Recipe Raw Not Potato Salad

Winter weather got you down? Try making this Raw Mock Potato Salad from those root veggies and think about warmer days ahead.

Not Potato Salad

Salad:

• 1 red bell pepper, finely chopped
• 3 stalks of celery, finely chopped
• 1/2 onion, minced
• 1 Jicama, chopped into small cubes or 5 zucchini or squash, peeled and diced
• 1 Turnip or other root veggie cubed
• 1⁄2 lemon pickled cucumbers, chopped

Mac Mayo:

• 2 cups macadamias or cashews, soaked in filtered water
• 1/4 cup lemon or lime juice
• 1 chunk of onion
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 date or 1 tablespoon agave nectar or more to taste
• 2 teaspoons prepared mustard or powered mustard
• 2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon dried dill
• 1 tablespoon of fresh thyme or 1 to 2 teaspoons dried thyme
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/2 teaspoon white or black pepper

Put the macadamias into a strong blender or Vita-Mix Blender, add:

• lemon juice
• date or Agave Nectar,
• chunk of onion
• garlic clove

Blend with just enough water to blend, create a thick mayo base.
Next, take a tablespoon of mac mayo in a bowl adding:

• 1 teaspoon mustard,
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon of turmeric
• 1 teaspoon Agave
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt

and stir. Making a prepared mustard for mac mayo.
Now back in the blender add:

• the prepared mustard you made
• cumin
• fresh thyme
• dried dill
• sea salt
• 1/2 teaspoon white or black pepper

Blend a second time into a smooth thick mixture adding a little water if necessary to blend easier (but not too much). You may have to stop the blender a few times and tamp the mixture down.
Transfer the macadamia mayo to a bowl then add the Jicama (or zucchini) and veggies, stir together.

Lemon-Pickled Cucumbers:Instead of pickles

In a glass jar add:
• 1 large cucumber or 3 pickling cucumbers, sliced
• 1 lemon, juiced
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 1 tablespoon of dried dill
• 1 teaspoon of pepper
• water to fill the jarSoak overnight or more.

(Thanks Raw-Food-Diet-Inspiration)