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Local Thai Fresh Vegetables all you can eat for Salads,Juicing,Smoothies,Soups,Pickling,Dressings,Toppings,Snacking,Blanching,Marination,composting and for seed saving,reuse and recycle.

Local Thai Fresh Vegetables:
Written by Barry Gourmet & Raw © Copyright September 09 2011.

“It is my hope that after reading this article you will think and look at vegetables in a different way then previously thought of before? “

Photo Description:
This Picture was taken at my local Sea Gypsy Village at the Pier in Rawai Beach Phuket Thailand.
Only about 15 minutes away by Mountain Bike from my home in Chalong ,this wonderful place offers just about everything for the Gourmet in You.

The Thai Sea Gypsy people are indigenous to Phuket ,living many generations on the island by fishing the sea for the seafood restaurants,Thai outdoor open markets, for the Expatriate and Thai Families as well.It is not uncommon for me to stop by on the way back from my Mountain Bike ride to fill my pack sack up with a few fresh vegetables and maybe some fish and seaweed as well. The food will be for todays meals and maybe could carry over to the second day to keep things as fresh as possible.As you can see from the photo this Thai market place is an open air, located beside the sea called the Andaman. When you by your seafood or vegetables or both ,you have the opportunity to have some of your food cooked for you at near by restaurants of your choice.But make sure that you tell the cooks not to make it HOT because if you forget this part , for sure it will come back spicy hot, unless you like it that way? From the distant pier Thai long tail boats or speed boats can be hired to take you to near by islands such as Coral Island for snorkeling and relaxing by the beach.
More than 200 different kinds of vegetables are harvested in Thailand each year.

Thailand is an agricultural country blessed with a bounty of exotic herbs,spices,vegetables,fruits,nuts,seeds and grains.

The Thai venders table shows 4 rows of typical Thai produce that can be seen all over Phuket island.
Starting at the top row from left to right we see, starting with the blue basket of green beans,green pepper corns in the pink basket,Yellow Turmeric root in the pink basket,and a tub each of shrimp paste ,and fish paste fermented. Two bags of soy bean sprouts,Galangal Root (related to Ginger),Asparagus,and Carrots.

Second row from the top ,starting left to right is ,a blue basket of Thai Egg Plant, the red basket has green and red peppers,the pink basket with whole Garlic,followed by Onions.

Third row from the top starting left to right is, more Thai Egg plants,Baby Cucumbers,Medium Cucumbers, two baskets of Tomatoes,followed by a pink basket of Onions.

Fourth row from the top in front of the table is,Phak chi farang,Thai Celery,Spring Onion,Mature Thai Celery,Large Bitter Melons,Giant White Radish ,Thai Long Purple Egg Plant,followed by a green basket of limes and packaged Shiitake Mushrooms. Limes are used more and are much more popular then Lemons in Thai cuisine.Very rare that I see Thai Yellow Lemons in the market place.

Why Buy Organically?

This question gets tossed around for ever , because I believe that first the typical grocery store is selling mostly conventional treated produce for a few decades now, and more and more shoppers today until recently are less complacent about how their food is produced and handled.
And on the other hand, many consumers do not want to pay the higher price for organic ,fruits and vegetables and they believe that simply rinsing and washing conventional produce will take care of the problem. This second point is why I am so compelled to write this article.

I wish that it was that simple but it is not. The stark truth is, that all the washing , rinsing,scrubbing,soaking with biodegradable cleaning agents will not get rid of the pesticides in your produce. This is why!
First our food provides nutrition to us not directly from the actual plant that we eat ,but really from the nutrients mainly from the soil, that the plants root systems are systemically absorbing internally and through out their stems and leaves. Plus our produce feeds off the the air, and the sun creating the green pigment of chlorophyl and fibers that are missing in all our meat products.

For instance in the Laboratories of Bio Tech Science it is common procedure for the scientists to routinely test their pesticide agents by inoculating the plants root systems to create data of the plants absorption rate via the root system in the soil. This method will tell science what efficacy the chemical toxin or pesticide has for making the plant disease and insect resistant.
So we are eating conventional plants that is harmful to nature including insect pests, but its OK for us to eat them in the end?
The problem with this method of controlling nature is simple. When the top soil is stripped of its natural amendments of more than 50 prime and trace inorganic minerals with only 3 from the chemical fertilizing industry , plus on top of this, our soil is saturated repeatedly with chemical pesticides , herbicides,fungicides and human waste with mono agriculture (planting the same crop over the same area year after year) our soil becomes woefully deficient , weakening the plant over time.Did you know that on average the chemical application applied to crops,actually succeeds in killing only 2 % of the targeted insect or pest . The rest of the chemical contaminates our ground water, our rivers,lakes,streams and ultimately our drinking water ,because we are drinking the same water over and over again from millions of years of Earths history.The fact is our water has been on Earth a lot longer than we have, and the water never goes any where ,in fact we are consuming our own recycled water for all time including the agricultural chemical run off.
To recap this means that the chemical is not on the out side of the plant as a residue that most people are made to believe,but actually the toxins are stored inside the whole plant including the skin,pulp stem,leaf and even the seed.Hybrid seed have been chemically treated to with stand pest control ,and you get only at best one crop or a second with less satisfactory results.
The best seed to support and buy are Heirloom Organically saved seeds that has been protected and shared among farmers for centuries. Today this sustainable Organic practice is under threat from the US Governments subsidizing with your tax payers money, Agricultural Chemical industries to control our food choices.When you think about it , the USA congress has more than 14,000 special interest group lobbyists to contend with for 365 days in the year. This is just a short list of the most powerful influential lobby groups as followed, the Chemical industry comprised of Human and Animal Feed Pharmaceuticals,Monsanto GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms) Chemical Fertilizer Manufactures,The Bio Tech Industry, FDA,(Food and Drug Administration),AMA,(American Medical Association),all the Food Giants that produce products of Meat ,Dairy, and Processed packaged foods are all linked together in some way or other to control the food industry in such a way that has us believing that it is all good for us.These powerful influential groups have lots of marketing revenue to pay for TV, Radio,Newspaper, magazine,and movie theater adds used for pitching their processed denatured products using clever advertising to get into our heads using famous celebrities,slick 3-D Animations and slogans to promote their image and branding and they know it works.
It works because any given conventional supermarket today anywhere in the world still devotes ,11 isles of meat ,dairy,and packaged processed goods ,to only one or two isles to fresh produce of fruits ,vegetables, nuts,seeds,legumes,herbs,and condiments of Nature.
It is a supply and demand scenario that is playing out,on mass every day we enter the sliding doors of our local grocery store in one grand experiment for our hard earned income.

Conventional soil treated with pesticides against insects, herbicides against unwanted weeds,
Fungicides against Fungus, and Petroleum Based Fertilizers of NPK (Nitrogen , Phosphorus, and Potassium, that only contain 3 prime soil amendments is really unsustainable in the long run. But we know that earths natural fertile soil can contain well over 50 minerals including the essential trace minerals for strong plant health. Over time the chemical treated soil can become more compacted , dry and promote erosion as large parts of China is now experiencing,through the use of this unsustainable practice today. China is the leading the world in Chemical Fertilizer applications right after the USA. It has gotten so bad that now with many Bee colonies collapsing around the world from agricultural chemical use,now in some parts of China the farmers are forced to hand feed their flowers with pollen to grow their harvest as the bees have become extinct in that area.
The problem with conventional agricultural chemical applications is the efficacy is not working.Insects have been around for a very long time ,much longer then us, and they have the ability to adapt to these situations and they mutate and pass their mutated genes off to their offspring to become resistant and immune to the chemical. This forces the Chemical industry to repeatedly, go back to the drawing board,to come up with even more toxic and powerful chemicals that has no end in sight.It becomes a vicious no win situation between man and Nature.The fact is Chemical farming practices are environmentally unsustainable depleting the top soils of our crop lands. And in stark contrast Organic Agricultural practices actually amend the soils with natures biodegradable green composts including bio-diverse marine vegetation to support and to build up our top soils.Our greatest unseen subterranean gardner, the humble Earth Worm is working hard to build tunnels and drainage and to release its castings into the soil to feed , to aerate ,and to add additional drainage to Organic crops root systems. The dry sterile lifeless soil of chemical agriculture has no Earthworms to be found.

The Chemical Fertilizer Manufacturers Association was founded in the year 1897,one hundred and fifteen years ago from 2011. This is a very short time in mans history when you think of how many industrial chemicals with no long terms test results on human populations are now in our own body, plus the thousands that we are exposed to every day of our lives. It is estimated that every human being on Earth today has at least 200 to 500 industrial chemicals , from our water,air,and foods that even though in trace amounts we still do not know what the accumulative effect is on individuals.This kind of exposure was unheard of just a mere 100 years ago before the industrial revolution kicked in to full operation.
More than a hundred years ago ,planet Earth had natural enriched top soil that sustained the human population by Organic means. Back then Organic agriculture was very labour intensive for some crops , and later more innovative ways of increasing crop yields spurred on a new industry to bring short term gains to family farms ,that later mushroomed into very large industrial factory farms that we have today.Today these chemical agricultural Giants , have primarily today replaced many of our ancestral small family farms of the past. But a few are still holding on as Organically grown produce is one of the fastest growing industries supported by a large enough consumer base to keep it going. More people are starting to become aware and informed of their healthy food choices and the information highway has made things easier for the Organic movement to sustain its marketable growth.

A lot of people will not be happy with the following information regarding red meat consumption but the story needs to be told, and the truth needs to be known. The fact is todays meat of every kind in comparison to fruits and vegetables, are much more contaminated with industrial chemicals, heavy metals,antibiotics,growth hormones,parasites,diseased parts,preservatives ,coloring agents,GMO and the list goes on. What Happened ?

"How can we possibly live with Pesticides when we have been living without for millions of years already ? Can Humans Gene pool keep up with the chemical load?"

Barry Gourmet & Raw

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Barry’s Asian Salmon

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Lunch takes only 10 minutes to make for one.

Barry’s Asian Salmon

Introduction:
Written by Barry Gourmet & Raw © Copyright Sept.24 2011

Wild red Salmon from the pacific is delicious , heart healthy , and provides essential omega 3 fatty acids. Of course tropical Phuket Thailand does not have Salmon so I buy it frozen. The way I usually prepare my fish is to Thaw it out clean it with a good rinse then lay the fillet in my steamer . The herbs that I later add in will flavor the fish and in the end you have a wonderful herbal broth to go with the meal.
I consume seafood once or 2 times per week but the raw dressings and salads are always the predominate size in proportion to balance out my Plant Based Diet.
Days on either side of my fish meal is Raw Vegan,Macrobiotics, Mediterranean,and Thai.
What I look for in a meal is it easy to make , in a short time, with high nutritional whole foods
good taste and fun to make? The food must have color and I use low heat methods so that the vegetables are crispy in the center ,but softer on the out side . To achieve this the vegetables must be cut in the same size to give uniformity in taste and texture.

Normally when I make a raw dressing it usually is enough to last me for 3 or more meals over 2 or 3 days. Some times I may have 2 going at the same time for more versatility .Dressings can be used for dips, salads, toppings, adding it to soups, and you can even thicken it with milled seed to make chutneys .Often the dressing is neutral in taste and I can alter it as I please with additional herbal ingredients using things like , Thai Chili pepper and ground onion or garlic to make it hotter. Or I can add raw honey ,stevia, or tamarind juice to make a sweeter taste. Or I can add lime or lemon juice to make sour. Also I can add Pink Himalayan Sea Salt Crystals dissolved in water called (Sole) to give some salty taste. For Bitterness its easy , as most all leafy greens will create this effect for taste like bitter melon greens. And for that tart taste I have many choices like green apple, ground cinnamon,raw apple cider vinegar, and ginger root powder or the raw root for more pungency.

So you can see that it is totally not necessary to use processed flavorings and additives from the store, when Nature provides all that you need when you have the information to work with.

Hot,Sour,Bitter,Sweet,Salty,and Tart can all come from natures herbal pantry shelf.

A good tip for extending the keep of your dressing is to just add some ground cinnamon to taste, as this herb is one of natures highest antioxidants and natural preservative.
If you think that your dressing needs help to finish by the third day, then you can do as I do and share your dressing with your dog. Just make sure that there is no Dark Chocolate or Onions as this is harmful to your pet. Chocolate can give a dog a hear attack , and onions can cause serious anemia toxicity to your furry friend ,so keep this in mind.
Garlic is much less toxic to dogs and some Vets use them and others do not. Other wise sharing smoothies and dressings together with your dog adds good nutrition for your pet dog as well.
Our dog is so dependent on us for their good health, nutritional needs and happiness ,so it is our responsibility to research for them, and to educate our selves to be good care givers of our best friend.

What not to feed your dog with more comprehensive information?

Dogs enjoy soft moist foods ,with crunchiness for cleaning their teeth with, so a shared green smoothie or dressing is well received and appreciated ,and my dog has no complaints what so ever. I felt that the following list of No NO Foods to feed your dogs where important enough to cover hear because I think nutrition for our pets is very profit driven, with controversy
and complacency in the pet food industry in general.
Did you know that a dog will some times eat grass when it is feeling ill to induce vomiting?
Animals seem to know what to do for them selves at times.
I have included some of my own comments to the list only to bring more awareness to the topic and that said ,I wish to conclude that the list is very complete and informative with solid information given ,that every Dog care giver needs to know. I learned a few things from this list and some of the information may surprise you.What not to feed is just as important as what to feed to your dog.

Do not feed the following foods to your Dog:

Any foods containing caffeine like coffee,chocolate,tea,or anything stimulating to the nervous system.
Grapes, raisons,and currants are toxic to the kidneys, but grape seed extract has no known toxic effect or side effect.
Hops can cause a dogs temperature to rise,increase heart rate, and result in death.
Human supplements containing Iron can damage the lining of the dogs stomach,and be toxic to the liver and kidneys.
Alcoholic beverages can cause intoxication ,coma,and death.( I will never understand why a human would do this to a dog)
Avocado has an ingredient through out the plant called persin, that can cause vomiting and
diarrhea. I will not name the well know brand name company ,but Avocado is used through out and its part of their marketing in a big way.
The following is obviously toxic to your dog such as ,salt in large quantity, tobacco,marijuana,and high simple carbohydrates of refined sugar.
Refined sugar causes dental tooth decay,and possibly diabetes melitus. Both dogs and humans are subject to this problem when commercially processed foods are part of their diet.
Yeast dough can cause pain in the stomach when it expands possibly rupturing the intestines.
Soya Bean is not digestible in dogs ,and in fact this applies to humans as well.Soya Beans that are sprouted and fermented have lost their enzyme inhibitory and are readily digested by the body for humans but I don’t even give this to my own dog.
Soya and corn are the 2 biggest cash crops of the biotech industry that produces GMO,genetically modified organisms for the livestock, human processed food,and pet food industry. I personally do not feed processed commercial dry dog kibble to my dog.
Mushrooms can contain toxins that affect multiple areas of the body that can possibly shock the dog leading to death.
Pits from fruits like persimmons,peaches, and plums can obstruct a dogs intestinal tract.
Dairy causes diarrhea in some older dogs. I always thought that the only dairy a human or animal would ever need is its own mothers milk.
Bones on the do not feed list has been kicked around for a long time between the two camps .
One camp that advocates the barf raw diet, and the other camp that advocates the cooked diet.
Bones that are overly cooked are reputed to possibly cause , obstruction or laceration of the digestive system.
Raw meat is on the list for containing bacteria,such as Salmonella, and E.coli ,which can cause vomiting and diarrhea. Un like a human a dogs internal digestive juices are extremely acid in nature and yes if the dogs immune system was compromised in any way yes the raw meat can adversely affect the animal. The problem with raw meat is it is an incubation medium for parasites that can be transmittable to humans and to dogs.
Raw eggs contain an enzyme called , avidin which decreases the absorption of theB Vitamin called Biotin leading to skin and hair coat problems.
All fish that is raw canned or cooked served in high amounts or exclusively can cause a B vitamin named thiamine to be deficient in the dogs body.This could lead to loss of appetite ,seizures and in severe cases possible death.
Fish contains the Omega 3 Fatty Acids that are seldom found in todays land meats as grass fed open range live stock practices are now intensive feed lots where the animals are living in tight quarters.I feed my dog fish in moderation with days off.

Macadamia nuts contains an unknown toxin that can affect the dogs digestive ,nervous system and muscle.
Rhubarb leaves contain oxalates, which is also present in many plants such as the weed lambs
quarters, Buckwheat,Black pepper, parsley,poppy,amaranth,spinach,chard,beets,cocoa,chocolate,most nuts,most berries,beans and leaves of tea in that order. Oxalates are plant acids that are synthesized via the incomplete oxidation of carbohydrates.
Fat trimmings can cause a dog to have pancreatitis. Pancreatitis is a condition of inflammation of the pancreas from eating a fatty diet. This condition can be reversed by putting your dog on a lean meat diet. Is there a correlation between dogs and humans here I wonder?
Xylitol is an artificial sweetener, that cause very low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) which can result in vomiting,weakness and collapse. In high doses this Nero toxin can cause liver failure.
Any artificial sweetener, such as Sweet N Low, NutraSweet, Corn Syrup , and Refined Sugar,
should not be part of a dogs diet. Yet refined simple carbohydrates are hidden in many of todays dog treats. I treat my dog with whole foods that he gets every day divided up and stored in a glass jar in my refrigerator.
Table scrapes,moldy foods, spoiled foods,and garbage should never be given to a dog.
All cooked bad food should be disposed of, and any raw left overs can be effectively composted safely for later use in your garden or potted plants. A compost tumbler is easy to make and You Tube has lots of instructional videos,or you can order them online.
String can get trapped in the digestive tract becoming lodged for ever as a foreign body.
String among many other things can be lodged some where inside the poor dogs body. Dogs have the mind equivalent to a 3 or 4 year old human carried right into adulthood so they must be watched and carefully monitored through our their life time. This is part of being a dog care giver to protect your furry friend from mouthing certain things, and for digesting certain things that I dare not mention.
Certain dogs especially sporting gun dogs can have a nose so sensitive it can be 200 times more effective than our own nose for detecting odors, so it is not surprising that they can act around food this way.One danger in winters is the toxic antifreeze that some dogs are attracted to from a leaking car radiator.
And as I mentioned earlier, Chocolate especially dark chocolate , including coffee,tea,and any other caffeinated foods and beverages like soft drinks can induce vomiting,cause diarrhea, and be toxic to the heart and the dogs nervous system.
Onions of any kind including shallots,Spring and chives should never be part of a dogs diet.
The onion family contains a toxin to the dog called sulfoxides and disulfides,that can damage the dogs red blood cells causing anemia. Garlic is much more tolerable, and some veterinarians endorse the pungent herb and others do not.
So now you can see that before you share your raw smoothie or dressing with your dog it is first very important to know from the list above what is not safe to feed.

Resources : For even more information you can go to www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=2+1659&aid=1030 to download their PDF for Free
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxalate

Barry Gourmets Health, Weight Loss, and Fitness Tip:

The secret to good health and weight loss is to eat a large variety of perishable raw foods, that hydrates your body through out the day. The extra fiber and higher water content of the foods will promote good health and you will see results in time.
Processed foods , will do just the opposite to your body.A lot of Processed foods will be dehydrating you , and slowing down your metabolism to a crawl with out the support of dietary fiber. This will cause your digestive organs to work harder to break down foods devoid of enzymes.
I use very little Cold pressed oils on occasion only , and never use them for cooking. I mostly use water to make different broths.The oils are only for adding later to get the consistency that I am looking for. My low heat cooking medium is always with pure water.
Every meal that I make has rainbow colors in mind from Nature , to be visually entertaining to the senses and to provide as much nutrient dense nutrition as possible. Always most of my servings are predominantly Raw food preparations or semi raw for the life giving enzymes that we need for feeding the cells in our body.
Of course eating healthy and not moving your body will only be half the answer.
Our body needs to be moving everyday to support our lymphatic system and to burn the calories that we are taking in every day. Driving your car less and walking more is a good start,then taking up some kind of physical activity that you enjoy doing would help you to stay with the program. Its the only way to super charge your metabolism.

“If food is our medicine? Then what is medicine? “

Barry Gourmet & Raw

Barry’s Asian Style Seed & Nut Dressing takes only 10 minutes to make, or longer if your knew with opening coconuts?

Barry,s Asian Style Seed & Nut Dressing:

I have covered how to open coconuts correctly in some of my other articles, so I just want to say that you need the right kind of heavy Knife that has a rectangle blade. And you work in a circular chopping pattern to get the nut open. Practice Practice. The store where you buy your coconuts does most of the work for you by cutting the sides of the nut then making nice cone head points for easy opening.
But for me I often harvest my own organic coconut from my garden to wrestle with them, but I am getting better at it now.Stores do sell coconut milk or cream in cartons if you wish to go that way as well.

Ingredients for Asian Style Seed & Nut Dressing for one person and good for a 3 day supply:

1 cup of sprouted whole almonds.
Sprouting almonds is easy just have them submerged in fresh water over night , then in the morning rinse out all the old water. Then I use the matt or towel method by rapping them up to absorb the excess water. You will notice that your almonds look much bigger than before
‘because they are. They are sprouting , and the enzyme inhibitors , a protein membrane that surounds each nut is being dissolved away.

1 whole fresh coconut .
1 cup of fresh diced pineapple.
1 cup of fresh diced papaya .
1 level table spoon of the following.

Flax seed ,Chia seed,Black sesame seed,and Pumpkin seed.
A bottle of Bee Pollen that should be stored in your freezer as this is an extremely perishable product,and the same goes for flax seed oil and wheat germ as well.
Every store I know of in the US and Canada will practice this way of storing these kinds of products to avoid the product of becoming prematurely rancid , but retail stores in Thailand as hot as it gets here will not properly store these items in the cooler and it just amazes me why there is not any world standard for this.

Directions for Asian Style Seed & Nut Dressing:

Cut open the coconut at the top and pour the water juice into your glass blender.
Chop the nut down the middle in to two parts then scrape out the meat using a spoon and add it to your blender.
Add your pineapple and papaya to your mix in the blender .

Next add one level tablespoon each to your milling machine that attaches to your blender .
I hope that you purchased a quality blender that has this important unit ? If not then you will just add the seed directly into your blender.

Inside your milling machine you have one level table spoon of Flax,Chia,Pumpkin and Black sesame seed . Turn on the machine with the cover secured and grind the seed down into a fine powder. Then add the contents to your blender.

Blend everything together until you have a smooth consistency.
Always after I blend my dressing or smoothie I taste it first for making any necessary ingredient adjustments with more blending until its just right.

Pour your seed and nut dressing into glass gars to be stored in your refrigerator.

Tip for natural preservation of salad and dip dressings :
Natural foods tend to parish quickly if not properly handled and should be consumed as early as possible with in the first and second day for best taste and nutrition.Home made salad dressings in glass jars are best kept in the back of the refrigerator where it is coldest.
Nature has 3 powerful preservatives that you can mix into your raw dressing to taste.
I use ground Clove powder that is one of Natures highest antioxidants and is well documented anti parasitic.
I use ground Cinnamon powder that is also one of natures highest antioxidant herbs and it has the capability to help stabilize the blood sugar .
Raw unfiltered honey is a well researched preservative from nature , and it helps neutralize ,bitterness and tart after taste of the other two herbs.
I usually make enough to last 3 days tops and no longer than this.
I do not trash any of my left over raw dips or dressings I compost it.

Barry’s Asian Salmon Ingredients Recipe:
Takes only 15 minutes to make for one person.

One frozen hand size fillet of Wild Pacific Salmon fish thawed if you live in Asia and fresh or frozen if you live in North America.

Half a sweet japanese potato
Half a medium size carrot
3 garlic gloves and 3 shallots
2 whole limes or half a lemon
half a cup of chopped parsley fresh .
One tablespoon of soaked Wakami Seaweed .
For the tossed Salad ingredients:

One cup of chopped fresh Spinach.
One quarter cup of sliced cherrie tomato.
One quarter cup of sliced red bell pepper.

For the Salmon Baste and Salad Dressing :
In a bowl squeeze one table spoon of lemon or lime juice.
Add one table spoon of raw apple cider vinegar.
Add one quarter teaspoon of Wasabi powder.
Mix well together.

Barry,s Asian Salmon Method:

Important Safety note in Food Preparation:

I know this goes with out saying but still it is very important to address.
Use 2 separate cutting boards always , one for the meats and one for the produce to avoid cross contamination between the two food groups.

In your steamer add 4 cups of pure water and lay your Salmon Fillet over the steam basket.
Steam for 5 minutes all by it self.
Next add your evenly cut length wise carrot and japanese sweet potato to the steam basket.
Note :In all steaming it is important to have all the pieces cut evenly in size to create uniform taste through out.

On your cutting board use the flat of your knife to crush the 3 garlic cloves, and 3 shallots.
Discard the skins and add to your steam basket.
Steam for 5 minutes longer and check later with your fork , to make sure that the veggies are soft on the outside but firm on the inside. At the 10 minute mark your fish can be turned over.
You can lower the heat for the last 5 minutes and work on the raw foods now.

On your cutting board cut finely your half cup of loose fresh Parsley herb and put aside.

Preparation of your Tossed Salad :

Take out a large salad bowl for tossing then on your cutting board finely chop a cup full of Spinach and add to the bowl.
A quarter cup of red cherrie tomatoes and a quarter cup of red bell peppers can be added to the bowl.

Now check your Salmon with a fork through the middle and separate to make sure that the fish is thoroughly cooked inside. This is important. Did you know that raw fish like sushi is a prime source of parasites transmittable to humans when consumed ? All meats must be cooked through.
When done using your basting brush cover the fish on all sides with the salad dressing mix.
The rest of the dressing left over can be spooned into the salad bowl. Toss the salad well, I like to use my two wooden forks for the job.

Spoon the tossed Salad into a serving bowl.
Then lay your Wild Salmon fish fillet in the middle of your plate and surround the fish with your sweet potato and carrot.
Add your chopped parsley.
Then spoon your nut and seed dressing around and over the vegetables.
You can place your soaked Wakami Seaweed over the fish and sprinkle some lemon juice with a dash of apple cider vinegar on top. Optional to sprinkle some Thai chili powder and a bit of black pepper.

Thats it you have your Salmon Asian Style! Enjoy Natures Foods!

“When I have naked food on my plate , I mean foods with no dietary fiber, then it becomes necessary for me to dress it up “

Barry Gourmet & Raw

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Poutine: fries, cheese curds, gravy

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Things you see in Canada: poutine and steamies. We went to Billy K’s (voted best steamies and best poutine in town) because we were just eating way too healthy. Poutine is comfort food, but I’ve decided that I don’t like to eat it once the fries get soggy (they get verrrry soggy). Steamies are called that because the buns are steamed. From this restaurant, you can see the bridge to America.