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I have to go dairy free I'm afraid, it's hard! If you come up with a good non-dairy smoothie, please share!
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tortoise
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Tonight's smoothie was 
and it had dairy in it. I will try that again minus the spinach. I'd rather eat a salad than drink a green smoothie. But I got my quercetin powder hidden in it. Oh crap. I only drank half of it. :facepalm: need to drink the rest tonight because it's "medicated". 
and it had dairy in it. I will try that again minus the spinach. I'd rather eat a salad than drink a green smoothie. But I got my quercetin powder hidden in it. Oh crap. I only drank half of it. :facepalm: need to drink the rest tonight because it's "medicated". Mini Horses
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If I were you, I'd take your CQ-10 in tablet form. I use one from ProCaps Laboratoies as it has D3, B-complex & C in it...Easier & as you age your bod doesn't make enough of the CQ10, so I supplement. The other stuff makes it absorbable.
Now, smoothies....non-dairy? Go with almond milk. It tastes great and much like it actually was dairy. Yes, freeze the juices instead of ice. Apples & bananas & strawberries work to help sweeten...fruits in frozen deptmt. Next yr you can freeze gallons of blueberries, etc.
I do these in demos. Many combos, these are just suggestions. Nutritionally, strawberries & blueberries excellent -- high antioxidants and good vit/min complex. Throw some oregano into your greens -- super herb!
Personally, I prefer concentrate & less of it to drink down. Just me. Rarely do smoothie at home. Also, I do a good amount of dairy but, know some can't. Hey -- I raise DAIRY goats.
I love dairy, most any form.
Not a trained nutritionist but, do work to stay healthy and eat well. So I try to keep up with what foods work as hard as I do. Guess it's working because I have no health problems, still working 5-6 days a week and doing my farm. Haven't needed a doctor in over 25 years, climb ladders, fences and trees, lift hay & feed, wrangle goats. Sometimes a little stiff at get up but, a few stretches and I'm good. I have less aches & pains than my 51 y/o son. 
I am blessed!! 
Now, smoothies....non-dairy? Go with almond milk. It tastes great and much like it actually was dairy. Yes, freeze the juices instead of ice. Apples & bananas & strawberries work to help sweeten...fruits in frozen deptmt. Next yr you can freeze gallons of blueberries, etc.
I do these in demos. Many combos, these are just suggestions. Nutritionally, strawberries & blueberries excellent -- high antioxidants and good vit/min complex. Throw some oregano into your greens -- super herb!Personally, I prefer concentrate & less of it to drink down. Just me. Rarely do smoothie at home. Also, I do a good amount of dairy but, know some can't. Hey -- I raise DAIRY goats.
I love dairy, most any form.Not a trained nutritionist but, do work to stay healthy and eat well. So I try to keep up with what foods work as hard as I do. Guess it's working because I have no health problems, still working 5-6 days a week and doing my farm. Haven't needed a doctor in over 25 years, climb ladders, fences and trees, lift hay & feed, wrangle goats.
Sometimes a little stiff at get up but, a few stretches and I'm good. I have less aches & pains than my 51 y/o son. I am blessed!! 
sumi
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Hey, black pudding is nice! lol Good source of iron I heard It took me awhile to get to love it, but I do now.
Tortoise sympathy on the doggie farts. My ex-DH had a Bullterrier that would empty the house, never mind the room, when he let rip
Smoothies... I mixed orange juice, blueberries and kiwi fruit in my blender yesterday and gosh, it was yummy! Very sweet though, but lovely. Today I'm going to add some Swiss chard from my garden, since it miraculously survived two hard frosts already and I should eat more of it.
It took me awhile to get to love it, but I do now.Tortoise sympathy on the doggie farts. My ex-DH had a Bullterrier that would empty the house, never mind the room, when he let rip
Smoothies... I mixed orange juice, blueberries and kiwi fruit in my blender yesterday and gosh, it was yummy! Very sweet though, but lovely. Today I'm going to add some Swiss chard from my garden, since it miraculously survived two hard frosts already and I should eat more of it.
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I grew chard for this first time this past summer. Definitely a plant to repeat! Wasn't bitter at all! I found instructions for canning chard greens but didn't try it.
sumi
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I ended up adding a few chard leaves to my usual morning smoothie (milk, yoghurt, berries, protein powder and porridge oats) I barely tasted it and probably only because I paid attention and knew it was in there. It's nice raw like that. I found it lovely on pizza too, if you can eat that, or steamed in balls with peas and broccoli.
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I tried hiding quercetin in salad dressing rather than smoothie. Much better! But the commercial dressing I hid it in has forbidden ingredients (sugar, soy, etc), so I started my own recipe. Not sharing yet because it will evolve over the next few batches. It's based on homemade avocado oil mayonnaise.
I sat down with the Wahls Protocol book last night and am working through meeting the diet requirements without breaking the budget. Some people are reporting spending $400 per month *per person* on their groceries with the Wahls diet! Oh heck no! I'm thinking more like $50 per month per person once I get going.
I sat down with the Wahls Protocol book last night and am working through meeting the diet requirements without breaking the budget. Some people are reporting spending $400 per month *per person* on their groceries with the Wahls diet!
Oh heck no! I'm thinking more like $50 per month per person once I get going.
baymule
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Dog farts. 
Our dogs got tired of their "'good" dogfood, so we bought them a bag of the cheap stuff. They scarfed it down, we bought them another bag. They got to stinking, not farts, just stinky dog odor. The farts were not pleasant, but they just had BO ALL the time. We switched back and they smell better now!
Our dogs got tired of their "'good" dogfood, so we bought them a bag of the cheap stuff. They scarfed it down, we bought them another bag. They got to stinking, not farts, just stinky dog odor. The farts were not pleasant, but they just had BO ALL the time. We switched back and they smell better now!- Thread starter
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I'm about to go grain free. Hubby gets a sizable discount on Science Diet products, so I would try their grain free. Started with an oral care, then adult, now doing an energy-dense adult food. If it doesn't clear up by the end of the bag, we're trying grain free. uff dah. Pricey when it's a big dog that's a bottomless pit! I think she's at 9 cups/day.Dog farts.
What food works for your dogs?
frustratedearthmother
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That's a lot!
My big dogs don't seem to eat that much. But, now that it's colder they have increased. I was buying a high priced grain free dog food that I really liked. They would eat it ok - but they never missed a chance to go eat the goat grain. So - I asked myself why I was paying nearly $20 a bag more for grain free when they obviously prefer some grain. Now they get regular ol' Pedigree. Haven't really noticed any difference in their condition - but it's only been a few weeks.
