Food as Grown Recipes

			Food as Grown
			by Benton Health Promotions

Thai Inspired Salad with Peanut Sauce

Baby bok choy, 2 - 3 cups, sliced
1/2 Cucumber, sliced
2 T thinly sliced red onion
2 T cilantro, chopped
1 1/2 C mung bean sprouts
1/4 to 1/2 lime, juiced salt to taste
"Peanut" Sauce

Stir all ingredients together in a bowl, using enough peanut sauce to lightly coat the veggies.

The following recipes are found elsewhere on this site, but repeated here for your convenience.

"Peanut" Sauce

2 C Pecans
1/4 C shredded dry coconut
3/4 C raw honey
2 T curry paste (or to taste) (see recipe below)
Juice of 1/4 to 1/2 of a lime
1 t. salt
1 to 1 1/2 cups water (enough to blend)

Blend until smooth.

Red Curry Paste

Blend the following together in a blender until smooth:

½ C onions, chopped
8 cloves garlic
10 dried jalapeño chilies (red)
4 inches fresh (or frozen) ginger root
2 T lemon grass, chopped
1 T cilantro, chopped
1 t salt

Makes enough for several recipes. Store in the refrigerator or freezer.

Lemon grass can be purchased at Asian food stores and some grocery stores. Extra lemon grass and ginger may be chopped and frozen for the next time.