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Dry Skin Brushing & Raw Cheddar Sauce

May 2, 2014 by christine

TGIF! I am ready for a little fun this weekend after busy days at work. I ordered myself a little splurge gift from Amazon, the Tampico Skin Brush.

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From the product description:

Skin Brush helps remove dead skin cells and promotes circulation and the natural relief and cleansing process that occurs through the pores of the skin.

I first read about dry skin brushing on a health site months ago and was a little skeptical, but the good reviews and low price on this brush was too tempting. Dry brushing skin is supposed to help remove dead skin cells, promote cell renewal, tighter skin, and other claims I’m skeptical about such as increased blood flow and aiding digestion and kidney function. But here’s some light reading on it:

  • Dry Skin Brushing Benefits at Huffington Post
  • Benefits and How To
  • Why You Should at Mind Body Green

It’s interesting stuff and I’m gonna try to do it at least once a day this month and report back on the progress at the end of this month.

The weather here has been lovely if a little hot, perfect for eating outside at Whole Foods which hubby and I did today. I had my usual massive salad with ginger dressing – yum.

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And I came up with a simple, gooey raw vegan cheddar style sauce earlier this week to coat lightly steamed veggies. It’s packs hemp seeds and chia seeds making it a gooey, but tasty party!

Raw Cheddar Sauce

  • 1/2 cup shelled hemp seeds
  • 1 tbsp. chia seeds
  • 1 tbsp. lemon juice
  • 2 tbsp. nutritional yeast
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 1/8 tsp. dry mustard
  • 1/2 cup water

Place all ingredients into a high speed blender and blend to a smooth and creamy texture. Serve as a dip, spread, sauce, or dressing. Makes 4 servings.

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The sauce is very thick, it had to be scooped out, a lot like a creamy mac n’ cheese sauce.

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Perfect for coating the veggies and making them a hearty side dish and would also be great for a main dish with hearty protein in the sauce.

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The flavor is creamy, slightly tangy, and savory like a cheddar sauce and it comes together faster than you could nuke easy mac.

Filed Under: Blender, Chia Seeds, Dressings & Sauces, Hemp Seeds, Recipes Tagged With: chia seeds, hemp seeds, mustard

Comments

  1. Mia Campbell says

    May 4, 2014 at 1:38 am

    LOVE your recipe! It came up on a Google Alert because you mentioned skin brushing (I wrote a book about skin brushing!). I’m so glad to find it because Dr Eric Berg, one of my health heroes, says to take nutritional yeast rather than vitamin B tablets. Much healthier, apparently. I couldn’t think of ways to get it down though! I love the other ingredients in your recipe so I’m thinking I’ll like it. Will definitely try it, thanks. x

  2. Lisa says

    May 5, 2014 at 7:41 am

    YUMM! Looks so good…and I cant say enough good things about skin brushing!

  3. Jennifer says

    May 13, 2014 at 7:43 am

    I’ve been thinking about Skin Brushing! Thanks for this! I have done some Oil Pulling from time to time and am thinking about getting into it again soon!

    • christine says

      May 13, 2014 at 11:39 am

      No problem, but finding time to do it has been an issue since I’m usually sweaty after a workout when I shower and don’t want to brush then. Making it a habit when brushing my teeth before bed seems to work best.

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