Carrot-Poppyseed Salad

This recipe makes a regular appearance at our house, as a main-dish big salad. We eat it on a pile of baby spinach leaves. The recipe serves 2 as a main serving and 4 as a side dish.

CARROT-POPPYSEED SALAD (vegan)

1/4 cup poppyseed dressing*
2 cups grated carrots
1/2 cup raisins
2 oz. cubed cheese (Monterrey jack is good, so is cheddar)

fresh spinach or lettuce leaves
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In a large bowl, toss ingredients together.  Can be served on a bed of lettuce or spinach.

Serves 4

*Poppyseed Dressing

1 Tbsp. honey or vegan sweetener
1 pinch onion powder
1/8 tsp. ground mustard seed
1/8 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. poppyseeds
1 Tbsp. cider vinegar
2 Tbsp. olive oil

Combine ingredients in a jar. Put the lid on and shake well before using.

Note: Here's a recipe for a larger amount of this dressing: Golden Poppyseed Dressing, which is nice to have on hand for other salads, like Waldorf, Avocado & Orange, etc.

Carrot LaBelle

It's Day 3 of my allergy detox diet, and I'm feeling yukky. Oh yes... now I remember that's part of the detox process for the first few days. So I finally got out my juicer and zapped up some nice, fresh veggie juice. Ah, feeling better now. Since carrot juice is just too sweet and blah for me, I discovered red bell pepper. Here's my recipe...

CARROT LABELLE (CARROT AND RED BELL PEPPER JUICE)

5 med. carrrots
1/4 lg. red bell pepper

Peel the carrots and cut them into vertical strips that will fit your juicer. Run them through.

Remove seeds and the white part of the inside of the bell pepper. Cut into pieces to fit the juicer. Run them through after the carrots. Since bell pepper is juicier than carrots, it washes more of the good stuff into your glass.


Makes 6-8 oz.

Detox Diet: Day 1

Okay, yeah, day 1 is always hard. No coffee, no sugar, no chokkies... and a whopper of a headache with no medicine allowed. But this time I know there will be awesome results.

Here's what I make sure to eat or drink every day on the allergy diet:

garlic
cloves
chamomile tea
wormwood tea
ginger
raw, soaked seeds: pumpkin, sesame, sunflower (I make haroset.)
raw honey
fresh raw veggie juice
flaxseed oil
raw, soaked nuts
lots of good, filtered water
acidophilus supplement
vitamin supplements

Of course, I have normal foods like we usually eat for our main vegetarian meal, homemade bread, fresh fruit, rice protein powder in juice and water. But the stuff on the list above is a big part of what makes the diet work.

In Praise of the Humble Carrot!

Looking for an inexpensive and healthy veggie that tastes great? Cooked carrots often get a bad rap because they turn out sort of sweet and mushy. But if you use salt, savory spices, and garlic in a brief sauté, they are a super veggie dish.

SPICED CARROTS

2 carrots, peeled and cut into 3”strips
2 tsp. olive oil
1 garlic clove, minced
1/2 tsp. Ayurvedic spice mix or a pinch of black pepper
1/16 tsp. salt

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Sauté carrots in olive oil on med-low heat. Sprinkle with salt and cover, stirring every few minutes. When carrots are crisp-tender, add garlic and ayurvedic spices or black pepper. Cover and turn off heat. After a minute or two, stir and serve.

Serves 2

Note: the Ayurvedic spice mix isn't necessary, you can use a small amount of ground black pepper... but it adds a wonderful flavor to the carrots.

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