Raw Beet Salad

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[Alert: All my condiments are not yet raw. You may want to adjust.]

 

Here I am, gnawing and crunching away at raw fruits and vegetables - and loving

it. I had

recently bought a kilogramme of beets ('beetroot' to any of you in the UK and

what I used

to call them until recently), which we usually cook for salads, soups, other

dishes. But I ran

across a recipe that suggested one could grate them raw with apple for a salad,

then use a

raw vegan almond 'mayonnaise' to dress it and sprinkle it with sesame seeds.

Simple

Being me, absolutely determined to pervert the course of true cuisine, however,

I went in a

slightly different direction. I avoided all the 'mayonnaise' since it sounded

rather fatty to

me and I avoid too much of that in one day. And I added a touch of lovely green

(read on

below) to turn the flavour of the whole into something special. The ingredients

are not

unlike the veggies of the Beet, Apple and Seaweed Salad higher on this thread,

but

somehow, being raw, and with a different dressing, it tasted very different.

Here we go:

 

RAW BEET SALAD

 

3 Tbsp wakame seaweed, soaked and finely chopped

1/2 kg beets, peeled and grated (I used a food processor attachment to my wand

blender

to do mine)

1/2 kg apples, peeled and grated

1 Tbsp white miso

1 Tbsp Bragg's Liquid Aminos / All-Purpose Liquid Soy Seasoning (instead of

Tamari,

which I'm sure would taste fine)

handful of Italian parsley

good pinch of cayenne (oh go on - be daring!!!)

ginger root (your choice how much), finely chopped

squeeze or two of lemon (optional)

salt and peppe (if needed) to taste

GARNISH: sesame seeds (optional - but they look pretty against the colours of

the beets,

etc.

 

Throw all into your blender, except for the garnish. Chill and serve with those

sesame

seeds if you like. Good food.

 

NOTE: the dressing (everything except the first three ingredients and the

garnish) is

entirely up to you. We love to use seaweeds in salads and soups and anything

else we can

stick them into - or much them on our own, but if you don't care for them (have

you TRIED

them all? Wunnerful!), then by all means skip (your loss! ).

 

Love and hugs, Pat