1 large head of broccoli (about 1 pound)

½ cup of veganaise

2 tsp. of maple syrup

4 tsp of apple cider vinegar

¼ tsp of sea salt

1/8 tsp of ground black pepper

¼ cup of raisins

½ cucumber diced in small cubes

2 small tomatoes diced into small cubes

Chop the broccoli including the stems into small bite size.

Toss together with the cucumber, tomato and raisins.

Whisk together the veganaise, maple syrup, apple cider vinegar, salt and pepper

Fold together with broccoli mixture and let sit for 30 minutes.

( for variation add 1 tbs. of prepared horseradish to the veganaise)

Here is a great recipe that can be put together after a quick trip to the farmers market!

Compliments of Sarma Melngalis from the “Get the Glow” Living Raw Food

8 cups of cubed watermelon
8 cups of heirloom or other tomatoes, cut into a large dice
4 cups of English cucumbers, cut into a medium dice
1 small bunch of Italian parsley, stemmed and torn into pieces
1 handful of cilantro leaves, torn
1 very small handful of mint leaves cut into chiffonade
2-3 scallions, thinly sliced, (alternatively you can use 1/4 cup of minced red onion)
1 jalapeno, seeded and minced
Juice of 2 freshly squeezed limes
1 cup raw pine nuts
1-2 tablespoons of macadamia nut or avocado oil
1 ripe avocado, peeled pitted and diced
sea salt to taste
freshly ground black pepper, to taste

In a very large bowl toss together all of the ingredients. Enjoy with a large glass of cold kombucha.

Salad:

3 Belgian endives cut into ½ inch slices

1 very ripe Anjou, thinly sliced into bite-size pieces

3 tablespoons of grapeseed oil

2 tsp. white balsamic vinegar

½ cup of candied pecans

(Whisk together grapeseed oil into balsamic vinegar)

Toss over remaining ingredients

Two of the most important juices for your body are Carrot/ Spinach and Carrot/Beet /Cucumber.

Freshly extracted Carrot /Spinach and Carrot/Beet/Cucumber will:

Cleansing of the intestinal tract

Aids in pernicious anemia

Convulsions

Degeneration of various nerves

Deficiency in adrenal secretions and those of the thyroid, neuritis, arthritis, abscesses and boils

Impaired functions of the heart

Low and High blood pressure

Eye troubles and headaches

The quickest and most effective way in which the body can obtain and assimilate these elements is by keeping your colon cleansed and drinking daily at least one pint of fresh-raw vegetable juice.

We  must look closer into the ways that we  can improve the quality of the food we  eat.

Start today and make the transition from cooked devitalized foods to foods that actually feed your cells because they have been left whole and kept in their natural state. Raw and sprouted foods are replete with active enzymes that can communicate chemically and electrically with the cells in the body.   It takes approximately three days of living on raw vegetables, fruits and their juices to

free oneself of the additions from processed foods.  Processed foods are full of excitotoxins such as preservatives, chemical additives and artificial colorings…to name a few!  These are actually neurotoxins that stimulate the brain to seek out more and more excitotoxins.  This vicious cycle is much like the addition heroin addicts have to heroin. 

Processed foods will never nourish the cells of the body with nutrients.  That is why shortly after  eating  people  are still hungry. They end up over eating getting too many empty calories trying to satisfy their hunger. 

Your nutrition can be improved greatly through juicing vegetables.  Vegetable juices build muscles for the tissues in the body.  They are loaded with organic vitamins and minerals and full of active enzymes readily available to communicate  with the cells of the body.  Fruit juices are filled with antioxidants and vitamins and they are your cleansers.

Many things happen immediately when you start to feed your cells.  The body becomes replete with nutrients and  each cell starts to  respond  by excreting indigenous waste that has built up over the years.  Trillions of your cells start to  ‘clean house’.  Your body will find every avenue of elimination to get rid of this waste.  It will use the colon, kidneys, skin and respiration to excrete all this cellular waste.  Keep yourself internally cleansed to prevent toxic cellular waste from accumulating inside your body.