Grated Beet and Carrot Salad

Ingredients

• 2 large beets, grated
• 2 large carrots, grated
• Large handful cilantro or parsley, diced
Dressing:
• 1 clove garlic (crushed if mixing by hand)
• 1 lemon or 2 limes peeled, seeded, and sliced (Or juice of same)
• 1/3 cup olive oil or 1/4 cup olive oil & 2 tablespoons flax oil (Making sure we get our Omega-3's!)
• 1/2 teaspoon unprocessed salt
• 2 tablespoons sweetener such as Just Like Sugar Table Top natural chicory root sweetener, or 1 teaspoon PureLo Lo Han Sweetener by Swanson, or 1 1/2 tablespoons raw honey, or your favorite sweetener.Sweeten to taste as needed depending on the natural sweetness of your beets and carrots.
• 2-3 tablespoons unfiltered apple cider vinegar
• Large handful fresh herbs, such as basil, parsley or cilantro
Serve:
• A bed of greens is optional

Instructions

1. In a medium mixing bowl, add grated beets, carrots and diced herbs.
2. Make the dressing. Add garlic, lemon or lime, oil, salt, sweetener, I like to blend the dressing to micronize the lemon pulp and garlic - this saves time juicing the lemon. Or you can mix it together in a bowl using lemon juice and crushed garlic.
3. Pour the dressing over the beet mixture and mix.
4. Serve on a bed of greens if you like. I used baby spinach. Enjoy.