Swimsuit Season Is Here! ~ Cilantro, Jalapeño, and Cashew Sauce

Greetings from the train between Portland and Seattle! Isn’t technology amazing, so I can write about a recipe while going 75 miles an hour? 🙂

When I want to serve something extra healthy, (since swimsuit season is here!), I go back to this recipe again and again. It is from a raw vegan chef named Madeline Eyer who I had the pleasure of working with a couple of times. She is also the author of Essential Green Smoothies. This sauce is a good way to get a lot of fresh veggies into your diet, and it is seriously delicious (and colorful!) My favorite way to eat it is over cooked quinoa topped with a bunch of fresh veggies such as red cabbage, yellow peppers, carrot slices, mushroom slices and chopped spinach.

Cilantro, Jalapeño, and Cashew Sauce

From Madeline Eyer

1 cup cashews, soaked 2 – 4 hours, then rinsed

3/4 cup purified water

1/4 cup olive oil

1 bunch cilantro, bottom stems removed

3 cloves garlic, peeled

1/3 jalapeno, chopped (including seeds)

1 tablespoon lime juice

1 teaspoon Pink Himalayan or grey Celtic salt

Place all ingredients in high-speed blender and blend until creamy.

Store leftover sauce in an airtight container in the fridge. Will keep for approximately 5 days.

I hope you are enjoying the warmer, summery days that are here! Maybe even get out your swimsuit. 😉