The Japanese use daikon radishes to help digest rich food, starchy food, and they say daikon is used to help remove hard fat, which has been imbedded in body tissues. Why do we like daikon? Because we like the taste, like the zing!

Speaking of fat, avocados have good fat. Eating an avocado a day will not make you fat, might lower your bad cholesterol and will help your skin look lovely. Psoriasis is said to be relieved by applying avocado oil to the skin and eating the fruit too. (When they're available, I eat a whole one each day!) In addition, avocado is said to soothe deep muscle inflammation. Besides all the health stuff, don't they taste great? We only wish they grew in New England, but then you can't have everything.

Of course you want to use organic produce because organic means you get the highest nutrient values possible.

Serves 4

1 cup grated carrot	3¼ cups plain, organic yogurt*
1 cup grated daikon radish (or other radishes)	1 teaspoon dill weed
1 cup grated yellow or green summer squash	2 tablespoons olive oil
1 avocado, diced	2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 green, yellow or red bell pepper, chopped	1 teaspoon Spike seasoning
1 bunch fresh Italian flat parsley, minced

Prepare vegetables. Add dressing ingredients and toss salad. Do a little dance while salad chills an hour or so. Serve. You done good, honeybunch.

I've grated in other vegetables too. One of my favorites is a small-medium size raw beet. Makes the salad a pretty color, and beets are not only rich in minerals but are said to build red blood cells and act as a tonic and blood purifier.

*Don't like a yogurt dressing? Of course you can use olive oil (about ¼ cup instead).