Thai Salad with Peanut Dressing - Heal Your Health Now

Ingredients

• 1 head lettuce (preferably butter lettuce), torn into bite-sized pieces
• ½ cucumber, sliced
• 1 carrot, sliced, slivered, or spiralized
• orange slices, for garnish
• 2 tbsp chopped fresh cilantro leaves, for garnish
• ¼ cup natural or fresh-ground peanut (or other nut) butter
• 4 tbsp water
• One thin slice fresh ginger root, peeled and minced (or 1/2 tsp. ground ginger)
• 1 tbsp Gluten Free soy sauce
• ¼ cup fresh lime juice
• 1 tsp sugar (or stevia equivalent)
• ½ small clove garlic, minced (optional)
• dash hot chili paste (optional)
• ¼ tsp tamarind paste (optional)
• 2 tbsp chopped, unsalted dry-roasted (or raw) peanuts (or other nut) for garnish (optional)