Homemade Pina Colada

I was certainly frustrated when in search of a healthy pina colada recipe online recently and I could not get anything.  All I could find were blogs where people wanted exactly what I was looking for so I knew I had to come up with something myself.  The tricky part was getting it smooth, sweet, but still as healthy as possible.  The original mix you buy at the store is really creamy and delicious until you look at the ingredients, and you know you might as well eat a sundae, cake and cookies for dessert all at once! So we went shopping for healthy treats to experiment at home.

We got some organic coconut sugar for sweetness, organic unsweetened coconut flakes, creamy organic coconut milk, organic pineapple juice, and fresh pineapple.  We cut up and froze the pineapple chunks overnight. In a blender we squeezed a whole small 11 oz carton as shown in the picture, of the coconut milk.  We added a cup of pineapple juice, 3/4 of a cup of goslings black rum, a few sprinkles of the shredded coconut, 2 tablespoons of coconut sugar, and about a cup of frozen pineapple chunks.  You can taste and add as you go depending on your taste and blender.

Once I poured this in my glass, I drizzle a bit of rum on the top.  Well let me tell you, this was the best pina colada we have had yet without the guilt! You can have it without the liquor if you want just a nice smoothie!  Enjoy and happy summer!

Shrimp scampi over cabbage noodles

This scampi dish is so delicious, and filling you will want to have this often.  It's a super tasty comfort food with all of the benefits of health.  It has all the components of a perfect meal, plenty of fiber, good fats, protein, and complex carbs.  The recipe is below with the ingredients you need to make it highlighted.  A bonus to this recipe is the few minutes it takes to make it.

Take a large pan and add a teaspoon of grass fed butter on medium heat, let it heat up about a minute and add one pound of uncooked shrimp tossing it around for 5 minutes.  Add 6 large white button mushrooms, 8 smashed garlic cloves, and a cup of fresh cilantro, and another half of a teaspoon of grass fed butter.  Toss this for a couple of minutes so the mushrooms and garlic cook a bit with the shrimp juice, Add a squeeze of a half of a lime.  Take one vine ripe organic tomato, dice it up and toss into the mix at the end, not to cook it just to toss it in and take the whole mixture out of the pan into a plate.  Set aside.

In the same pan, add another half of a teaspoon of grass fed butter and warm up, add to it a half of an organic green cabbage sliced into thing slices like noodles.  Toss around for 3 minutes so it is not overly cooked unless you like mushy noodles.  I like Al Dente noodles.  Add the shrimp mixture to the noodles, sprinkle a quarter of a teaspoon of himalayan or sea salt, and sprinkle with a bit of parmesan cheese, or cheese of your choice, or no cheese at all.  Enjoy!!