Real Girls Eat

This is an adaption of my friend Skye’s classic recipe, which she brought back from a trip to Italy. I have been fortunate to eat this many times at her home and I have never tasted a better pesto anywhere. Pesto sauce can be used in so many ways, not just over pasta. You’ll never go hungry if there’s pesto in the fridge!

My Polish Grandmother or Babcia was a supersonic cook.

She cooked with love, she cooked with what she had available in communist times and she always cooked plenty. 

Here is my favorite recipe of hers. I can imagine the smell of new season tomatoes boiling gently in butter driving my Dad wild with hunger as a kid. 

So I always make this soup when tomatoes are in full seasonal swing, when they are big, ripe and cheap.

There are so many juicing recipes, it is impossible to list every combination. What we can recommend is that you can make virtually any juice to your personal taste by working out how much you need of each ingredient. Boost your immune system by using particular combinations for your daily needs. Drinking fresh juices is one of the greatest things you can do to energize your body on an ongoing basis. Get into dark greens: broccoli, spinach, watercress and sprouts. These contain incredible amounts of vitamins and are easily absorbed by the body in juice from. Drink your greens and you’ll feel the energy lift!

This smoothie has more than a hint of the Caribbean about it. All you need after having this drink is a hammock by the ocean...

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