4 cups water

1 cup Chinese almonds (apricot kernels), soaked 8 hours or overnight, drained and rinsed

1 cup black sesame seeds, soaked 2 hours or overnight, drained and rinsed

1½ cups Chinese red dates (jujubes), pitted and packed

Pinch of mineral sea salt

Blend all ingredients together until smooth.  Strain through a nut milk bag or cheesecloth.  Drink immediately or store up to 2 days in the refrigerator.  Serves 2 to 4

Recipe
1 bunch of leafy greens (spinach, kale, romaine, etc.)
1 ripe banana (peeled)
1 mango (peeled and seeded)
1 cup orange juice or purified water
Squeeze of lemon
Ice cubes (optional)

Directions
Blend ingredients in a blender adding water first.  Add ice cubes in gradually.  I usually don’t use ice cubes as foods are best digested at body temperature.

Recipe
1 cup almonds, soaked 8 hours, drained and rinsed
3 cups water
½ cup medjool or honey dates
1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions
Blend all the ingredients together and pour the mixture through a strainer, usually a nut bag or cheese cloth.  The flour pulp left over can be stored in a sealed container in the freezer for up to two months.  Almond flour can replace other flours in recipes.

Recipes
Lemon Ginger Detox
2 slices of lemon
2 slices of ginger
2 tablespoons honey
¼ teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
Pinch of cayenne
4 cups of warm to hot water

Directions
With all ingredients in a glass jar, pour hot water and stir.

1 cup strawberries, fresh or frozen
1 banana
1/2 cup water
1 tablespoon honey
2 tablespoons black or white sesame seeds, soaked 2 hours, drained and rinsed

Blend all the ingredients together.  Serves 1

“Not only rich in B vitamins and minerals, sesame seeds have ten times the calcium of dairy milk.  They are the star of this recipe for the creaminess and texture they give.  They are also known to strengthen the liver and kidneys, and Asian cultures use black sesame seeds to darken prematurely gray hair.”

3 cups Chinese almond milk (visit Chinese Almond Milk recipe)
2 bananas
1/4 cup cacao powder
1/4 cup tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons Maca Powder
1 tablespoon coconut oil (liquefied)
1 teaspoon vanilla
½ teaspoon cinnamon
Pinch of salt
2 cup2 ice cubes

Blend all ingredients together, while gradually adding in the frozen bananas and ice cubes.  Serves 2