When one is feeling a little bit stressed out or anxious, the scent of lavender can soothe and relax. Here is a soothing lavender smoothie from Hälsokick. It’s very refreshing with just a tiny hint of lavender.

Soothing lavender smoothie:

1 frozen banana

3 dl frozen blueberries // 1,2 cups frozen blueberries

1/2 tsp dried lavender

3 dl almond milk // 1,5 cups almond milk

Choice of flavors:

1 tsp lemon zest or

1 tsp raw local honey or

1 tsp vanilla extract

Add your choice of flavor and blend it all until really smooth and silky. Make sure it’s blended well so you don’t get the dried lavender stuck somewhere. Also, it;s smart to not overuse the lavender, we don’t want your smoothie to taste like soap. 🙂

This beautiful lavender feld belongs to Clairmont Farmes in Los Olivos – Santa Barbaras wine country. It’s gorgeous up there.

I’m feeling really proud and humble over the fact that Hälsokick is translated in both german and french so far. There’s actually even more countries to come :).  It feels fantastic to share the book larger and wider for all the health minded and health curious peeps out there. Vielen Dank and Merci Beacoup!

Balance your Life – Smoothies, säfte, snacks.

Jus, smoothies & en-cas gourmands – pour booster votre santé. 

Susanne Kindt Photography.

I decided to juice some of the clementines i received in the farm box yesterday and added a generous amount of ginger and turmeric. It’s so yummy! One thing i learned when we were shooting Juice Ranch for the book is that black pepper helps the body absorb the turmeric. Thats the big tip of the day for ya! So i added a tiny pinch of black pepper to it.  Happy juicing people!

Sunshine jucie!

5 – 6 clementines

3 – 4 cm fresh ginger root 

3 – 4 cm fresh turmeric root

a pinch of black pepper

Peel the skin off the clementines and run everything thru the juicer. Poor into a glass and add the black pepper, stir and enjoy!

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Olive is looking for trouble… 🙂