Summer Salad, Juicing and Potato Kale Soup

If you are trying to figure out what to do what all of your summer squash~try this salad.  You can eat it as is or use it to top your garden salad. This salad is delicious and refreshing and NO OIL...it doesn't need any.

Summer Salad

1 large zuchinni~matchsticks or chopped

1 small yellow squash ~matchsticks or chopped

1 small red onion diced

1 c. of grape tomatoes halved

2 large pieces of garlilc~minced

parsley

real salt

fresh ground pepper

balsamic vinegar

Mix and let marinate for a few hours in fridge.

 For the past several weeks I have not been juicing and I can feel a difference, so I juiced today~


celery
cucumber
zuchinni
swiss chard
beets
ginger
lemon
liquid stevia


I have also been eating a bit more cooked foods since I began working out. Knowing that this creates a more acidic state than I am used to, I am wondering if this is the source of the wrist pain I have been experiencing.  It seems that after I stopped juicing is about the same time the wrist pain began...so hopefully by eating a more alkaline diet with less cooked foods, juicing and staying super High Raw, the  problem will be remedied.

My family still eats more cooked foods than I do, so I made Potato Soup as a special request from my son today..
This is a recipe I created a few years ago that  is one of my family's favorites

Potato Kale Soup

Using a food processor slicing attachment (on the same attachment as the shredder-just upside down)
Slice:
1 vadalia onion
2 large carrots
2 stalks of celery
2 -3 potatoes (I used Yukon Gold today)
sometimes I shredd a bit of cabbage (optional)
I put each item in the stockpot as I go and then fill it with the appropriate amount of water to cover and then some.
add: 5 heaping T. of Seitenbacher veggie broth powder or use unchicken broth and skip the water
2 T. dried parsley
pinch of cayenne pepper
a couple shakes of poultry seasoning herb
salt to taste

bring to a boil and then turn down the heat to simmer until it is al dente...
then add 3 -4 c. of shredded Kale stir kale into soup and it is ready to serve.

If you want to make this creamy you can add some Vegenaise..


I am currently working on phase 3 of P90X... and power walking 2-3 days a week...add to that my cleaning job in which I normally work it pretty vigorously for at least 4 hrs. two days a week.