Food - What is Food - Real Food? Kale Salad

Food - Do we really know what REAL food is anymore?

Real - Whole - Food...

Think about it...  Have you had any Real - Whole - Food today?  By that I mean, have you had fresh produce, cut it up, and prepared it how you wanted it, not from a package, or can.

Now you could have gotten it from the freezer, but even then you have to watch the ingredients.  Read the label and find out, has whoever processed that food, in that package, put preservatives on that food?  If they have, then you can't really count it as whole food.  Whole food doesn't have added preservatives.

I find it interesting that there are VERY limited restaurants that have Real - Whole - Foods on their menus.  They try, but what they have isn't really nutrient dense. 

Now don't get me wrong, there are a lot of good restaurants, with good food, and more now with the food network shows promoting good preparation of whole foods, great tasting, chef made, with fresh ingredient, dishes.

But the question is, are there foods that don't have the preservatives, and additives, or even are they non- GMO?

This week I challenge you to add to your daily intake, one fresh piece of green produce.  At best, try preparing it raw, uncooked.  If you can't do that, then just slightly blanch or steam letting it be bright green.  

Here is one idea for a green to add.

Kale Salad

One bunch of Kale - Chop Kale into small pieces
Lemon juice - squeeze the juice of a whole fresh lemon
Lime Juice - squeeze the juice of a whole lime
sunflower seeds - 1/4 cup of sprouted raw seeds
red onion - chop desired amount of red onion (to your liking)
grated Ginger  - small amount of grated ginger

mix with hands - massage it kind of squeezing the kale (this breaks down the kale a bit and makes the flavors of it soften.

Add whatever else you would like - here are a few ideas
 mushrooms
gogi berries
hemp hearts
nutritional yeast
olive oil
avacado
sea salt


Then toss if you add these items or more.  Plate and enjoy!!

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