Recipe: Ginger Sauce from Life Alive (Ginger Nama Shoyu)

Life Alive is an amazing vegetarian restaurant in Cambridge. It revolutionized vegetarian foods for me (I used to imagine only salads or unhealthy veggie patties) and I realized that vegetarian dishes can be filling, tasty, and actually healthy. Whenever I eat at Life Alive, I leave energized and full. It is the best.

This sauce from Life Alive is great over a bowl of steamed veggies and rice. When I make it I pour it over the following:

• Brown rice (white rice for Jeff)
• Steamed kale
• Steamed carrots (using a bag of grated carrots)
• Steamed broccoli (I used frozen broc)
• 1/2 sliced avocado
• A bit of stir fried firm tofu
• Chopped beets
• Tablespoon of Bragg Nutritional Yeast Seasoning
• Hot sauce for some flavoring

I've used the recipe at the following link as it is most like Life Alive's sauce:
http://sarahfit.com/recipe-that-amazing-ginger-sauce-from-life-alive/

Ginger Sauce (recreated from Life Alive’s Ginger Nama Shoyu in Cambridge) 4-6 servings

Ingredients

• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• 2 inches of fresh peeled ginger, chopped
• 1 tablespoon of Tamari Sauce (or Nama Shoyu or Soy Sauce)
• 2 tablespoons of lemon juice (about 1/2 of a lemon)
• 2 tablespoons of Tahini (sesame seed butter basically)
• 1 tablespoon of olive oil (or flax oil)
• 2 tablespoons of water

Instructions

1. Combine the first two ingredients in the food processor and blend well.
2. Add the remaining ingredients until you have a creamy consistency (add more water to have a less thick sauce)
3. Serve over food!