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Salmon with Beet Puree

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I am posting the grilling instructions from a previous post again to explain how to grill the salmon:

Serving instructions from the Vital Choice website:
– Before cooking rinse fish quickly in cold, clean water.
-Add the seasonings of your choice to a little olive oil and marinate the fish, refrigerated, for 30-60 minutes or overnight. (We brushed the fish with olive oil then sprinkled it with salt and pepper.)
-Cook on the grill for 7-8 minutes, until only the very center is still translucent. (We put the fish on tin foil and then on the grill. We also kept the grill lid down and cooked the fish for 9 minutes.)
-Remove fish from heat and let it “self-cook” another two to three minutes, until just cooked through to center before serving.

 

From: Vitamix – Create – Professional Series 750 – Page 161

GINGER BEET PUREE

2 3/4 pounds fresh beets, about 3 large

2 Tablespoons olive oil

1/2 cup almonds

1 1/2 Tablespoons fresh chopped ginger

1 Tablespoon fresh cilantro leaves

1 teaspoon ground ginger

1/8 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon pepper

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Clean and cut beets to leave 1-inch of stem. Double wrap beets in foil and roast for 2 hours. Cool.

2. Peel beets, trim ends and cut into quarters.

3. Place oil, beets, almonds, fresh ginger, cilantro, ground ginger, salt and pepper into the Vitamix container in the order listed and secure lid.

4. Select Variable 1.

5. Switch machine to Start and slowly increase speed to Variable 8.

6. Blend for 20 to 25 seconds, using the tamper if necessary to push the ingredients into the blades.

7. Serve as an accompaniment to grilled vegetables, fish, poultry or meat.

 

Side note: Do not try the Vitamix recipes in any blender that is not high-speed – it will NOT work!! I saw Vitamix at Costco this week for $375 – a very good deal. They also sell reconditioned machine at Vitamix.com for less than they normally are and they provide a 5 year warranty on reconditioned machines.

 

Farm Fresh Salad Mix with Cashews and Vitamix Raspberry Dressing

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The Virginia Green Grocer brought us a beautiful salad mix and delicious fresh onions.

-Wash salad

-Cut up one onion and add to salad.

-Added 3/4 cup cashews from VitalChoice.com (these are outstanding)

-Then I added the raspberry vinaigrette from the Vitamix cookbook (see below). I had a little trouble with this recipe. I used the apple cider vinegar and it overpowered the entire recipe. I also added the full amount of honey. This became a problem because I had to add 1/2 jar of raspberry jelly to counteract the overpowering vinegar. Unfortunately, the honey was also an overpowering flavor and it wasn’t necessary once I added the jelly. By the time I was done it was pretty tasty; however, much higher in sugar than I would prefer between the honey and the jelly…

 

From: Vitamix – Create – Professional Series 750 – Page 94

Raspberry Vinaigrette

3/4 cup olive oil

1/4 cup apple cider or raspberry vinegar

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon dried basil

1/2 cup fresh or frozen red raspberries

1/4 cup water

2 Tablespoons honey

 

1. Place olive oil, vinegar, salt, basil, raspberries and water into the Vitamix container in the order listed and secure lid.

2. Select Variable 1.

3. Switch machine to Start and remove the lid plug. Add honey through the lid plug opening and replace lid plug.

4. Slowly increase speed to Variable 4.

5. Blend for 30 seconds.