DAILY HARVEST - SUPER FOOD - SUPER FAST - SUPER GOOD

Are you ready for a healthy meal for you and your family in under 10 minutes? Are you a fan of health and wellness...feeling fulfilled and energized? Check out Daily Harvest, they're on a mission to make nutrient-dense, plant-based foods more accessible than ever before....and might I add so satisyfing!

If you and your household are on the go and you'd love to be consistent with healthy food but find yourself short on time? Daily Harvest is a personal favorite and a convenient way to eat healthily, and... yes,  Super Fast. They focus on convenience without compromise. They deliver the meals frozen to your doorstep, and you can pick from a variety of different types and flavors. You Choose from Smoothies, Harvest Bowls, Soups, Lattes, Overnight Oats, Chia Parfaits, and Sundaes. You can get weekly or monthly deliveries and pick the amount of cups you want each week or month. There's a lot of buzz about Daily Harvest; Serena Williams along with Gwyneth Paltrow, Shaun White and Bobby Flay who was so impressed he begged the founders to let him invest. Use Discount Code gratefulgardenia at checkout - 3 free cups in your first order!

So Simple - Go to their website and begin to build your box. Choose any combination of superfood eats / 2-check your doorstep / 3 -pop in your freezer, blend, soak or heat / 4- Feel energized and healthy! 

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BOYFRIEND TOP - Franne Golde

I can't tell you how delicious these are. After you blend your organic smoothie pour back into the cup and off you go!  It's such a great feeling when you find healthy meals and snacks that satisfy you & your household.

It's Convenient - It's Customizable - The Family Loves It - Plenty of Variety and you're treating yourself to a "daily harvest"

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Here's to your health. Please email me @janet@gratefulgardenia.com for any questions or DM Daily Harvest. Follow Daily Harvest on their Instagram @dailyharvest  Facebook @daily Harvest

HARVEST TABLE DIY PUMPKINS & SUCCULENTS

Are you a fan of fall? October and November are my favorite months of the year. The October moons are amazing and knowing the Thanksgiving Holiday is right around the corner fills my heart with gratitude. Not only are the seasons changing, we too are experiencing our own transformations at harvest time... cultivating our internal harvest. It's a time to reflect, take a moment to look at our own personal growth, time to plant some mental seeds and prepare for new growth, and one way to get grounded is to plant!  Here's an easy DIY harvest centerpiece idea that'll put a little joy in your heart and begin to think about what you'd like to bring about for the new year ahead.

The entire project from start to finish took about an hour. It's so simple to create and no matter how you group your succulents you can't go wrong. Planting is like a long meditation. Do you ever feel energized after you plant?

I purchased this planting mix from Anawalt, here is a link for organic soil from Amazon

If you prefer gloves here's a link from Amazon.  I've attached a few links for the perfect carving kits that will last you several years.  If you feel like becoming a pro, here's the link for the Ultimate Carving Kit.

These tiny pumpkins are so easy to slice & clean. I also took a paper towel to soak up the extra dampness. 

Pat down the extra dirt, just add a little water, the tiny pumpkins will rot quickly if there is too much moisture.

Harvest time is a fun project for the whole family. Just ask my project manager Buster. Planting the succulents in the pumpkins they are now with their own compost (the pumpkin!). When the pumpkins begin to rot, you can plant them into the ground so the succulents are ground level or just transfer your succulents from the pumpkin into a vase or ceramic pot for indoors. 

 I'd love to know your favorite succulent ideas, I'm always up for new and clever designs. These also make fun gifts to bring to a friends house for dinner. 

Happy Harvest & Happy Planting!

You Will Need: 

• small pumpkins - any color (choose your size). She used 3 different sizes.
• pumpkin carving tools 
• cactus planting moss
• variety of succulent plants
• gloves for planting
• fun attitude for appreciating the little things

TIPS:

Succulents like having several hours of strong sunlight a day,  Succulents tend to do better outdoors, so if you’re growing them indoors, make sure to keep them in a particularly sunny spot.

 Only water succulents when the soil is completely dry.

WAKE UP AND BLEND UP WITH GREEN COCONUTS & SPIRULINA

If you haven't already come up with a green coconut smoothie or breakfast bowl made with Hawaiian Spirulina, I'd love to share easy recipes I like with you. It's Green, it's healthy and both are a superfood supplement. When you're on the go and running out the door early in the morning. Wake up and blend up - with a nutritious green machine smoothie in a cup or a bowl.

This took under 10 minutes to make and it's delicious. I blended half of a green coconut packet, water, raspberries, blueberries... sprinkled with spirulina - cinnamon -  topped with a mint leaf...and a lovely pink rose from my garden. The unused green coconut packet will last for three days in the freezer.

You can also use the green coconut packet, thaw it out for about 10 minutes and eat by itself. Sprinkle a little cinnamon, mix with nuts, dates or flax-seed oil. The above drink is made with green coconut - blueberries - flax seed oil - spirulina.

In Tablet or Powder form. Serving size suggested for the powder is 1 teaspoon /6  tablets daily with meals.

Recently I attend a luncheon where Elissa Goodman spoke about her new book Cancer Hacks, and one of the products in our goodie bag was Spirulina Pacifica from Pure Hawaiian. I didn't really know much about it...but I do now. Spirulina comes from a blue-green alga named for its shape. It's the original superfood and is one of the most nutritious, concentrated whole foods known to humankind. It's been used as a food source for centuries. Spirulina is made of between 55 and 70 % digestible protein (more than beef, chicken, and soybeans) you'll also find high levels of iron, beta carotene, minerals, and numerous other healthful vitamins including vitamin B12 and phycocyanin, a pigment protein antioxidant found only in blue-green microalgae. You might ask: Why take Spirulina?  It provides long- lasting energy and strengthens the immune system. Its antioxidant power contributes to the entire body operating like a well-oiled machine. For those who aren't a fan of veggies, sneak it in almost anywhere.

Benefits of taking Hawaiian Spirulina - Energy - Immune System - Brain Health (research has shown it has more promising results than blueberries for your brain) Cardiovascular... One 3 gram serving has higher levels of some key antioxidants, enzymes, vitamins and minerals compared to 5 servings of fruits and vegetables.  You might ask why Hawaiian?  Hawaiian Spirulina goes from pond to powder in less than 30 minutes. it's cultivated in a Biosecure Zone free of pesticides, herbicides and industrial pollutants in Kona, Hawaii, the sunniest coast in the united states. Each pond is fed with 100% potable drinking water from Hawaiian aquifers and infused with pure deep ocean water containing beneficial trace minerals.

Ingredients: Young Green Coconut (1 packet) - Hawaiian Spirulina (1 teaspoon)- Blueberries - (many as you want) Add water to the consistency you prefer and shake in a little cinnamon.

Coconuts are one of the most nutritious of all fruits, but unfortunately, in the United States, they are also one of the most overlooked. Coconuts are not a traditional part of the American diet but have been a staple food for Asian cultures, for centuries. Why young green coconut?   It's naturally low in sugar, has 0% Cholesterol, 0g Trans Fats, and fewer calories than mature brown coconuts.  I love inner-eco, they puree each individual packet so you can easily mix it up, blend it up or have it alone as a snack. There is no sugar added, Dairy free, Vegan-friendly, Gluten-free, no GMOs

• A few health benefits of coconuts and coconut oil include:
• Help you lose weight or maintain your already good weight 
• Reduce the risk of heart disease 
• Lower your cholesterol 
• Improve conditions in those with diabetes and chronic fatigue 
• Improve Crohn's, IBS, and other digestive disorders 
• Prevent other disease and routine illness with its powerful antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal agents 
• Increase metabolism and promotes healthy thyroid function 
• Boost your daily energy 
• Rejuvenate your skin and prevent wrinkles

I bought this  Bella Rocket Blender  on Amazon. It's great for quick blending and super easy on the clean-up. After you've made your shake you can flip the cup over, add the lid and now you've got your to-go healthy drink, or make it the night before and keep it cold in the fridge for the following morning.  

Super easy, super quick and Super Healthy!  Tell yourself you are living in a healthy body and the mind will begin to tell the body and so on and so on...

And now you're off and running. Wake up Look Up Get Up Fuel Up.  Express your gratitude and watch your life begin to shift in a positive way....and a four-legged running pal doesn't hurt either.  We are living longer as a society and it's worth the effort to do your research and begin to take care of your mind, body and spirit.

   Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes. Ideas are products of the imagination . Imagine yourself as priceless...because you are.