Tara's Favorite
Summer Sauce:


I have been loving this simple salad dressing/sauce recipe for several weeks now, and most of the ingredients are already in your kitchen! Here's what I've been using:

2 T Miso
Thumbnail Ginger root
2-3 Cloves Garlic
Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice
(1-1.5 med)
1 T Balsamic Vinegar
2 tsp Honey

Keep in mind that when I make things in my kitchen I don't typically measure, so most things I just eye-ball on the measurements and add more of certain ingredients as needed, to taste.

Making Kefir

A while back I ordered myself some kefir starter grains by Donna Gate's Body Ecology brand. If you are not familiar with kefir, it is a fermented beverage which packs a large amount of beneficial bacteria (good for your gut health and overall health) into a yummy drink or yogurt-like product.

Here are Donna Gates's simple secrets for making the "Perfect Batch" of homemade coconut water kefir, Click HERE.

I highly recommend experimenting with making your own varieties of kefir and adding ingredients like pineapple and mango for some more exotic flavors!

My friend Luna taught me how to make a cashew mango kefir.  We soaked about a cup and a half of cashew, and about a cup of pitted dates fjor a few hours then strained them.  We add both to my Vita Mix with water and meat from one ripe juice mango.  We blended it till smooth then added kefir grains and gave another mini blend.  We then poured it into a 2 quart canning jar filling it to the rounded part leaving room for growth.  We placed a lid on top but didn't seal it to avoid an explosion.  We stirred it with a wooden spoon every few hours until letting it sit for the night.  When we woke we had the most delicious and nutritious smooth creamy cashew mango kefir.  Yummy!