Jaleesa RAWbertson

Here is one of the very first raw recipes that I learned, it is also one of my favorites! The sauce can be used for a number of things: a pizza sauce, salad dressing, and I actually used some for a sauce in a stir-fry and it was delicious! But my favorite is with these zucchini noodles. They are made with a spiral slicer. I have also done noodles with yellow squash, carrots, and beets.

Zucchini Noodle Marinara

2 tomatoes chopped
1 cup sun-dried tomatoes, soaked 2-4 hours, drained, and chopped
1 red bell pepper chopped
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
2 cloves garlic, crushed (if they are big cloves then I just do one)
1/2 tsp sea salt, or to taste
Dash cayenne
Dash fresh ground black pepper
2 T minced fresh basil or 2 tsp dried
1 T minced fresh oregano or 1 tsp dried

Place all the ingredients in the food processor and process until smooth. Serve over noodles of your choice. The recipe I have says to use 6 medium zucchini for this amount of sauce but I don't use that many, I like my noodles really saucy! :) The sauce will keep for five days in the fridge. Other variations to the sauce are adding 1/4 cup sliced kalamata olives, mushrooms, or really any other veggies you love! 

"You can exercise all day long but it all starts with what you put in your mouth." -A former co-worker of mine