Friday Fasting and Zucchini-Tahini Salad

Since today is Friday and we fast without oil, I decided to make another zucchini-tahini salad. Tahini has great liver detoxing properties. But if you do not like it, replace it with almond butter.

Ingredients:

4 zucchini, washed and grated

1 small Vidalia onion, thinly sliced

1 small red pepper, chopped

1 small yellow pepper, chopped

 

Tahini Dressing:

1 tbsp tahini

1 tbsp lemon juice

2 tbsp apple cider vinegar

1 tbsp honey or 2 tbsp freshly squeezed orange juice

2 tbsp fresh basil, chopped

2 tbsp fresh mint, chopped

2 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped

Sea salt to taste.

Directions:

1.     In a salad bowl add all the veggies and mix well.
2.     Blend together all the dressing ingredients and pour over the vegetables. Toss well.
3.     Serve immediately.
Note: for more antifungal, antibacterial and antiviral properties one can add to the above dressing 2 garlic cloves.
Another important note: Some people may wonder why fasting is done on Fridays? Orthodox Christians fast on Wednesday in remembrance of the betrayal of Christ and on Fridays in remembrance of His crucifixion and death. For more information visit this page: http://orthodoxinfo.com/praxis/pr_fasting.aspx

What God prescribes for man, we should comply. There is growing scientific evidence on the importance of fasting. Fasting helps to alkalinize the body (especially when oil-less fasting is done). Fasting provides calorie control (especially the strict no food fast) which keeps cancer cells in check since they can’t survive in a nutritionally deficient environment as compared to the more robust normal cells. Also a rich vegan diet during the long periods of fasting (i.e. during a 40 day lent) will simply flood the cells with potassium rich vegetables which restores the whole body’s health. The Orthodox Christian Church has been following a regimented fasting calendar for more the 2000 years. Are you ready to do so too?