Raw Red Salad with EVOO and Apple Cider Vinegar Dressing

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I recently got a spiralzier and love it! Do you have one? Amamzing right?! This is the one I have.

I think spiralized fruits and veggies are so much more fun to eat and can make any dish look fancy. I am totally on a spiralizing kick right now (I actually have spiralized sweet potatoes in the oven right now with some salt and EVOO). 

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Zucchini pasta! Just adeded EVOO, garlic, and tomatoe sauce.  

This past weekend we celebrated the Camera Mans birthday! We had both of our families over for a late lunch/early dinner. Both my mom and mother in law came over a little early to help me cook, I could not have done it without them.

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Of course this is a carvel ice cream cake.  

We made burgers, orzo salad, shrimp in a spicy garlic sauce, a plate of fresh veggies and my raw red salad.  If you are ever in the mood for something deep red, full of nutrients and just beautiful, then this is your salad. 

Its crunchy, light, and so fresh. 

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Ingredients: 

• 1/2 purple cabbage 
• 1 large apple
• 1 raw red beet
• 1 raw golden beet
• 2 medium sized carrots  
• evoo
• apple cider vinegar  

Dressing: (this makes 1 cup, you can reduce it if you want. Add as much or as little to the salad. I like a lot of dressing with this salad)

• 3⁄4 cup Olive Oil
• 1⁄4 cup Apple cider vinegar
• add salt to taste

Directions: 

For the salad all of the vegetables/fruit should either be put through a food processor or a Spiralizer, OR very thinly cut by hand. The point of the salad is for it to be cut up thin making it fun easy to eat. 

The dressing is very simple and gives the salad the bite it needs. You could add a dab of honey to the dressing but I think the beets, carrots and apples give the salad the sweetness it needs. 

enjoy! 

XO

Sweet Potato & Butternut Squash Soup

I already made this soup 3 times this winter. It is so smooth and filling. I know you will love it! You can watch the video below, or just read the directions. I would watch the video. I think its fun, and camera man makes a cameo at the end! (If you are reading this on your phone you probably can't see the video below) 

Ingredients

• 4 cups vegetable broth
• 2 cups water or less
• 1 sweet potato (add another sweet potato if you like thicker soups)
• 1 (1-2 lbs) Butternut squash
• 1 tbs fresh ground ginger root
• 1 onion diced
• 1/2 tsp cumin
• 1/2 tsp tumeric
• pepper and salt

The beauty about this soup is that in the end it all gets pureed so you do not have to worry about perfectly cutting the vegetables. Peel and cube butternut squash. Peel and slice sweet potato. Dice onion. 

In a pot add some EVOO (or any grease your desire) heat up a bit and add in onions. Stir until fragrant. Add in spices; Cumin, Turmeric, pepper and some salt. Mix and then add in butternut squash and sweet potatoes. Mix for a minute more, then add in 2 cups water and 4 cups broth. Add in grated ginger and bring a boil.

After brought to a boil simmer on low and cover pot for about 25 minutes. You want to soften the vegetables. Once a fork can easily go through the butternut squash, you are ready to puree!

Either place in a blender or if you have an immersion blender, great! Bon appetit! 

Sweet Potato and Lentil Soup

This soup is awesome. It has some bold flavors, great texture, and it is so filling! I ate it 4 days in a row and I didn't even care. I added both the baby spinach and baby kale. This is a must try soup for the winter!

Green Soup. Make it and Love it.

My friend sent me this recipe and when I first looked at it I was skeptical. The only time I consume that much green, mixed all together, is in a smoothie. This is by far the greenest soup I have ever made, andddddd it was so good!

The problem: My camera man hates onion, and this recipe calls for a lot of them. I usually avoid onions or purée the heck out of them so that they are no where to be found. The onions in this soup, however, play a huge part. There is no hiding them. So if you are not a fan of onions, beware!  But OMG this soup is awesome. Go make it. Eat it. And love it.