This healthy Summer potato salad is built on Medical Medium® Information, and it is one of the simplest ways to get anti-viral, lysine-rich food onto your table this summer. Below you will find the recipe and a breakdown of why potatoes are one of the most healing foods you can eat.
Key Takeaways
- Potatoes are a lysine-rich, anti-viral healing food and one of the most misunderstood foods in conventional nutrition advice.
- Within Medical Medium® Information, potatoes are understood to support healing from viral and autoimmune conditions.
- It is not the potato that causes problems. It is what you put on it — butter, sour cream, cheese, and bacon are the issue, not the potato itself.
- Lysine is an essential amino acid the body cannot produce on its own. Potatoes are one of the best plant sources of it.
- This recipe uses a dairy-free cashew dressing instead of mayonnaise, so it stays clean and healing all the way through.
Why potatoes are one of the healthiest foods you can eat
I want you to close your eyes and think of all the healthy foods you love. I know I’m thinking of mangoes, watermelon, crisp apples, passion fruit, potato salad…
You might be thinking: hold on. Potatoes aren’t a healthy food. For years we’ve been told that potatoes are filled with unhealthy starches and that they lead to obesity, diabetes, and chronic inflammation. Potatoes don’t have a great reputation in mainstream dietary thinking. Many people eliminate white foods from their diets, enriched white flour, white rice, and lump potatoes into that group. That comparison doesn’t hold up.
In its whole form, the potato is actually one of the healthiest foods you can eat. Potatoes are naturally free of fat, sodium, and cholesterol while being high in antioxidants, fiber, and macronutrients. They have more potassium than a banana and plenty of vitamin C and B6. And what makes them especially valuable within Medical Medium® Information is that they are naturally anti-viral and high in lysine.
What lysine does in the body
Lysine is an essential amino acid that is necessary to good health, and the body cannot produce it on its own. Like all essential amino acids, lysine must come from food, which means if you have been avoiding potatoes, you may be missing one of the best plant sources of it.
Lysine supports the body in several ways:
- Stopping viral replication
- Healing injuries and burns
- Supporting nerve health
- Building and repairing muscles
- Healing inflammation connected to viral activity
- Reducing anxiety
- Protecting against certain cancers
Potatoes are only as unhealthy as you make them. A baked potato covered in butter, sour cream, cheese, and bacon will not serve your healing. That is not the potato’s fault. It is usually what you put on the potato that is the problem.
Use potatoes with healing ingredients, lift up the flavor with delicious and nutritious additions, and you get all the amazing vitamins, nutrients, and essential amino acids your body needs. If you want to understand more about what feeds pathogens and what starves them, this post on understanding the role of toxic heavy metals in chronic illness gives more context.
Potatoes are only as unhealthy as you make them. A baked potato covered in butter, sour cream, cheese, and bacon will not serve your healing. That is not the potato's fault. It is usually what you put on the potato that is the problem.
Use potatoes with healing ingredients, lift up the flavor with delicious and nutritious additions, and you get all the amazing vitamins, nutrients, and essential amino acids your body needs. If you want to understand more about what feeds pathogens and what starves them, this post on understanding the role of toxic heavy metals in chronic illness gives more context.
My kid's favorite Summer potato salad
My kids’ favorite potato recipe is this summer potato salad. I know, we don’t usually think of potato salad for its healing properties, but again, it all depends on the choices you make with it. This potato salad not only tastes amazing, it is actually going to support your body in addressing what is happening underneath. And if you don’t have an underlying viral condition, you can simply enjoy a dish that tastes good and uplifts your health at the same time.
You can also try my fat-free mac and cheese with potato cheese sauce if you are looking for another healing way to use potatoes.
Summer Potato Salad
Equipment
- 1 Steamer
- 1 Blender
Ingredients
- 10 Organic small to medium potatoes
- 5 stalks Organic celery
- 1 Organic red bell pepper
- 3 stalks Organic green onions
Dressing ingredients
- 1 tbsp Organic mustard powder
- 1 cup Organic soaked cashews
- ½ clove Organic garlic
- ½ cup Organic scallions
- 1 Organic Lemon juiced
- 1 tbsp Raw honey
- 1 pinch Sea salt
- 1 tsp Organic smoked paprika
Instructions
- Steam the potatoes.
- While the potatoes are steaming, chop the celery stalks and red bell pepper into small pieces, and finely slice the green onions.
- Once your potatoes are cooked, cool them and cut them in cubes.
- Add the vegetables.
Dressing Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a blender except the scallions.
- Blend until smooth.
- Stir gently into your potato mixture, cover, and chill for at least an hour or up to overnight to let the flavors develop.
- Once you serve, garnish with scallions on top.
The first time I made this, it was gone in 30 minutes. Kids and adults both love it, and it is perfect for a gathering or a party.
If you are curious about how to keep meals like this going when protocols start to feel hard, this post on when your healing detox feels like it is not working may help.
I want to encourage you to not only eat nutritious, healing food, but to take joy in it. While the primary goal of food is to fuel and nourish our bodies, we should be able to enjoy our meals, share them with the people we love, and nourish our spirits too.
Feel good while you are preparing it. Put love into it as you make food for yourself and your family. That love comes through with each nourishing bite.
To your peace and happiness,
Muneeza
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Frequently asked questions
Are potatoes allowed on a Medical Medium® protocol?
Yes. Within Medical Medium® Information, potatoes are understood to be a healing food because they are anti-viral and rich in lysine. The key is preparation. Potatoes made without butter, dairy, or oils are a safe and beneficial food on a healing protocol.
Can I make this potato salad ahead of time?
Yes. This healthy potato salad actually improves after sitting in the refrigerator for a few hours because the cashew dressing has time to soak into the potatoes and vegetables. You can make it the night before a gathering and keep it covered overnight, and the flavors will be more developed by the time you serve it.
What can I use instead of cashews in the dressing?
If you have a cashew sensitivity, raw sunflower seeds soaked overnight make a good substitute. Soak them the same way you would cashews and blend with the same ingredients. The dressing will be slightly lighter in color but the flavor profile stays close. If seeds are also a concern, a tahini-based dressing thinned with lemon juice and water is another option.
