Tomato date sauce

Gooey Tomato And Date Sauce

This creamy delicious tomato sauce has all the freshness of tomatoes and the added depth and flavour of sweet succulent dates. Great as a topping for a summer’s buddha bowl, on veggies when you’re doing a cleanse, or as a healthy ketchup alternative on home-made potatoe fries. Get stuck in!
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Feeling Vata: this is a great sauce for you, enjoy as it is.

Feeling Pitta: Skip the onion if feeling too hot.

Feeling Kapha: Don’t use the full amount of dates, probably best with only 4-6. Add some cayenne pepper and more cinnamon to boost digestion. Go easy on the salt and skip or use very little of the oil.

Weekly Recipe

Gooey Tomato and Date Sauce

Gooey Tomato & Date Sauce

Tomato date sauce

This creamy delicious tomato sauce has all the freshness of tomatoes and the added depth and flavour of sweet succulent dates. Great as a topping for a summer's buddha bowl, on veggies when you're doing a cleanse, or as a healthy ketchup alternative on home-made potatoe fries. Get stuck in!

Ingredients

  • 4 medium, ripe tomatoes
  • 6-10 dates, depending on how sweet you like it
  • half a chopped red onion
  • 1-2 teaspoons of fresh lemon juice
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • 1 x dash of cinnamon
  • 1 x dash of ground cloves
  • 1/4 cups of water (60ml)
  • 1 teespoon coconut aminos (leave out if doing a cleanse)
  • 1 teaspoon ground sea salt
  • fresh ground pepper to taste
  • 1 and a half teaspoons of arrowroot powder (optional)
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil (leave out if doing a cleanse)

Instructions

  1. Finely chop up dates, tomatoes, the onion and garlic.
  2. Heat up about one teaspoon of olive oil in a pan and then add the onion and garlic, fry lightly until the onion has gone transluscent (if you're on a detox or cleanse, leave out the oil and fry the onion in water instead).
  3. Then add the tomatoes, dates, ground cloves, cinnamon, water, lemon juice and the salt. Let the mixture come to a bubble, cover it with a lid and turn the heat to the lowest setting. Let it cook for 40 minutes.
  4. After 40 minutes add the mixture into your blender and blend until smooth.
  5. Optional: Pour the mixture back into your pan and mix with the arrowroot powder with about 1 tablespoon of cold water. Add powder mixture into your Date & Tomato Sauce and let it come to a bubble and the sauce thickens up lightly. Finished. Season to taste with salt & pepper.
  6. Alternatively you can make a raw sauce, by putting all ingredients (leave out the arrowroot powder and olive oil if you're doing a cleanse) and mix in a high speed blender.

fat free orange dressing

Orange Vinaigrette Dressing

This lush orange vinaigrette dressing is perfect for a summer’s day when you want that zingy, fresh feeling on your vegetables, without any heaviness of any oils. Perfect for cleansing or detoxing.
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Feeling Vata: you do best without the wasabi and the cayenne but can crank up the lemon juice and the maple syrup.

Feeling Pitta: go easier on the spice, too hot is not good for you.

Feeling Kapha: you can turn up the spice a bit and add more of the cayenne for a metabolism boost.

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Creamy Fat Free Onion Dressing

Sweet and Tangy Orange Vinaigrette

fat free orange dressing

This lush orange vinaigrette dressing is perfect for a summer's day when you want that zingy, fresh feeling on your vegetables, without any heaviness of any oils. Perfect for cleansing or detoxing.

Pitta's go easier on the spice, and best leave out the garlic.

Kapha's can turn up the spice a bit and can add more of the cayenne for a metabolism boost.

Vata's do also best without the wasabi and the cayenne but can crank up the lemon juice, the salt and the maple syrup.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup orange juice freshly squeezed
  • 2 clementines, satsumas or other small seedless oranges, peeled
  • 2 x medjool dates, chopped
  • 1 x tablespoon chia seeds or flax seeds (leave out if on a fat-free cleanse)
  • 1 x teaspoon fresh ginger root chopped
  • 1/2 teaspoon coconut aminos (optional, leave out if on a cleanse)
  • 1 x garlic clove
  • 1 x pinch of salt
  • ground black pepper to taste
  • 1/2 x teaspoon wasabi powder (optional)
  • 1 x pinch cayenne pepper (optional)
  • 1 x teaspoon of maple syrup
  • 1 x teaspoon of lemon juice

Instructions

  1. Place all ingredients in a blender and blend at high speed until smooth.
  2. Taste and add additional seasonings as needed (salt, pepper, maplesyrup).
  3. Allow to stand at least 10 minutes to thicken slightly and let the flavor develop.