Healthy recipes with hemp

Hemp seeds are a very healthy source of protein for vegetarians. Take a look at some of the ways they can be used in your healthy living diet menus. (If you are interested, they can be purchased at fit2go, Bogotá, or through Mercado Libre)

Sweet detox smoothie

 Ingredients

• 1 cup of cold green tea (if you have Matcha, better) or water
• 2 small, ripe apricots
• 1 ripe pear
• 1 teaspoon hemp seeds
• ½ or 1 teaspoon of spirulina powder
• 1 teaspoon fresh ginger (optional)
• 2 large bunches of green leafy vegetables (kale and spinach, for example)

Preparation

Blend the tea with the apricots, pear, hemp seeds, spirulina and ginger until smooth.

Add the green leafy vegetables and blend again.

Hemp and kale taboule​

Ingredients

• ½ cup chopped kale
• ½ cup hemp seeds
• ½ cup cherry tomatoes (whole or diced)
• 1 cup diced cucumber
• ½ cup chopped chives
• ½ cup chopped mint

Dressing

• 1 splash of olive oil
• 1 clove of garlic, minced
• juice of one lemon
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
• Salt and pepper to taste

Basic recipe for crackers and we add hemp seeds

Ingredients

• 1 cup soaked almonds
• 2 ½ cups of water
• Splash of olive oil
• 1 tablespoon of cumin
• 2 tablespoons of salt
• 1 ½ cups freshly ground flaxseed
• Hemp seeds to taste

Blend and add the ingredients except flaxseed and hemp

Then add to the mixture

On dehydrator trays or in the oven, spread the mixture on plastic wrap and dehydrate at 63°C/145°F for 3 hours and then at 43°C/125°F for 7 hours.

(To find more recipes and preparation details, review the text The Art of Healing : Living Food . The alternative to nourish and heal yourself during this time . )