Nutritional pioneer Dr. Bernard Jensen had a great quote, “When you’re green inside, you’re clean inside.” This herbal green drink was crafted specifically to help me ingest more nettles and experience the above quote. If you are new to the power of nettles you are in for quite a treat with this recipe, and if you are already ingesting nettles, this is a great way to mix up the way you are using it.
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1. Nettles tea – 1.5 cups
2. Green Apple – 1
3. Green Pear – 1
4. One handful of wild nettles
5. Vitamineral Green – 1 Tablespoon
6. Agave syrup – 1 Tablespoon
Preparation Instructions:
First make nettle tea by steeping the dried herb and water for ten minutes in almost boiling water. You may want to try making a quart of the tea and keeping the extra in the fridge. It will last about three days. Next place the tea in a blender. Then core the apples and pear and add to tea base. Finally, add the remaining ingredients and blend until smooth. Serve and let the green clean you on the inside!
Note: Once wild nettles have been harvested (with gloves on!), properly dried, and then blended, the sting of the nettles is gone.
Nutritional and Health Benefits:
Nettle tea is naturally caffeine free and yet energizing. It is also mineral rich, high in antioxidants, which neutralize free radicals (molecules that have lost an electron and are therefore unstable and damaging), and very supportive for healthy liver functioning. Green apples, and apples in general, are high in Vitamin C and dietary fiber. Pears are an excellent source of the mineral potassium, which has been shown to help muscles and nerves work properly. Vitamineral green is an amazing superfood powder that provides a full spectrum of vitamins, minerals, probiotics, and enzymes from various herbs and grasses. It is also extremely alkalizing. Lastly, agave syrup is a natural low-glycemic sweetener that rounds out the flavor of this healing green elixir.
Experiment with this green drink recipe if you wish. The point here is to get more greens into our body, so do whatever you need to do to make this recipe taste amazing for you. Enjoy!
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