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Hydrating Coconut, Cucumber & Lime

Hydrating Coconut, Cucumber & Lime Smoothie-from the book Quench

Recipe from Quench-Chapter 6 Warm Weather Smoothie

It’s important to get the nutrients that you need from the ingredients of the season for your body’s best digestion. 

Here is a great tasting and easy smoothie from the book Quench. If you haven’t read this book make sure that you do! It has made wonderful improvements in my skin, sleep, productivity and focus! Here is our facebook book club page if you’d like to look up, by chapter, my online book club portion. 

“The ingredients in this recipe synergize to create more efficient hydration. Chia has the ability to release the most water of any nutritious seed

Makes Approximately A 12 Ounce Serving

½ cup coconut water or coconut milk (no sugar added)

½  cucumber, peeled, if not organic

1 tablespoon ground chia seeds

1 to 2 teaspoons honey

1 tablespoon fresh lime juice

1 to 2 pinches course sea salt or rock salt (mineral, like Himalayan or Celtic)

1 to 2 cups spring or filtered water, dilute to your taste

½ to 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger, optional if you want extra zip

Place ingredients in blender and blend on high. Pour over ice if desired. 


To book your one on one, 15 minute virtual consult or an in person 90 minute Advanced Therapeutic Medical Bodywork session click here

Love and light,

Michelle S Krause LMT, CST-T

Board Member of the Local Maryland AMTA

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June 17, 2023

Coconut, Cucumber and Lime Hydrating Smoothie

Recipe from Quench-Chapter 6 Warm Weather Smoothie

It’s important to get the nutrients that you need from the ingredients of the season for your body’s best digestion. 

Here is a great tasting and easy smoothie from the book Quench. If you haven’t read this book make sure that you do! It has made wonderful improvements in my skin, sleep, productivity and focus! Here is our facebook book club page if you’d like to look up, by chapter, my online book club portion. 

“The ingredients in this recipe synergize to create more efficient hydration. Chia has the ability to release the most water of any nutritious seed

Makes Approximately A 12 Ounce Serving

½ cup coconut water or coconut milk (no sugar added)

½  cucumber, peeled, if not organic

1 tablespoon ground chia seeds

1 to 2 teaspoons honey

1 tablespoon fresh lime juice

1 to 2 pinches course sea salt or rock salt (mineral, like Himalayan or Celtic)

1 to 2 cups spring or filtered water, dilute to your taste

½ to 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger, optional if you want extra zip

Place ingredients in blender and blend on high. Pour over ice if desired. 


To book your one on one, 15 minute virtual consult or an in person 90 minute Advanced Therapeutic Medical Bodywork session click here

Love and light,

Michelle S Krause LMT, CST-T

Board Member of the Local Maryland AMTA

October 28, 2023

Shrimp Salad on a Watercress Bed

Recipe from Scott Goldberg-Master Functional Fitness Trainer

It’s important to get the nutrients that you need from the ingredients of the season for your body’s best digestion. 

Quick and easy and great for any season, you can change out the bed of lettuce for each season for your best digestion.

Makes 8 Servings if you are portioning 4 ounces per serving

2 pounds of shrimp, chopped to liking

½  stalk of celery chopped or diced finely to liking

1/3-1/2 red onion to liking

2-3 tablespoons of vegan mayonnaise liking (add slowly)

Add Old Bay or JO (less salt) to your liking (1 tablespoon here)

Toss together, serve chilled on a bed of lettuce

Watercress, Spinach, Butter, Arugula, Bib, Leaf, chicory or Romaine Lettuce for bedding


To book your one on one, 15 minute virtual consult or an in person 90 minute Advanced Therapeutic Medical Bodywork session click here. To book a consult with Scott Goldberg click here.

Love and light,

Michelle S Krause LMT, CST-T

Board Member of the Local Maryland AMTA