Raw Beetroot Soup Submitted by Todd Cece - Competition Winner

Ingredients

• 1 red bell pepper (capsicum)
• 2 medium celery sticks
• 2 cups cucumber (chopped)
• 2 cups beetroot (chopped)
• 1 cup tomatoes (chopped)
• 1/2 tsp Himalayan salt
• 2 medjool dates (pitted)
• 5 med-large basil leaves
• 1/8 cup olive oil
• 1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
• 4 sundried tomato halves (soaked in water for a few hours)
• 1/2 cup the tomato soak water
• 1 and a 1/2 cups of water

Optional

• 1 tsp grated ginger