Raw Zucchini Noodles & Mint Walnut Pesto |
| 1/4 c | |
| 1/2 c | |
| 1/4 c | |
| 1/4 c | |
| 4 lbs | |
| 2 clove | |
| 1 1/3 c | |
| 3/4 c | |
| 1/2 tsp | |
| 1/4 tsp |
For best results use 2 springs of fresh mint instead of dried.
1. In a medium frying pan, heat one tablespoon of olive oil. Toss in chopped onion and garlic and saute until they are soft and transluscent. For added richness in this sauce, allow onions to fully caramelize. Puree mint, parsley, lemon, salt, water and remaining olive oil with the onion & garlic. Finely chop walnuts and add. Simmer your sauce over medium heat for ten minutes.
2. While your sauce cooks, skin and seed the zucchini. Slice zucchini lengthwise into long, paper thin strips. Cut into noodle-width strips or use a potato peeler or julienne cutter. Toss with warm pesto sauce, garnish with chopped walnuts and a sprig of parsley and serve.
Zucchini is among the foods that are not terribly hard to digest when raw. It is easy to chew, light and slightly sweet. Thinly sliced raw zucchini feel like noodles if cut lengthwise. Make sure to skin and seed your zucchini for this recipe and any time you plan on eating it raw. You can use a julienne cutter or a spiralizer if you have one.
Mint and parsley stimulate digestion, aiding your body in its digestion of raw zucchini, as do sauteed garlic and onions. Walnuts offer satisfying oils and weight to this light dish.
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Active Ingredients: Zucchini, Mint, Parsley (Fresh), Garlic, Lemon Zest, Water
Active Ingredients: Olive Oil, Walnuts, Parsley (Fresh), Garlic, Salt (Mineral Salt)
Active Ingredients: Parsley (Fresh), Mint, Lemon Zest, Salt (Mineral Salt), Water
Active Ingredients: Olive Oil, Walnuts, Garlic
Active Ingredients: Zucchini, Garlic, Mint, Yellow Onion, Parsley (Fresh)
Active Ingredients: Walnuts
Active Ingredients: Olive Oil, Garlic, Parsley (Fresh), Lemon Zest
Active Ingredients: Garlic, Mint, Parsley (Fresh), Salt (Mineral Salt)
Each dosha reflects a distinct metabolic nature and describes strengths & weaknesses in bodily function, and how these affect energy levels, digestion, susceptibility to disease, and many other tendencies.
Your metabolic nature not only affects your physical characteristics, but also influences your mental thought patterns, confidence, and enthusiasm.
Ayurveda balances these metabolic strengths & weaknesses to support your body's vitality and prevent recurrent disease cycles. This support is a critical aid, especially in chronic or incurable disease conditions.
The 3 metabolic body types (doshas), are Catabolic (Vata), Metabolic (Pitta), and Anabolic (Kapha).
Through dosha, Ayurveda empowers people to identify metabolic imbalances early, break repetitive patterns of disease, and cultivate habits that support long-term vitality and well-being.
Ultimately, these metabolic patterns also provide a framework for understanding yourself, including body, mind, and spiritual tendencies.
Active Ingredients: Walnuts
STRONG AROMATIC Herbs or spices with volatile essential oils that present strong aromas. Aromatic oils shock, refresh and numb tissue, with the end result of relaxing, opening and clearing stagnant fluids in tissues.
Active Ingredients: Mint, Lemon Zest
Active Ingredients: Garlic, Mint, Lemon Zest
Active Ingredients: Mint, Parsley (Fresh), Lemon Zest
MILD MAKES-YOU-TIRED Induces drowsiness and promotes sound sleep.
Active Ingredients: Garlic, Yellow Onion
MILD WAKES-YOU-UP Invigorates the body and nervous system, increases energy.
Active Ingredients: Mint, Lemon Zest
MILD STIMULATES-CROWN Creates a feeling of awareness or tension in the area at the top of the head.
Active Ingredients: Mint
MILD STIMULATES-FRONT-OF-BRAIN Creates a feeling of awareness or tension in the area in the forehead. Activates the frontal lobe - the area responsible for motor function, emotional expression, thinking, and decision making.
Active Ingredients: Mint
MILD NERVINE Balances the nervous system. They can help with stress, memory, early alzheimer's, and even chronic pain. Often they are aromatic in nature.
Active Ingredients: Mint, Lemon Zest
MILD DOPAMINERGIC Dopamine lifts mood, but also reduces prolactin, follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), and lutenizing hormone (LH).
Active Ingredients: Mint
STRONG SATISFIES-STOMACH Provides a sense of gratification and fullness in the stomach.
Active Ingredients: Walnuts
STRONG BUILDS-STAMINA Promotes strength, endurance and resistance in the body. Rebuilds weak tissues after a time of depletion.
Active Ingredients: Walnuts
MILD REFRESHING Stimulates and wakes up the body, leaving it feeling cool, fresh, and energized.
Active Ingredients: Mint, Lemon Zest
MILD STIMULATES-ENERGY This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.
Active Ingredients: Mint
Active Ingredients: Garlic, Mint
MILD REFRESHES-SKIN Flushes the lymphatic system to cool, awaken, and revive the skin.
Active Ingredients: Mint
MILD ANTIPRURITIC Antipruritics are herbs that inhibit itching, often associated with skin conditions such as sunburns, allergic reactions, eczema, psoriasis, chickenpox, fungal infections, insect bites, or contact dermatitis (as in poison ivy rashes).
Active Ingredients: Mint
MILD IRRITATES-THROAT Creates abrasive feeling in the back of the mouth. May stimulate coughing.
Active Ingredients: Garlic
Active Ingredients: Garlic, Mint
STRONG DIURETIC Herbs that promote urine formation, thereby flushing the kidneys and urinary tract while eliminating any excess water retention. As diuretics reduce water retention, they are often used to reduce blood pressure.
Active Ingredients: Zucchini, Parsley (Fresh), Garlic
STRONG CHOLAGOGUE Cholagogues stimulate the production & release of bile from the liver & gallbladder. This refreshes and cleanses these organs, as well as increases bile in the small intestines.
Active Ingredients: Olive Oil, Garlic, Salt (Mineral Salt)
STRONG ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID Active Ingredients: Walnuts
STRONG TANNINS Active Ingredients: Walnuts
STRONG AROMATASE-INHIBITOR Blocks estrogen synthesis by inhibiting conversion of progesterone and testosterone into estrogen.
Active Ingredients: Walnuts, Parsley (Fresh)
STRONG FATS Active Ingredients: Walnuts, Olive Oil
STRONG OMEGA-3-FATTY-ACIDS Active Ingredients: Walnuts
STRONG PHYTATES Phytates prevent absorption of nutrients. They are commonly found in all seeds, including nuts, grains, and beans. Sprouting greatly reduces phytate content, as well as long, slow cooking with vinegar.
Active Ingredients: Walnuts
STRONG PROTEIN Active Ingredients: Walnuts
STRONG MELATONIN Active Ingredients: Walnuts
STRONG ESSENTIAL-FATTY-ACIDS Active Ingredients: Walnuts
STRONG NITRIC-OXIDE Improves circulation by dilating blood vessels. Protects blood vessels from damage. Improves athletic performance, libido, immunity, and brain health.
Active Ingredients: Garlic, Parsley (Fresh)
STRONG VITAMIN-C Active Ingredients: Zucchini, Parsley (Fresh)
Active Ingredients: Zucchini
Active Ingredients: Mint, Parsley (Fresh)
Active Ingredients: Mint, Parsley (Fresh)
Active Ingredients: Zucchini
MILD SAPONINS Can be used to make soap. Saponins stimulate mucus membrane secretion, liquefying mucus for easy removal (expectorant).
Active Ingredients: Garlic, Yellow Onion
MILD SULFATED-POLYSACCHARIDES Active Ingredients: Garlic, Yellow Onion
MILD SULPHUR Active Ingredients: Garlic, Yellow Onion
MILD POLYSACCHARIDES Active Ingredients: Garlic, Yellow Onion
MILD POLYPHENOLS Polyphenols are powerful antioxidants seen in many fruits and vegetables. There are more than 8,000 types.
Active Ingredients: Parsley (Fresh)
MILD PHOSPHOROUS Active Ingredients: Garlic
MILD VITAMIN-A Active Ingredients: Parsley (Fresh)
MILD VITAMIN-K Active Ingredients: Parsley (Fresh)
MILD FOLATE Active Ingredients: Parsley (Fresh)
MILD ROSMARINIC-ACID Inhibits autoantibodies from binding to TSH receptors in the thyroid.
Active Ingredients: Mint
MILD FLAVONOIDS Flavonoids are a colorful type of polyphenol. As all polyphenols, they have a strong antioxidant effect. Many flavonoids have an anti-inflammatory, and/or antiallergen effect.
Active Ingredients: Parsley (Fresh)
John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, teaches people how to have a healthy diet and lifestyle through constitutional nutrition (Ayurveda & Greek Medicine). His approach is clinical, yet exudes an ease which many find enjoyable and insightful. John also directs the Joyful Belly College of Ayurveda, offering professional clinical training in Ayurveda for over 15 years.
John's hobbies & specialties include advanced digestive disorders, medieval Catholic philosophy, & botany. He holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Harvard University. John, his wife Natalie and their 8 kids live in Asheville, NC
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