Healthy Living Recipes – Inner Light Cucumber Mint Dressing
August 1, 2010 by Alison Miller
Filed under Recipes & Juices
One of the greatest ways to maintain your health is through your daily food choices. Every day you have the opportunity to choose foods that can act as a natural and powerful healing agent for your body and mind.
Enjoy this delightfully refreshing salad dressing packed with health inducing ingredients. Including cucumbers, ginger, garlic, mint, apple cider vinegar, cayenne pepper and more…
Cucumbers are high in water content and act as a cleanser in the body. Garlic and ginger support a healthy cardiovascular system while, mint promotes digestion. Cayenne pepper improves weak circulation and strengthens digestion. Apple cider vinegar contains malic acid which is very helpful in fighting fungal and bacterial infections.
Inner Light Cucumber Mint Dressing
Preparation Time: 15 minutes / Serving: 2 ¾ cups
- 1 medium Cucumber, peeled, seeded & chopped (1 ¼ C)
- 1 C Filtered water or coconut water
- ¼ C Cashews or macadamia nuts
- 2 Tbl Lemon juice, fresh squeezed
- 2 tsp Apple cider vinegar, raw
- 2 tsp Mint leaf, minced
- ½ tsp Nama shoyu, or to taste
- ½ tsp Ginger, peeled & minced
- ½ tsp Garlic, minced (optional)
- Pinch Cayenne pepper
- Sea salt, to taste
- Black pepper, ground to taste
Loving Preparation
1. Place all ingredients in a blender and blend until creamy.
Variations
Try replacing mint with other fresh herbs.
Replace cashews with other soaked nuts or seeds.
Recipes Provided By: Vegan Fusion Cuisine – Innovative Global Cuisine
Vegan Fusion promotes the benefits of plant-based cuisine for our health and the preservation of the planet. Vegan Fusion advocates eating food in its whole natural state, using ingredients that are organic and locally grown whenever possible.
In addition to cookbooks, Vegan Fusion offers consulting services for restaurants, natural food stores and other food service settings that wish to include delectable and healthy vegan and raw foods on their menu. Vegan Fusion award-winning dishes embrace a full range of international vegan cuisine – from hearty comfort foods to lighter raw foods. Vegan Fusion believes that eating healthy can be a delicious gourmet experience. Go to http://www.veganfusion.com for more information.
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Wow, this sounds really good. I love mint. Thanks for the recipe!