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Store-bought versions of chia drinks can be expensive, but you’ll see how easy it is to make healthy juices and smoothies yourself at home. Just add chia seeds to your favorite fruit juice to hydrate them and in a few minutes you’ll have a healthy beverage high in omega-3 fats, which help support heart health and protect the brain. Watch the video above to see Sonima chef Joy Houston demonstrate how to make a blueberry-apple-flavored version of this nutritious drink.

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If you had too much to drink at last night’s holiday party or simply want a cleansing drink to help you feel your best, this juice will deliver. In this video, Joe Cross, star of the documentary Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead and founder of the Reboot with Joe juicing program, shows Sonima founder Sonia Jones how to make one of his signature green juices. The cabbage in this elixir contains sulfur-based compounds and other phytonutrients that can help improve liver function to optimize your body’s natural detoxification process. Ginger adds a zip of spicy flavor and contains phytonutrients that can reduce nausea, improve digestion, and boost immunity. We’ll drink to that!

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These days more people are looking to milk alternatives for easier digestion or healthy living. In this video, Sonima chef Joy Houston shows how to make your own almond milk at home in just a few easy steps. All you need is a blender and a nut-milk bag. You’ll see it’s quite the hands-on process, so heed Joy’s warnings on the nut-milk bag! If you don’t have the supplies or time needed for this recipe, try our quick and easy shortcut method here.

Ingredients

2 cups raw organic almonds
2 organic Brazil nuts
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 Medjool dates, pitted
1 pinch salt
1 pinch cinnamon
2 to 4 cups water (depending on desired consistency)

Instructions

Mix all ingredients into a blender.

Pour the milky substance into a nut milk bag or cheese cloth and extract out your almond milk leaving the bits and pieces of nuts left over behind. Depending on your desired consistency and amount of water used, you’ll make approximately 6 servings of almond milk.

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In this quick video Joe Cross shows Sonima founder Sonia Jones how to make a green smoothie. Cross’ “get your greens smoothie” is packed with vegetables such as kale, celery, and cucumber and it gets its sweetness from fresh fig and frozen banana. Check out the full recipe and nutrition information here.

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Join Joe Cross and Sonia Jones as they demonstrate how to make a delicious morning juice recipe Cross calls “sunburst juice.” The combination of orange, red pepper, carrots, and lemon creates a gorgeous orange hue that looks like liquid sunshine. Check out the ingredients, recipe instructions, and nutrition information here.

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