Citrus Breakfast Salad Recipe

by Cassendre Xavier

This is a quick and simple breakfast that is raw vegan, fruitarian, and an example of good food combining.
Citrus is a wonderful breakfast food for many reasons: it's refreshing and bright - a nice wake up!, it's also acidic, which helps to break up the mucus that's collected in your body overnight. (Always drink a full glass of warm water with lemon upon waking, to break up mucus, and also to help digest your food which you'll eat ideally a half hour later.)
The oranges also sweeten the grapefruit, and the greens balance the fruit sugars.
Because of the particular health and nutritional benefits of the grapefruit and celery, this recipe is perfect for anyone with obesity or hypertension/high blood pressure.

Tips: Remember drink a glass of water 30 minutes before every meal, to aid digestion and prevent dehydration. Also, don't forget to chew slowly, to produce the saliva that is critical to proper digestion ("Drink your food and chew your juice"). Enjoy your food with love, gratitude, and moderation, and it will do its best to heal you so you can enjoy your life more and be of more service to others, and to our planet. I always like to share my favorite quote about food, "Let your food be your medicine and your medicine be your food." -Hippocrates. If you'd like more info about the raw food diet and lifestyle, visit the raw community website www.rawfoods.com.

Citrus Breakfast Salad

4-8 leaves of fresh, rinsed kale
1 grapefruit
2 large oranges
2 stalks of celery

In a large bowl, cut the kale into small, bite-size pieces to create one thin layer of greens, saving about 1/4 of the greens for the final part of the dish. Then peel the grapefruit, part it in half, then cut small, bite-size pieces to add a layer of grapefruit. Then do the same with one orange. Then grab the 2 celery stalks, cut the tips off a little bit, then slice them into very small pieces and finish them by layering them on top of the oranges. Then slice more of the kale to create a new and final layer of greens. Take the other half of the grapefruit, and cut and layer it, along with the last orange.
Makes one large serving or two regular sized ones.
Enjoy!

Cassendre Xavier is has been raw vegan since 2005, using the diet to lose weight and lower her blood pressure. She is an acclaimed multi-media artist and community organizer (founder and director of Philadelphia's annual Black Women's Arts Festival), NOT a licensed healthcare provider. Claims that the raw vegan diet creates optimal health and reverses dis-ease is strictly from Cassendre's personal experience and that of millions of others' testimonies, including many people she met while working as a raw vegan chef. She has been documenting her raw vegan transformation on MySpace and at http://YouTube.com/cassEndrExavier. Her website is www.cassEndrExavier.com. If you'd like to be on Cassendr's mailing list, send a blank email to: cassendrexavier-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.

Cassendre is the author of Expanding Your Capacity for Joy: A Raw Vegan Comfort Book, Sourcebook & Journal, which is available in stores (including www.ArnoldsWay.com, www.EsseneMarket.com, www.GiovannisRoom.com). It is also available as an e-book at www.cassEndrExavier.com.


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