I’ve been promising to post these recipes for a while, but on the heels of our magical Hawaiian adventure, it’s time to deliver.

Among our many activities, we had the honor of conducting a workshop on smoothies at the annual Puna Culinary Festival, which was held at Kalani. Kalani is a retreat center that honors and accentuates the natural environment of the southern end of Hawai’i Island (known to many as “The Big Island”), where geckos scamper, yoga is practiced abundantly, clothing at the pool is optional, and the food is fresh and delicious.  

During our interactive smoothie workshop, we all talked about finding vegan alternatives to prepared nut or grain milks that seem mostly to contain carrageenan, which is not a particularly healthy ingredient. In fact, some studies show that it is an inflammatory food and can cause cancer. Yikes! I don’t use milk or cream of any kind in my smoothies, but I offered my cashew cream as a possible solution.

Learn about the differences between smoothies and juicing and get some great recipes from myself and GD Lynn!

Here’s a recipe for the organic vegan cashew cream plus a yummy cashew sour cream!

[yumprint-recipe id=’54’][yumprint-recipe id=’55’]Check out more Green Divas vegan recipes.

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Bonus:

Listen to this Green Divas Radio Show episode featuring Kalani’s permaculture expert Eric Ellenwood…
 

And catch the latest Green Divas Foodie-Phile podcast segment here…

 
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