To use maca powder in smoothies and oatmeal, start small: half a teaspoon in a single smoothie, one teaspoon in a bowl of oats, and mix it into the wet ingredients first so it disperses instead of sitting in a clump. Maca is a dried, ground Peruvian root with a sweet, nutty, faintly roasted flavor, … Read more
To use dates as a sweetener, you blend softened pitted dates into a paste, simmer them into a syrup, or dry and grind them into a sugar, then swap that form for the sugar your recipe calls for. The reliable starting point is roughly 1 cup chopped dates for every 1 cup of sugar, with … Read more
Wheatgrass is the young grass of the same plant you eat as bread (Triticum aestivum), cut at 6 to 8 inches tall long before it ever forms a grain head. If you have wondered how to grow wheatgrass at home in a tray, the short version is this: sow an even layer of soaked seed … Read more