WARM TOMATO SALAD

Bridge to Health sponsors several Seasonal Detoxes and Fasts throughout the year. We are currently near the end of the Winter Seasonal Detox. Friday evenings of this two week detox end with a raw meal and fasting from Saturday to Sunday evening. I came home tired and starving after a busy day in which my only meal was three bites of a banana, a few sips of sesame milk and 4 ounces of veggie juice! I didn't want to stray to far out of the recommendations of a raw meal previous to the fast, but felt like I needed some warm comfort food. The recipe below is what I came up with! We had just harvested some beautiful heirloom tomatoes, yes in Feb, when you  live in Scottsdale! I put those tomatoes to use with this warm salad and the results left us speechlessly munching it down with lots of nonverbal yummy sounds!

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Ingredients:
Fresh made or frozen zucchini spirals for "noodles" = to about 4 cups when cooked
4 - 5 medium sized ripe tomatoes, or 2 cups of cherry tomatoes
5 cloves of minced garlic
1 wax pepper finely diced
Whole salt
1/2 teaspoon 21 Salute from TJ's or any other herb blend of seasoning you prefer such Mrs. Dash or Spike
1/4 cup organic olive oil

• Cut the tomatoes in slices and then cut them in half, so you have large cube like hunks of tomato.
• Chop the garlic and put in a large bowl with the tomatoes
• Add the finely diced raw wax pepper, salt and seasoning
• Heat the "noodles" in a wok or other large frying pan, no oil just water until tender. I used frozen organic zucchini spirals from Costco which are great and convenient, 2 packages for two people!
• Drain the noodles well, using a clean dish cloth or paper towels to soak any "wetness".You don't want your bowl full of watered down zucchini water. Mix the noodles in with the other ingredients. Pout the olive oil over the top of the whole thing and stir together.
• Portion servings of noodles out with tongs, then spoon the tomatoes and other veggies over the noodles and enjoy!

Double this recipe for serving four, quadruple for serving eight! Low cal, fresh yet warm and comfy. This really hit the spot and I wanted to share it with all of you.

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Cut tomatoes, pepper & garlic in large mixing bowl

Zucchini noodles steaming

Serve noodles first with tongs, place the tomato mixture over the top