Meet five-year-old Elijah. He loves Nascar. In season, if he's not watching it on TV, you can find him and his mother, Janice, at their local dirt track. At this track, most of the drivers know him and they have been known to give him free memorabilia. His room is plastered with posters of cars and drivers.  When Elijah sees number 88 (Dale Earnhardt Jr's car), he goes crazy.

In spite of his Nascar passion, Elijah is not like most boys his age. Elijah suffers from a multitude of conditions that makes his digestion complex and he has never been able to eat solid food. His entire gastrointestinal track is inflamed so that eating is painful. He suffers from "oral texture aversion," meaning that he doesn't like to feel food in his mouth. He is allergic to a dozen different foods, including dairy, gluten, corn, soy, and nuts. As a result, he won't and can't eat. For the last year and a half, he has been "fed" through a "G-tube." When he was three years, 10 months, he underwent surgery to insert a G-tube into his abdomen.  Liquid formula can be pumped into the g-tube and directly into his stomach. Since then, he has gotten almost all of his nourishment through this tube.

I met Janice and Elijah in a rather unexpected way. Late one night, on the Christian radio station KLOVE, Janice called with a desperate plea for prayers on behalf of her son whom she thought might not make it through the night. On this night, he had been unable to keep any formula or foods down and was almost starving to death. Listening to this mother's plea--I'm a mother too with a little girl Elijah's age--I felt deeply impressed to call the radio station and leave my phone number....

Read the rest of Elijah's story on our blog at http://articles.herballegacy.com or on the printable version at http://www.herballegacy.com/Elijah.pdf.

INGREDIENTS:

·         2-3 cups of carrots, cleaned and/or pealed

·         pure water

·         juice from 1/4 - 1/2 lemon, or to taste

·         1-2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, virgin coconut oil, or other oil

·         2 T nutritional yeast, or to taste

·         raw garlic, to taste (I like a lot!)

DIRECTIONS:

Put all in a vita mix, or other good blender. Blend until smooth and creamy.  Use just enough water to blend easily.  Adjust amount of water for desired thickness of dip or sauce.  

Great as a dip for raw veggies or on pita chips.

Leftovers are a great addition to soups, sandwich spreads, etc.