Meghan Telpner, Certified Nutritionist ~ You would never know this cous cous was grain free. This can be made with nearly 100% local ingredients, so do your best to collect what you can from your local farmer’s market. A great cold salad to enjoy with lunch or dinner or served with your favorite crackers and chickpea or raw zucchini hummus. ...

Health Benefits of Cauliflower
(courtesy of whfoods.com)
Cauliflower and other cruciferous vegetables, such as broccoli, cabbage, and kale, contain compounds that may help prevent cancer. These compounds appear to stop enzymes from activating cancer-causing agents in the body, and they increase the activity of enzymes that disable and eliminate carcinogens.

Sulfur-containing phytonutrients found in cauliflower help to promote liver detoxification by increasing the liver's ability to neutralize potentially toxic substances. Many enzymes found in cauliflower also help with the detoxifying process.

Cauliflower is very rich in vitamin C. Ina ddition to vitamin C’s immune boosting properties, it also provide humans with protection against inflammatory polyarthritis, a form of rheumatoid arthritis involving two or more joints.

Cauliflower Cous Cous
(Inspired by Gabriel Cousens version in Rainbow Green Live Food)

1 head of cauliflower
1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
1/3 cup olive oil
1 bunch cilantro, chopped
1 bunch parsley, chopped
1 bunch mint, chopped
1/4 cup basil, chopped
2 cups cherry tomatoes, quartered and
seeded
1 red bell pepper, chopped
1/2 cup black olives, seeded and sliced
salt and pepper to taste

Process cauliflower in food processor with ‘s’ blade to achieve cous cous like consistency (can also chop finely by hand). Place in bowl and add lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper. Mix in herbs, tomatoes, pepper and olives. Stir well and serve chilled.

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