feed your soul

We do our best, but we also live in the world as it is today, which means we don't always have time to cook and sometimes we just need to feed our kids what they will agree to eat.

Yet, every day that we strive to be more aware of the way that the food we are eating affects our minds, bodies, and spirits, the better we are.

Below are kind recipes and ideas for those days.

Moon's Power Smoothie

For the liquid lover

This is without a doubt the best way that I’ve found to get some greens into my little one (that she actually loves).

Not to mention, it is absolutely delicious - my husband and I have had pretty much every single morning for the past four years.

Blended into pretty much any smoothie, spinach adds no intense flavor, which makes it the perfect green addition.

If your little one is strange about anything green, you can always hide it with a lid or add various fruits to change the color.

Recipe:

2 cups spinach

16 ounces coconut water

8 ounces Almond or cashew milk

1 banana

2 tablespoons peanut butter

1 teaspoon honey

1 tablespoon flax or Hemp Seeds

(And any other superfoods on hand blend well)

Simply add all of the ingredients together, Blend, and enjoy!

Cashew Cream Cheezzze

for the cheese monsters

I don't know about you, but my kid loves cheese, like truly is in love with it. Even when she simply hears the word, she gets pretty excited, to say the least. After noticing her allergies on the uptick, we decided to limit her dairy to see if it would alleviate symptoms.

In came the alternatives - most of which she immediately discarded as gross. I personally have always loved cashew cream cheese when I've tasted it at restaurants, so I decided to give it a try.

recipe:

1 cup whole cashews

1/2 squeezed lemon

1 tbsp olive oil

2 tbsp water

1/2 tsp garlic powder

1/2 tsp herbs

salt & pepper to taste

Step 1: Soak Cashews overnight. Quick TIp: Because I always forget to soak overnight, I boil water on the stove, then pour them over the cashews and let soak for 2 hours (works like a charm).

Step 2: Drain & Rinse cashews, then move to a high powered blender or processor.

Step 3: While blending on low, add in water, oil, and all seasonings, allowing cashew cheese to blend for as long as needed until it reaches a creamy consistency.