The Help Yourself Cookbook for Kids: 60 Easy Plant-Based Recipes Kids Can Make to Stay Healthy and Save the Earth

The Help Yourself Cookbook for Kids: 60 Easy Plant-Based Recipes Kids Can Make to Stay Healthy and Save the Earth — page 5
MEET SOME INGREDIENTS One minute these foods are new the next minute they're old favorites They are all easy to find at health food stores more and more at big-name grocery stores and online if you want them delivered to your door and they last a long time Once you buy them you'll use them a LOT in this book See Resources page 118 for my favorite brands AGAVE Similar to maple syrup which comes from a maple tree agave is a Sweet Syrup that comes from a cactus nature is so cool right Your body Soaks up agave much more slowly than sugar so you won't go so crazy when you eat it ALGAE are tiny plants that grow in ponds and lakes and are some of nature's most perfect foods containing a high amount of protein plus a long list of vitamins minerals and nutrients for your energy heart blood eyes brain and immune System Algae are dried and ground to a powder and can be found in the vitamin section of health food stores or online A bottle can seem expensive but it lasts a very long time so each nutritious use costs only a few cents Algae are super helpful for your nutrition and health We use two kinds in this book BLUE-GREEN ALGAE are named for their beautiful color Get as much in your body as you can by sprinkling the algae in juices water they will turn it the most beautiful turquoise on salads in chocolate recipes or in guacamole SPIRULINA is named for its shape under a microscope it looks like tiny spirals This green black powder is fun to sprinkle on everything from smoothies to popcorn because it turns everything VIII green