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We use coconut oil as one of our main cooking fats, along with local pastured butter and organic olive oil. Coconut oil has a higher smoking point than olive oil and butter, so it’s very useful in high heat cooking. It makes the best popcorn when mixed with ghee and you can’t beat potatoes fried in coconut oil. I’ve tried many different brands of coconut oil, and a few different varieties before finding Tropical Traditions and falling in love with their products. I have many of their products in my pantry: Gold Label Extra Virgin Coconut Oil, Expeller Pressed Coconut Oil, Coconut Cream, Shredded Coconut and I also get my tuna from them and I love them all – if you’re looking for great quality coconut products look no further.
I use the various Tropical Traditions products for different things. The Gold Label Extra Virgin is a fragrant coconut oil, meaning that is smells of coconut and infuses food with a slight coconut flavor. If you’ve ever tried using it for cooking mushrooms or something you quickly realize that it works in some applications and not others. I do not like the virgin oil when it comes to frying potatoes, mushrooms, onions or other savory type applications. It does however work beautifully in baked goods where a hint of coconut enhances the flavor. I use the Virgin Coconut oil in my healthy carrot oatmeal bites. It also makes basmati rice taste exotic and tropical. Simple add one Tablespoon for each cup of rice and you’ll be pleasantly surprised at how delicious the rice is. I also use it for hand & body lotion, hair conditioner and I use it to season all of my wooden cooking utensils. I love having one product I can use for so many things.
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Cleansing Salad with Pepper Cups
Image by Barry Gourmet and Raw
Breakfast or Lunch Approx: 10 min. serves one
Cleansing Salad with Pepper Cups
“This delicious RAW rainbow of colors,of Green,Red,Orange,Yellow, and Purple will have you covered for high antioxidant and phyto nutrient support for your immunity and cleansing protocol.”
Ingredients for Cleansing Salad:
Your favorite fresh Leafy Greens around the house? I chose Water Cress, Chinese Spinach,and Red Oak Leaf, in equal parts about 2 cups.
A few Cherrie Tomatoes (Organic)
One Beat Root
One Medium Carrot
Ingredients for Cleansing Vinaigrette:
On stand by all in glass 100 % Organic
Cold pressed Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Wet pressed Virgin Coconut Oil and centrifugally extracted
Cold pressed Raw & unfiltered Apple Cider Vinegar with Mother of Vinegar
Raw unfiltered Honey
Bee Pollen (Natures Mineral and Vitamin Supplement)
Lemon or Lime Juice
Ingredients for Cleansing Pepper Cups:
1 Hand size Sweet Red Bell Pepper (Organic)
1 Haas Avocado
1 cob of Corn (Organic)
1 half Onion (Medium Size)
2 garlic cloves
A hand full of Your favorite unsalted Nuts of , Whole Almonds with skins ( If you soaked them over night and rinsed them out in the morning you have Sprouted Almonds.
Or you can use any nut such as Walnut, Cashew,Chestnut,Brazil,Hazel,Pine,Pecan,Pistachio, or even Peanut which is really classified as a Legume or Bean.
On stand by your favorite green SUPER FOOD such as , Spirulina, Chlorella, Kelp,Sea Weed combinations, Wheat or Barely Grass, or any mixed reputable whole food Green Super Food Powder that has no fillers in it.
Extra Virgin Olive Oil Cold Pressed
¼ Cup of loose fresh Mint herb
On stand by have the following Shaker Options at the ready ! (Organic is Best)
Red Chili Powder (Hot & Spicy)
Garlic Powder (Pungent)
Ginger Powder (Sweet Savory)
Mustard Powder (Hot Sharp)
Wasabi Powder (Hot Sharp)
Sea Salt Powder (Salty)
Black Pepper Powder (Pungent)
“ Please do not worry I am not going to force you to use all of the above powders at one time!”
On stand by have the following Liquid Options at the ready!
Lemon or Lime Juice (Sour)
Sole ( Pink Himalayan Sea Salt Crystal that is dissolved in pure water) (Salty)
Cleansing Salad Method :
On your cutting board chop your selected leafy greens into small pieces and place in a large mixing bowl for tossing.
Add your diced Beats and Carrots with Cherrie tomato and put bowl aside.
Cleansing Vinaigrette Method:
In a separate mixing bowl add the following ingredients:
1 table spoon Cold Pressed Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 table spoon Cold Pressed Virgin Coconut Oil
1 tea spoon Cold Pressed Raw Apple Cider Vinegar
1 tea spoon unfiltered Raw Honey
1 tea spoon Lemon or Lime Juice
1 tea spoon Bee Pollen
1 level tea spoon of your favorite Green Super Food?
Stir together and taste….. What do you think? Savory ? Brings a Smile to your Face? It did for me and since all people have different taste buds you are allowed to make adjustments to your liking . You are the Gourmet of Your Kitchen.
Cleansing Pepper Cups Method:
On your cutting board split the Sweet Red Bell Pepper in 2 parts down the middle.
Scrape out the seeds and flesh .( Discard or do what I do Compost and save seeds for planting)
With a pairing knife cut V shapes around the edges of the 2 Bell Pepper Cups.
Do not discard the V shaped little pepper shapes , you can toss them in your Salad Bowl with Greens. ( Nothing should go to waste in your Earth Kitchen)
Put your newly decorated Pepper Cups aside to make the chutney style filling.
Chutney style Filling:
Cut ,peal and spoon the flesh of your Avocado into a medium size mixing bowl and squash the fruit down with a fork. ( Discard the Pit)
On your cutting board , with a knife slice down ward ,turning the cob as you cut the raw kernels downward and across the board. Split the pile of kernels in half and add that half to your salad bowl greens to join the previously V shaped pieces of Peppers.
Divide again the pile of corn kernels into 2 parts , then add that part to the mixing bowl of your mashed Avocado.
Then on on your cutting board chop very finely the fresh Mint Herb and divide into 2 parts.
Mix in the one part Mint with your Corn kernels and mashed Avocado.
Add your selected whole nuts or you can elect to chop them smaller for that nutty flavor.
Less will give you a more creamy paste and more will give you that crunchy nutty flavor , its your call? “I like the nutty option myself “!
Add in your finely chopped half medium onion and 2 garlic cloves.
If you wish to thin down your Chutney paste ,then just add a little Olive Oil for this and keep mixing. Now taste it …… What do you think ? How do you Feel ?
Believe it or not the whole Avocado used seemed to have neutralized the pungency of even the 2 garlic gloves and half onion, but the added fresh Mint Herb added some savory taste with the sweet corn kernels. The texture and nutty flavor is there of course , but other wise the Chutney
filling is rather bland to my taste , but could be fine for you ?
This is where it gets interesting. For me I like that Hot Spicy taste , so with my arsenal of powdered cleansing herbs I add a dash of Red Chile Powder and Garlic & a small pinch of Mustered and stir it in until I got it just right.
I enjoy a sour sweetness to my foods so I added raw unfiltered Honey and Lime Juice to taste.
After you have achieved your combination taste , then spoon the filling into your decorated Sweet Red Bell Pepper Cups on a serving plate.
On the surface filling of each Pepper Cup add an island of corn kernels surrounded by a sea of your finely chopped fresh Mint herb.
Pour your vinaigrette dressing into your salad and toss then spoon into your serving salad bowl.
Complement your Cleansing Salad with Pepper Cups with your favorite Lemon or Lime drink or do what I do if you live like I do in the tropics for convenience.
I pour fresh Coconut Water into my Cup with a squeeze of Lime,Orange and Raw Honey.
“Very refreshing and Alkaline for your body enjoy”
Barry Gourmet & Raw
Nutritional Information:
This RAW Cleansing meal is very easily digested and nutrition is assimilated effectively into your body with all the Enzymes , Good Fats,and Proteins intact from these Living Foods. It is scientifically proven that a Vegetarian Based diet that is rich in raw foods will assist you for effective weight loss, I know because I did it for one year to cut my body weight all most in half.
It is very important to eat this hydrating , high fiber meal (Fiber Supports the Liver) slowly and thoroughly as digestion starts in the mouth to break down the complex carbohydrates . We don’t want to be rushed at the table ,even though it takes only about 10 minutes to make this wonderful Cleansing Meal, which is a good thing.
I must add that this Cleansing meal is also anti -inflammatory with out the meat Purines to help you with any Gout or Arthritis condition. I was once afflicted with gout and arthritis myself many years ago and when I slowly changed to a plant based diet , these symptoms are no longer in my life.
About the unrefined Oils ,Nuts and Avocado ,the Good Fats:
We need certain FATS like the ones in this Cleansing Salad to help the Fat Soluble Vitamins A,D,E,and K to be absorbed by our bodies fat reserves. The Fats in this Cleansing Salad are Essential ( Meaning we cannot make it our selves and we must get it from out side foods)consisting primarily of Omega 3 fatty acids found mostly in whole unrefined oils, nuts, seeds,Sprouts, Avocado and in some of my other recipes as well ,with oily cold water fish such as wild Salmon, Sardines,Mackerel ,Tuna and other seafoods of non predatory nature, that are placed lower on the marine food chain.It is important to note that Sea vegetables such as the Super Green Food Spirulina is providing a massive amount of mineral nutrition including Iodine that is less available on land with our unsustainable agricultural practices of mono cropping.( This is why the refined Salt industry is putting iodine into their salt product, because it is missing a lot or deficient on our land based produce. )It is common practice with Organic farmers in America to amend their soils with sea vegetables to put back needed Calcium, Magnesium ,Iodine, and other trace minerals to help replenish our top soils that in return feed the plants that we in return consume. Iodine is a nonmetallic black crystal element that in trace amounts is essential for the health of our brain functions.
All Ocean sea weeds are a great source of essential iodine for your body and that is why I included this ingredient into the Cleansing Salad from sources of Super Green Foods from the sea.
One other Super Food from Nature that I would include in your life for supreme nutrition would be Bee Pollen.
The pollen is a fine spore grain that flowers produce to in huge quantity to entice honey bees , butterflies , and other insects to feed on ,and to transport to other flowers for cross reproduction. This food from Nature has been used by man for centuries and contains a broad spectrum of trace minerals and vitamins that I use personally for additional support for my immunity and good health.
About the Water Soluble Vitamins in this Cleansing Salad is many. This Salad is very high in Vitamin C from the Greens and Red Peppers. The color Red is normally very high in C but destroyed by cooking. This salad provides a lot of the B vitamins as well. The Super Green foods, plus the Bee Pollen provided from NATURE will help provide additional nutritional Vitamin and Mineral support for the cells in your body.
“Experience the Gourmet in YOU “
Why do I go out of my way to list certain Foods to be Organic on my Recipes?
You probably noticed that for some of the ingredients I list in (brackets ) the word Organic is listed. Why would I do this you may think? Well I have done a lot of research on the subject and later discovered after many years of study that the intensive , and unsustainable farming practices today has effectively stripped a lot of our foods vitamin and mineral base , and further depleted our top soils with chemical fertilizers and pesticides to combat disease and insect infestations of our food crops.
There is a very important point behind all this .
I know that most people do not want to hear this , but the TRUTH needs to be spelled out and addressed so that consumers can take necessary precautions to limit their exposure to certain foods that are treated with chemical pesticides.
The Truth is that all living things including our selves , and the Vegetable Kingdom of Fruits ,Vegetables ,and Grains are all SYSTEMIC.
Systemic meaning that the roots of any plant will absorb the good and the bad such as pesticide Chemical residue into the internal cells of the plant through the plants root systems. So this means that all the washing , scrubbing , and cleaning will not help us at all to get rid of of the plants toxin.If I can use this analogy, Its like how our own skin functions , such as letting the hormone Vitamin D absorb into our body from the sun. But the D will be blocked by Sun screen lotion applied to our skin and like Vitamin D will be absorbed into our body.But again our skin will release fluid salts and waste materials through our skins pores when we sweat ,and perspire toxins out to dissipate, so plants are the same way we are, with incoming and out going exchange of materials good and bad.
The BioTech industry knows very well that the root systems of all plants absorb everything attainable from the soils, so the agribusiness scientists over the years have developed many delivery systems to help the host plant take up the pesticide through its root systems to make the edible plant more pest resistant. But the problem with this playing with Nature Protocol is now backfiring on us , as the target insect , or pest develops immunity over time and new ,and much more stronger toxic chemicals are being developed,over time to try and stay ahead of the
problem. When will this dangerous but short term profitable Mono Factory Farm practice ever end?
As we know today , it is all most impossible to find a grocery store that stores and sells everything 100% Organic. Most stores will have some items , but in most cases most of the fruits and vegetables are conventionally treated with chemicals, so what can one do?
First I need to point out that , and not a whole lot of people that I talked to know about this. And that is most of the agricultural fat soluble pesticide residues are found in the fatty flesh of animal and less in the fruits and vegetables. Simply put , our crops are less exposed to the treatment with shorter growing seasons compared to a cow that lives 30 years longer than a plant. Alot of the feed that is growing for livestock consumption is GMO ( Genetically Modified Organisms. ) These crops are Soy, Corn, Rapeseed/Canola,Sugar Beets,Rice,Cotton,Dairy,Aspartame/Artificial Sweetener,Papayas,Farm raised Salmon and many processed packaged food items, from the giant food manufacturers with confusing labels that take all day to read.Yes people will say that going Organic is more expensive , but is it really?
Organic farming is more labour intensive to amend the soils , and to harvest the bounty ,and today every farm that wants to make the change over to Organic is required by Law to let the land heal and settle into a more natural state then 3rd party inspections are enforced to Certify the produce. So it is understandable why Organic Fruits, Vegetables, Seeds , and Nuts will cost more. But the trade off in my mind is worth it as ,after all its something we put into our body, and I love to eat the edible skins where most of the nutrition is held anyway.
Farmers markets and buying locally is also a good idea as well.
So this fact compels me to post a list of what foods are contaminated and what foods are more safe to eat if its conventional. I cannot think of a more authoritative source than Environmental Working Group EWG.
Regards Barry Gourmet & Raw
EWG’S SHOPPER’S GUIDE TO PESTICIDES Trade Mark Owned by EWG
DIRTY DOZEN By These Organic
Worst
1 Celery 2 Peaches 3 Strawberries 4 Apples 5 Blueberries
6 Nectarines 7 Bell Peppers 8 Spinach 9 Cherries
10 Kale/ Collard Greens 11 Potatoes 12 Grapes (Imported)
CLEAN 15 Lowest in Pesticides
Best
1 Onions 2 Avacoco 3 Sweet Corn 4 Pineapple 5 Mangos 6 Sweet Peas 7 Asparagus 8 Kiwi
9 Cabbage 10 Eggplant 11 Cantaloupe 12 Watermelon 13 Grapefruit 14 Sweet Potato
15 Honeydew Melon
List Resources: Environmental Working Group www.foodnews.org
Comment from Barry Gourmet & Raw:
This list provide by the Environmental Working Group is more comprehensive if you visit their website at www.foodnews.org
This list is valuable information to inform you about the pesticide load on certain foods to help you to make informed decisions and to reduce your exposure. But over all it is still wise to eat a wide variety of fresh Fruits and Vegetables more and to limit or reduce your intake of packaged processed goods.
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