The Yummy All-Purpose Salad

They'd arrived for lunch. They would make it, their way. Much of what they were eating for the next few weeks was raw produce, a family affair. Even their son, my 22 month old grandson, loves his bananas and clementines, the healthy footprint of his future. Children will always follow mommy and daddy's lead, like no other!

Salad is the main attraction, always has been. It is a cacophony of health benefits, vitamins, minerals and probiotics. No leaky gut here. Processed food is the culprit which leads to problems with gluten intolerance, so one doctor says, and other allergens to health. Pay attention the the medical medium. He has the gift of food and health. Others are talking, too. Lucy, my editor and daughter-in-law, is expecting baby #2. As always, since the day I met this former teen, diet has been a priority, in all meals, in all ways. Salads have always been her addiction. Now both mommy and daddy have this affliction.

The young couple began, in earnest, to make lunch: a sea of produce: a large volume of organic lettuces, baby romaines, thinly sliced tomatoes to chunky pieces of cucumbers. Onions were not entered into in this maze of produce this time. The bowl I use for making pizza dough or pastry was used to mix the ingredients. It was huge. As Lucy gathered the produce together, her husband, my son, made the delicious dressing containing avocados, both of which were mashed to begin the dressing with added spices: parsley flakes, onion powder, olive oil and lemon juice. Quite the 'meal' and quite the hit of health benefits. I was hooked. No vinegar according to the Medical medium.The salad reminded me of the classic caesar. My My! What a transformation!

Momsey does not always follow the dietary rules. She does like desserts but chooses wisely and homemade. Coleslaw is my addiction, a salad of grated cabbage and other enhancers. I have loved it from the beginning and make it many different ways, now, to suit the main meal. The latest discovery is a dressing with lime and lemon juice with olive oil. Salt, pepper, dried onion flakes help bring the flavour alive. Overnight helps to develop flavour for that in restaurant taste. I am in love, again!

Salads are a very important food group. The Miracle Medium knows this. The words 'never' and 'organic' do not seem to be in his vocabulary. Vegetables and fruits are. Better to eat them any old way than not at all. And if certain protein foods are loved but 'disagreeable' internally, then it behooves us to fix the problem. Life is too short to ignore digestive issues. Health is at stake. The Miracle Medium has opened my eyes to my beloved radishes, this cancer killer in bright red. I wrote about him last year. But other things matter, too. Celery juice seems to be tops in every way. Our Mr. Wiggles, Sally and Emerson will have some too, very soon. Juicing is easy and takes the work out of eating to retrieve valuable nutrients deep inside the produce we should be eating daily.

Make that salad. It is a life insurance policy on your health. Use nuts for protein, mixed with fruit.Toss it onto the mountain of produce. Dress just before needed. Choose to eat it every day. Your life depends on it.