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Summer Cleansing and Fortifying Salad

This salad feeds the senses of smell and sight, as well as delights the taste buds. This salad provides the body with important vitamins, minerals, fiber, nutrition, tissue support. Disease prevention at it's best. Eat this salad at least 5 times a week.

1/4 cup flaxseed oil

1/4 cup olive oil

1 clove crushed garlic

8 Greek or Italian olives, or 4 of each, pitted and sliced, (ferrous sulfate free olives)

3 fresh green onions, chopped

1 cup balsamic vinegar

1 tablespoon sweet basil

1 tablespoon rosemary

1 tablespoon thyme

2 sweet peppers, one yellow, one red, thinly sliced

3 tomatoes. sliced

2 heads of dark green leafy lettuce, (choose two different kinds that are in season in your area) washed and broken into bite-sized pieces

sea salt to taste

1/2 cup chopped parsley

1/2 cup chopped chives

1. Pour the oils into a wooden bowl, and spread the oils onto the sides and bottom of the bowl.

2. Add the garlic, lives and green onions. Use a wooden spoon to gently spread them over the whole bowl. Repeat this process with half of the balsamic vinegar, sweet basil, rosemary, and thyme. Allow to sit at room temperature for 15 minutes.

3. Stir in the peppers, tomatoes, and carrots. Add the lettuce, toss, and allow to sit at room temperature for 5 minutes.

4. Add the remaining basil, rosemary, and thyme: some sea salt to taste and the parsley, Toss well. Add more balsamic vinegar if desired.

5. Sprinkle the top with chives.

Yield: 6 to 8 servings

Organic produce is what heals.......

This great recipe comes from the book, Healing Tonics, 101 Herbal Concoctions. It is a great book!

http://www.amazon.com/Healing-Tonics-Concoctions-Increase-Digestion...