And who says bacon isn’t a low crap food? Find a butcher who sells slab bacon wrapped in paper, rather than plastic. You can then cut your own slices thick or thin, depending on the recipe. For this recipe cut the slices fairly thin so they cook up nice and crisp.

Ingredients
2 – 4 cooked corn on the cob
4 – 6 slices bacon
2 tomatoes
1 small or 1/2 big red onion
Handful of fresh basil
2 – 3 tbsp apple cider vingar
Salt & Pepper to taste

Directions
1. Cook bacon until crisp. Drain off the fat. Crumble into bite size bits.
2. Cut corn off the cob. This is best done with a serrated knife.
3. Dice tomatoes and onions.
4. Chop basil leaves.
5. Toss all prepared ingredients with cider vinegar.
6. Add salt and pepper to taste.
7. For maximum flavour, allow salad to sit at room temperature for 30 minutes or longer prior to serving.

Making pickles isn’t an exact science, and there is lots of room for experimenting. If you’ve never made pickles before, I suggest you do a little research to get familiar with the basics.

Ingredients
To make three, 1 quart jars or six 1/2 quart jars:
2 1/4 cups vinegar (more or less to taste)
3 1/4 cups water
1 tbsp kosher salt
1/4 cup sugar
3 tbsp pickling mix
Hot peppers (dried or fresh) if desired

Directions
1. Sterilize three 1 quart jars
2. Add lids to boiling water, take off boil but keep hot
3. Put 1 tbsp pickling spice mix (and 1 or 2 hot peppers) into each jar
4. Stuff each jar with washed and cut garlic scapes and carrot sticks
5. Heat vinegar, water, sugar and salt to boil
6. Fill each jar with the hot liquid, top with hot lid and screw on the ring
7. The lid should seal as the liquid cools. If it doesn’t seal, store in fridge or process the jars in a hot water bath.
8. Let sit in cool place for two weeks or longer

These edible stalks are tender, juicy and have an incredible garlic flavour that mellows with cooking.

Only available for a short period of time in late spring, it is rare to find fresh scapes in grocery stores. Look for them at farmer’s markets and fruit stands or plant your own.

This version of a pesto type spread is potent and a little goes a long ways. Since it makes approximately 2 cups, you can put half cup portions in the freezer for later use.

Use it on potatoes, rice, pasta and stir fry dishes; rub onto fish, chicken and veggies before grilling; also makes an unusual base sauce for pizza.

Almond & Garlic Scape Pasta is:
- Diabetic Friendly
- Detox Friendly
- Gluten Free
- High Fiber
- Vegan
- Vitamix Recipe

Ingredients
8 – 10 fresh garlic scapes
2/3 cup almonds, soaked and rinsed
1/2 – 3/4 cup olive oil
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp salt

Directions
1. Soak almonds for a couple of hours or over night. Rinse and drain.
2. Wash and cut the garlic scapes into manageable pieces.
3. Put 1/2 cup of olive oil and all other ingredients in the Vitamix (or food processor)
4. Pulse the Vitamix, using the plunger to push the ingredients into the blades.
5. Blend until smooth, adding extra olive oil if required to create the desired consistency.
Can be stored in fridge for up to a month or frozen in small quantities.

You can get tons of information at the free Food Revolution Summit hosted by bestselling author John Robbins (Diet for a New America, Food Revolution.) John will be interviewing 21 amazing leaders in movements for healthy, sustainable, humane and delicious food.

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OMG! Really? I thought corn chips grew on trees ….

Frito-Lay chips not “all natural”: lawsuit

Lawsuit Alleges Frito-Lay’s GMO Snacks Aren’t “Natural”.

I was out of fresh lemons and tahini, so I substituted apple cider vinegar for the fresh lemon juice and almond butter for the tahini. The resulting dip, Hummus 2.0, is delicious!

Hummus 2.0 is:
- Diabetic Friendly
- Detox Friendly
- Vegan
- Gluten Free
- High Fiber

Ingredients
1½ cup cooked chickpeas
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
2 tablespoons almond butter
1 – 2 cloves peeled garlic
½ tsp sea salt
2 – 3 tablespoons olive oil
¼ teaspoon cayenne powder (more or less to taste)
¼ to ½ cup water (or liquid from chickpeas if using canned ones)

Directions
1. Put smallest amount of all ingredients into blender
2. Turn blender on low and slowly increase speed, using plunger to keep food in blades
3. Add more water if required to keep the hummus in a dip like consistency
4. Turn blender to high for 30 seconds, and then turn off
5. Taste and add more garlic and/or cayenne to suit taste
6. Blend again until smooth and creamy
7. Enjoy as a dip for cut veggies, nuts, crackers, etc
Can be stored in fridge for several days.

The Wild Rose 12 Day Detox is a great way to ‘reset’ you diet and give your digestive system a thorough clearing out. You can do the detox 2 – 4 times per year. Schedule your cleanses with the changing of the seasons.

There are plenty of cleanses on the market, so whether you do the Wild Rose 12 Day Detox, a juice cleanse or simply eliminate flour, dairy and sugar from your diet for a couple of weeks, you and your body will benefit.

After a cleanse is complete, note how you are feeling: more energy, fewer headaches, better sleep, clear thinking … whatever it is for you.

As you reintroduce foods, take note of how each makes you feel. If you get any symptoms after eating reintroduced foods, such as blood sugar imbalances, mood swings, sluggishness, headaches, insomnia … you could have an intolerance for that food and should respect your body’s warning signals and take that food out of your diet completely.

12 days is just long enough to start and maintain new habits, so go ahead and embrace the new you!

Remember:
- keep taking the CL Liquid as usual until it is gone
- ease back into your regular diet slowly
- allow yourself to have a new ‘normal’ diet … perhaps leaving out bread, or pasta, or refined sugar
- write down how you are feeling right now, date it and note that you are on Day 12 of a 12 Day Cleanse

Tomorrow we’ll talk about what to do next … but just for today bask in the feelings of a job well done!