was looking for some tips.  

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Cacao Magic Mocha Cake

We're going to a friends birthday party tonight. He is a gourmet chef to the stars and *he requested* I bring him a cacao magic cake! He is in LOVE with my superfoods which is such a complement (and accomplishment!). I get really excited when I can help someone who is the extreme opposite in terms of nutrition and health (he cooks with a lot of butter/cream etc) be inspired to get more nutrient dense foods into their daily life! I hope he loves this cake as much as I do... I tasted it as I was making it and it was absolutely Divine!

Here's what I created: 

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Cacao Magic Crust

-1 3/4 C dry raw almonds

-5 T Cacao Magic powder

-3 1/2 ounces date paste

-1 t liquid vanilla

1/8 t pink sea salt

Mocha Filling

-3 C soaked raw cashews (only need to soak 2 hours)

-1 1/4 C espresso (use decaf if you don't wanna be WIRED!)

-3/4 C almond milk

-1/2 C agave nectar

-1/2 C cacao magic honey

-2 oz cacao magic powder

1/4 C liquid vanilla

1/4 t sea salt

1 1/4 C coconut butter (cheap on vitacost.com)

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blend ingredients in a food processor or high speed blender until smooth and creamy. Pour filling into springform pan with prepared crust. Put into freezer for 1-2 hours or until middle of cheesecake is firm to the touch.

Decorate with Raw Cacao Sauce!

Raw Cacao Magic Sauce

-1 C almond mylk

-2 oz Cacao Magic powder

-1.4 C agave or Cacao Magic honey

-1/4 C liquid vanilla

1/4 t pink sea salt

blend all ingredients until smooth and creamy! will last up to 5 days in the fridge in an airtight container. dip strawberries into for a healthy treat or use as a superfood sauce on vegan ice cream!

other fun recipes using Cacao Magic:

-Black bean healthy truffles 

-Healthy breakfast cookies

-Chocolate chia seed pudding

-Cacao Magic grawnola 

Have a grateful day! ♥

Sugarfree Cacao Magic {White} Chocolates!

You would never know these amazing chocolates are made from 4 ingredients, are RAW, gluten-free and SUGAR-free!

I wanted to make high protein, low sugar chocolates to satisfy my sweet tooth and my hunger!

Two or three chocolates would be the perfect power snack.

White Chocolates

you'll need:

  • molds for chocolates (bottom of a muffin tin would work)
  • 2 T Cacao Magic powder
  • 2 scoops organic vanilla Whey (if you're not using Philosophie approved whey, make sure you add stevia separately)
  • 1/4 C Organic coconut oil, melted (I put the jar inside hot water)
  • 1/4 C nut or seed butter of your choice (I used almond butter)

1. melt the coconut oil.

2. mix the coconut oil and nut/seed butter in a large bowl with a spoon until smooth.

3. add in the powders (you could also add green dream or berry bliss here)

4. fill molds or muffin tins. put into freezer for at least 30 minutes.

5. Eat and in-joy! <3

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Probiotics used in the Philosophie Cleanse

Our 5 day and 14 day cleanse includes "cleansing pills" each day, twice a day. In case you're wondering what's inside those pills, here's more info for you.

We include 2 pills a day to improve digestion and keep things "moving" in a healthy way. These pills are from our lovely friends at Garden of Life and are their Raw Probiotic product, which I use personally. They have a women's formula and a men's.

Although more research is needed, there's encouraging evidence that probiotics may help:

  • Treat diarrhea, especially following treatment with certain antibiotics
  • Prevent and treat vaginal yeast infections and urinary tract infections
  • Treat irritable bowel syndrome
  • Reduce bladder cancer recurrence
  • Speed treatment of certain intestinal infections
  • Prevent and treat eczema in children
  • Prevent or reduce the severity of colds and flu

Side effects are rare, and most healthy adults can safely add foods and supplements that contain probiotics to their diet. If you're considering taking supplements, check with your doctor to be sure that they're right for you. (info from the Mayo Clinic)
Both the 5 and 14 cleanses are excellent choices for anyone trying to lose a few pounds, gain more energy and just FEEL BETTER. If you've never done a cleanse before, I suggest doing the 5 day just so you can see how great (and easy!) it truly is. I created it specifically so you EAT REAL (tasty!) FOOD, not so you deprive yourself of beautiful, nourishing nutrients. The cleanse is completely gluten-free, vegetarian and has an abundance of superfoods. It's completely caffeine-free. If weight-loss is your goal, you can expect to lose between 5-8 lbs on the 5 day and between 6-15 lbs on the 14 day cleanse. If you want to experiment with gluten-free, sugar-free or vegetarian eating, the 14 day cleanse is a great option for you. Please let me know if you have any questions whatsoever, I'm here to help make this cleanse YOUR best possible experience!

Some philosophie superfood toddler/baby ideas!

I've had several requests to share what I feed my sweet boy(s). Leo is now 6 months old and I've started to slowly experiment with food for him. So far he's had raw zucchini and cucumber, banana (he loves!) and oatmeal with a little breastmilk and GREEN DREAM! I'm so excited to continue to explore and experiment for new Philosophie products with my sweet boys.

Here are some foods that Kai (2 1/2 years old) LOVES.

  1. Green Dream Smoothie- depends on the day but usually I do the classic recipe with almond butter, cinnamon, spinach/kale and banana. Lately I've been doing a fun tropical one with mango, pineapple, kale, coconut oil and Berry Bliss.
  2. Cacao Magic Smoothie- (just not too close to bedtime!) i always add leafy greens to this smoothie... so easy to sneak a lot in because it tastes soooo good!
  3. Goji Berries, Pumpkin seeds and Sunflower seeds as a trail mix. Great for a snack on the go. If your child is younger and doesn't have a lot of teeth, you could process in a food processor until powdery and mix with coconut oil, Berry Bliss and dates to make into a bar by pressing it into a pan and freezing.
  4. Coconut Butter, Cashew Butter and almond butter- straight from the jar! We both love sharing it that way and it makes it more fun! My favorite brand is Artisana for the butters or Garden of Life for coconut oil. These are "good fats" so don't be afraid of them! SO IMPORTANT for your growing child!
  5. Frozen lima beans, corn, peas and/or edamame- SO EASY. I just heat up on the stove top and add a little coconut oil or earth balance "butter" with a pinch of sea salt. Frozen veggies get a bad rap but according to the research I've done, most of the time organic veggies are flash frozen at their most ripe stage, preserving most nutrients. "fresh" produce, may have spend days in transit or at the store, so it isn't necessarily better for you.
  6. Fresh berries-Especially strawberries and blueberries. I just take the entire box of blueberries with us on a walk and let him hold it in the stroller... he LOVES IT. SO much fun to have it all to himself!
  7. Raw "ice cream"- I blend frozen banana with green dream powder and whatever fruit I'm in the mood for. Sometimes we do a strawberry banana with Berry Bliss powder which is great because it adds protein, most times I do a chocolate one with Cacao Magic. DEEEE-LISH!
  8. Fresh Coconut Water- he could drink 10 of these if we had them. I am going to start getting them by the case from the Thai Market in Thai Town because it's just ridiculous how many we buy one by one throughout the week.
  9. Seaweed Nori strips- sometimes we buy the unsalted large sheets, other times we do the small sheets roasted and lightly salted that come in a container. He's happy with either!
  10. Superfood Protein Truffles- recipe here! So easy, raw, vegan, gluten-free and simple to take in the car and on the go. We all gobble them up so quickly! Next time I'm going to make triple the amount and freeze them so they last longer!
  11. GREEN DREAM POPSICLES! this was a guest post/recipe from a wonderful, inspiring friend. My soul sister on the other coast! Here's the post if you want the recipe!

I'm SO excited because I finally got the courage to ask the principal to Kai's preschool if I could bring in fresh fruit and veggies and Green Dream and give them a smoothie recipe for all the kids. He eats so beautifully at home and at school it's not "bad" but definitely not superfood rich! So I'll bring some Green Dream in Monday morning and they will blend it up! I'm thrilled.

For more specific tips on sneaking healthy foods into your kids meals, see this post.

What do your kids love that you love?  What's super healthy but they beg for it and it makes you secretly smile? Please share below in the comments!

Love,

Sophie, Kai and Leo! <3

                                                  

Superfood Babies!!

Leo's cousin, Omri and my sister-in-love came to visit this weekend! Omri and Leo are only 7 weeks apart and soooo sweet together. Today I was making Philosophie Superfood Smoothies for the hubby, sista, Kai (my toddler) and myself and the babies WENT NUTS for it. We gave them little tastes which then turned into huge gulps. Lots of grabbing and whining for it. They were SO happy and elevated... all of us giggling, jumping, loving-- high on the superfood magic.

Here's the recipe I used (I tripled it for all of us):

  • 8 oz coconut mylk (can use almond, hemp or oat mylk)
  • 1 T Green Dream
  • 1 T Cacao Magic
  • 2 handfuls frozen organic kale
  • 2 ice cream scoops of coconut mylk Mint Chip vegan "ice cream"
  • fresh mint (about 10 leaves)
  • 1 T Cacao Nibs
  • 1 frozen banana
  • 1 T coconut oil
  • 1 T sunflower seed butter (could use any nut butter)
  • 2 handfuls of ice

BLEND!

In Joy....with those you love most!!!!

The Jaffe Family <3

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