Simple, healthy, nourishing! Paleo and Vegan Basil Mint Yellow Squash Spiralized Salad. REAL FOOD ingredients combined to make one beautiful spiralized salad! A naturally gluten free veggie salad bursting with flavor, nutrients, and color. This is a spiralized salad you’re going to want to make again and again.
Hello Monday! I’ve never been so excited to post a recipe for another spiralized salad on a Monday! I mean, don’t get me wrong, I actually do love Mondays, but today is EXTRA special. But before I jump into this fantastic Basil and Mint Squash Spiralized Salad recipe, I will explain excitement. Mmmm k?
So you see, this recipe. This nourishing real food flavorful spiralized salad recipe is actually from my friend Amie’s new CLEAN EATING cookbook. And I couldn’t be more honored and privileged to be able to share. Amie has been a long time friend of mine. We’ve been supporting each other’s health journey for YEARS and well… she is just AMAZING, and strong, and wise, and wonderful encouraging friend. I am UBER excited that she is now able to help others overcome health issues.
This recipe from her new cookbook is really about using food to HEAL. I mean REAL healing and REAL resetting the body. No a detox, but a full on NOURISHMENT lifestyle.
Amie spent the last decade trying to cure her autoimmune diseases and Inflammation! This book outlines the journey of how Amy used food and lifestyle to heal from a decade of chronic illness (like Lyme Disease) and it’s filled with over 200 nourishing, healing, plant-based recipes! Recipes free of gluten, dairy, soy, refined sugar, eggs, corn and processed ingredients.
Yes, they may be free of all those ingredients but the recipes themselves are FULL of flavor and aroma! Which leads me to this Basil Mint Squash spiralized salad recipe. It is (was) definitely full of aroma and there was even a request for more once I served it. How’s that FLAVOR POWER!? Bam!
Okay but in all honesty, I was shocked at how simple and wonderful this spiralized squash salad was. I knew it was going to be good, but after we made it and ate it, I was left wanting more. It’s a POWER side dish or light meal that makes real food shine. Gosh I just love howAmie does that.
So simple and yet so flavorful. This Mint and Basil Squash spiralized salad recipe is jammed packed with disease fighting antioxidants and antimicrobial properties (from the basil and mint). Both Basil and Mint contain essential oils that can not only help FIGHT inflammation, but they can inhibit BAD bacterial growth. That’s a double dose of HEALING ya’ll! And because it’s grain free, low carb, and low sugar, this salad is a wonderful choice for those fighting candida or small intestinal bacterial overgrowth.
Basil and Mint combined Vitamin C from the lemon, Vitamin A packed squash, and healthy fats from the cold pressed olive oil, make this salad kind of EPIC in regards to health and healing. Plus it’s just plain refreshing! A fun twist on a normal salad or grain pasta recipe with about 10x as many nutrients. Genius I tell ya!
So let’s dig in, shall we?
Basil and Mint Yellow Squash Spiralized Salad
- Total Time: 11 minutes
- Yield: 2 1x
Description
Basil and Mint Yellow Squash Spiralized Salad {Paleo, Vegan}
Ingredients
- 2 –3 yellow summer squash (spiral slicer/spiralizer) – Can also cut julienned
- 1 large celery stalk, thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh basil
- 2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil (I used avocado oil)
- 2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh mint
- ½ teaspoon freshly grated lemon zest
- ¼ teaspoon ground cumin (I used an adobe sea/salt blend)
- (Optional) Pinch crushed red pepper flakes
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients, toss to coat, and serve.
- Garnish with basil or mint leaves and extra crushed pepper if desired.
Notes
This would also work well with zucchini or cucumber! br]
Recipe from [Amy’s new Eat Clean Cookbook with a few of my adaptions.
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 1 min
Nutrition
- Calories: 185
Oh and one thing –> this spiralized salad takes like 5 minutes to make. I LOVE THAT EVEN MORE! Probably because I’m obsessed with my spiralizer.
Amie’s book launches this week and I highly recommend you check it out. AMAZING recipes but what’s more important is her vision and focus with these recipes. Which is to truly heal and live an abundant life. I don’t know about you, but I’m finding that to be a TRUE focus for me and my family each day. Healthy food is great but a healthy lifestyle overall is KEY. Let’s start practicing what we preach, amen!!
Food is medicine, do you agree? I hope so!
Spiralized Salads… please tell you me you’re as hooked as I am!
What a beautiful dish and so fresh.
What a beautiful looking dish and so fresh.
Thank you lucy! I so agree
Cumin is such a neat spice – it brings so much flavor to dishes!! Mark Hyman was in that documentary about sugar with Katie Couric, Fed Up. I like what he says!!
Cumin does wonders to flavor! Agreed
You know what I am going to say …… THROW A THICK PIECE OF SALMON ON TOP … OOZING with delicious fat, and I am allllll over this!
Oh but wait, I would prob scarf it down regardless!
you read my mind!
Love healthy refreshing salad, and I love herbs so much, thanks for you and Amy for this wonderful recipe! Pinned!
Spiralised veggies are so fun and this looks SO tasty!
Yum!! I just shared Amie’s recipe for Sunrise Nori Wraps with Spicy Tahini Drizzle. They were SO good, but this recipe is also on my list to make!
Omg I must try that next!!
YUM!! this is RIGHT up my alley!! Food is definitely medicine 🙂
Totally obsessed with this one!! YOU MUST MAKE!
You had me at basil. Also, I love all the spring recipes that I’m reading today. It’s so cloooooooose.
it feels like summer here. Ugh, weird. But I will come visit you in spring and bring this, deal?
I LOVE the story behind this recipe!!!!!!
me too! Amie is a miracle worker. <3
I’m all about food as medicine. Still trying to convince Vegas… but she does eat whatever I put in front of her. I wish I’d brought my spiralizer on this trip! It would be super easy to make this in the RV. (Insert banjo music here.)
bring your banjo and RV to texas y’all!
Food is most definitely medicine – the best kind there is! And with that said, Aimie’s book sound wonderful – a true blessing to some!
i so agree! a true blessing to me too.
Thank you SO much for supporting me, Cotter! YOU are amazing. Thank you for featuring my cookbook. I’m grateful for your support. I love you and I hope you LOVE my recipes.
Big hugs from NYC!
xoxo
Big CONGRATS to you!! <3 you
Food is thy medicine!! And this is so perfectly SPRINGy!
Loove the lemon mint combo! It so reminds me of Summer. I can’t wait for it to be here.
Also thank you for remindingme that I own a spiralizer. Gotte dig it out!
yes! do it! i bet this would be fab with prawns on top too. your fav!
Yes, you know I agree food is medicine and this cookbook looks like it would fit right in with my collection 🙂 The recipe is getting me excited for warmer weather!
totall! you’d love them all friend.
Mmmm…this looks so vibrant, healthy, and nourishing!! That book sounds great, too. Awesome!
it so is. love the nourishment. but love all the colors in her food/recipes!
Uhhh, you are just one step ahead of me. Was going to spiralize summer squash this weekend but then slammed with 5 sports games from 1 kid on Sunday and we went to Whataburger (shhh)
i don’t have kids. I can play around with spiralizers all day LOL!
Food is medicine – yes!!!! Oh, so yes! Can’t wait to try this recipe. I’m such a fan of spiralized squash and basil. So good!
girl I knew you’d agree! xxoo
Mmmmm I love basil and mint, but even more than that I love the idea of spiralizing yellow squash. Why have I never thought of that?!
I am super obsessed with spiralized anything! Love that this is so simple and fresh allowing the true flavors of the squash and herbs shine through! I need to find that cookbook too 🙂
Spiralizing is my life. The rest is just details 😀
Ooh this sounds so fresh and delicious! Spiralizing is my new-found love! Can’t wait to give this recipe a try 🙂
yes! let me know if you do Alexa!
You know I 100% agree with food being medicine. Love how simple this recipe is!
Yes, i knew you would agree! <3
Happy Monday Friend!! I am definitely going to check out her book 🙂 always up for new healthy recipes and it sounds like she really took the time to create some good ones!! I still need to get myself a spiralizer among many other kitchen gadgets! I’ll check out the one you posted a link to 😉 Hope you have a wonderful day <3 ~ P
oh girl, you will love it! Keep me posted on if you buy one!!
I bought both!! haha, SO excited 😀
OMG so pumped for you!