Side Dish – recipes
Ingredients
Ingredients
6 ripe medium tomatoes
1 red pepper
1-2 garlic cloves
1.2 seedless cucumber, with peel
1 slice old bread (may be GF)
1 cup water
3 ice cubes
salt, pepper to taste
balsamic vinegar, swirl
extra virgin olive oil, 2 swirls
Additional:
* 1/2 tsp turmeric
* pinch cumin

Directions
This is how it goes: Put everything in the blender and blend until smooth. So easy, right?
Benefits
Tomato: contains all four major carotenoids: alpha- and beta-carotene, lutein, and lycopene (latest one has the highest antioxidant activity of all). This makes tomatoes great in protection against certain cancers: pancreatic, prostate,etc. Tomatoes are a big part of the famously healthy Mediterranean diet which is believed to provide lower death rates from heart disease and cancer. Lycopene transfers through breast milk as well and provides greats benefits for babies as well.
Cumin: is rich in iron and thus very good for lactating mothers as well as for women who are undergoing menses or who are pregnant, since they are more in need of iron than others. It also helps ease / increase secretion of milk in lactating women due to the presence of thymol, which tends to increase secretions from our glands, including milk, which is a secretion from the mammary glands. Cumin can be used during the common colds, since it acts as an expectorant (loosens the thick mucus and helps body get rid of it). It also reduces chances for hypoglycemia (low blood sugars) so it will keep your blood sugar levels stabile.
Turmeric: helps with numerous problems: heartburn, digestion, it also promotes stem cell repair in brain and acts as anti-inflammatory – so I see it as a natural version of Motrin or Tylenol. It may improve memory, and it has been studied in Alzheimers patients.