Happy First Day of Winter! Warm up with ginger in your recipes

Warm up with Ginger

Raw foods get a bad rap when winter comes around so I've include some recipes from my most recent ezine that use ginger. Ginger tastes great and has amazing warming qualities. Add some to your drinks and meals throughout the day. Enjoy

Ginger Salad Dressing:

Ingredients:

•     3 medium carrots, chopped
•     1/4 cup water
•     3 tablespoons fresh squeezed lemon juice (or apple cider vinegar)
•     2 tablespoons fresh ginger (peeled and chopped)
•     1 tablespoon miso or nama shoyu
•     2 tablespoons sesame seeds
•     1/8 teaspoon salt
•     1/2 cup sesame oil

Directions:
Mix all ingredients in food processor until smooth.

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Raw Pad Thai:


This recipe calls for noodles made from zucchini. For the noodles, slice zucchini into thin strips using a vegetable peeler or spiralizer. (I've even used the shredder disc on my food processor for this)

Ingredients: 


    2 teaspoons raw almond butter
    1/3 cup oil, sesame or olive
    1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice or Braggs Amino Acids
    2 teaspoon cumin powder
    2 teaspoons of ginger
    1/2 jalapeno pepper, deseeded
    2 teaspoon lemon juice or lime
    1/3 cup filtered water

Blend all of the sauce ingredients in a food processor until smooth. In a bowl combine with the zucchini and other thinly sliced vegetables such as bean sprouts. Sprinkle with pine nuts.