Carrots Alive Breakfast Salad

This is my go-to breakfast for a refreshing, bursting with juicy flavor way to start the day. For protein I also eat some Pemmican (see recipe below) which is a lot like bacon…or some raw meat. The fiber and chewing is great for toning the intestines and stimulating the digestive juices. This quick-and-easy meal will delight your sensitive early-morning taste buds with its rich variety of complimentary tastes, textures and colors. With a little imagination this can almost replicate pancakes by adding fruit, nuts and cream/butter on top.

The reasoning behind starting the day with this salad is because it helps balance the digestive flora and stimulate digestive juices and parastalsis. I am not seeing this recipe as something to so much get calories from but as something to sequester endotoxins in the gut and provide undigestable fiber which tones the intestines. This dish is easy to digest and quick to pass through the digestive system. I sometimes eat this and then wait an hour to eat the rest of my breakfast, practicing my morning sadanas in-between. It balances the blood sugar for about that long while I can practice my morning rituals without the feeling of food in my stomach. Also the act of grating and preparing this is itself a ritual and when done mindfully and with gratitude will embue the food with even more prana.

Thanks to Dr. Ray Peat for the discovery of this healing food. He says:

“Endotoxin formed in the bowel can block respiration and cause hormone imbalances contributing to instability of the nerves, so it is helpful to optimize bowel flora, for example with a carrot salad; a dressing of vinegar, coconut oil and olive oil, carried into the intestine by the carrot fiber, suppresses bacterial growth while stimulating healing of the wall of the intestine. The carrot salad improves the ratio of progesterone to estrogen and cortisol, and so is as appropriate for epilepsy as for premenstrual syndrome, insomnia, or arthritis.”

“Endotoxin or other material absorbed from intestinal bacteria contributes to a variety of autoimmune problems, including thyroiditis (Penhale and Young, 1988). Combining an indigestible fiber, such as raw carrot, with mild germicides, such as vinegar and coconut oil, can improve the hormonal environment, while reducing the immunological burden.”

The best grater is a simple triangular shaped every day hand grater you get from any kitchen supply. Use the fine mesh side for the most delicious effects because you want to get into the juice and not get tired of endlessly chewing.The best grater is a simple triangular shaped every day hand grater you get from any kitchen supply. Use the fine mesh side for the most delicious effects.

One or two large carrots

One small beet or part of a large one

Handful of fresh Parsley

Handful of fresh Mint

Salt to taste

Raw Apple Cider Vinegar to taste

Juice of fresh squeezed lemon to taste

There are many varieties of pemmican. You need a food dehydrator and the best kind is the Excaliber.

1–Place raw ground meat in a mixing bowl. Mix in your favorite spices like: black pepper, anise, rosemary, lavender. (This is my favorite all-round combo but it’s good to have several varieties.)

2–Spread out on the drying screen. Use a fork to gently press down as flat as you can but no more than 1/2 inch.

3–Turn on dryer at lowest temperature setting (95) and dry for about 24 hours.

You can eat it while it’s still the consistency of leather (eight hours) or wait until it turns bone dry. People have different preferences. The leather consistency to me is easier to chew but needs to be eaten right away. The dry variety is like a chip and will be preserved.