There are so many ways to make dips and sandwich fillings with avocado and sprouts, but here’s a good, everyday recipe that can be modified so many different ways. Add cilantro or any other fresh herb for a different aromatic quality. Add chopped celery, cucumber or red pepper for crunch. Add garlic. Add chiles, ginger, or lemongrass. You can play with this simple recipe to toss in pretty much anything you might have picked up at the grocery store today!

Yes, the bread in the photograph is not raw… It is Sesame Ezekiel bread, my favorite recommendation for those who are not 100% raw but who are “jacking up the raw” and looking for convenient ways to make salad sandwiches. Certainly, if you’ve got some good raw, dehydrated flatbread around, use that. But for the rest of us who don’t have that on hand, toasted Ezekiel bread is a wonderful improvement over regular bread, since it’s made from sprouted grain rather than flour.

And you can certainly use this dip for munching with veggies, or to eat with raw crackers, or for another “rawish” snack or meal, with organic tortilla chips! Or spoon over greens and enjoy as a dressing! This recipe is so versatile, I could easily come up with over 100 different ways to use it.

And having something basic like that in your raw (or “rawish”) recipe arsenal is a handy thing!

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Recipe for: Avocado-Sprout Dip and Sandwich Filling

(Great for “Rawish” Salad Sandwiches!)

• 1 avocado
• 1 medium tomato (about 3/4 cup)
• 1/2 cup sprouts
• juice from 1/2 lime
• 2 tablespoons cold-pressed olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin powder
• 1/4-1/2 cup chopped celery (or cucumber, or red peppers…or something else nice n’ crunchy!)
• 1/4-1/2 teaspoon quality natural salt (to taste)
• freshly ground black pepper

Combine all ingredients in bowl until well-blended. Then… do whatever you want with it! [/private]