Starting your meals with a green salad helps to ‘prime the system’ for optimal digestion. Having bitters before a meal releases stomach acid and digestive enzymes so that your body is ready to digest and absorb the nutrients from your meal. Apple cider vinegar (1 tsp mixed with 2 oz water) before meals gives the same effect as having bitter greens (kale, arugula, baby swiss chard, mustard greens, endive, lettuce, etc). 

CREAMY APPLE CIDER VINEGAR DRESSING

Tangy & delicious way to get the digestive juices flowing!

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup olive oil
• 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
• 1-2 tbsp dijon mustard
• 3 tsp honey
• 1 garlic clove
• salt and pepper, to taste

Directions

Place all ingredients in a blender and blend on high for a 15-20 seconds.  

Enjoy over a big bowl of delicious dark leafy greens!

Here we have our Apple Cider Vinegar Dressing over a bowl of mixed bitter greens – arugula, spinach, black kale, baby kale and dandelion greens – all from the local Dieppe Market!