Broccoli is one of my faves. Just made this salad, mmmmmmmm it's so good, thought I'd share...the recipe that is :-)

BROCCOLI SALAD

INGREDIENTS

4 cups small broccoli florets

1/2 red onion, thinly sliced

1 ½ cups grape tomatoes halved

4 sun dried tomato halves (in oil) diced

1 cup raw walnuts (preferably soaked & dehydrated)

1 cup raw pitted black olives quartered (optional)

DIRECTIONS

Combine all ingredients in large bowl and toss with Italian Dressing below. 

ITALIAN DRESSING

INGREDIENTS

1 c. olive oil
1/4 c. unpasteurized red wine vinegar
1 Tablespoon Italian seasoning
1 clove garlic
2 teaspoons grated onion

1 fresh pitted Medjool date

1 teaspoon sea salt

DIRECTIONS

Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend on medium speed until smooth. Pour over broccoli salad. Refrigerate until chilled. A great dressing for any salad!

Coconut Ginger Macaroons...yummmmmm

While suffering a migraine, my sister gave me some crystallized ginger for the nausea (worse than the head pain). Not for the faint of heart as they are quite spicy, they really helped since I was out of my ginger tincture. They tasted so much better than my tincture though it got me to thinking, then throwing some things together and here is the result...Coconut Ginger Macaroons, spicy and sweet just like me :-D


Ingredients
3 tablespoons of fresh grated (yeah ya gotta grate it) ginger
15 pitted medjool dates
1/4 tsp vanilla flavoring
2 cups shredded dehydrated unsweetened coconut (or substitute fresh meat)

Directions:
Throw everything except the coconut in the food processor. Blend & scrape, blend & scrape until smooth with no chunks of dates. Using your hands (you know how I like playing with my food) massage the ginger/date mixture with 1 1/2 cups of the coconut until well mixed. Roll into balls and then roll in remaining coconut.