Svetlana’s Recipes

Ingredients:

-2 Granny Smith apples, quartered lengthwise, cored, and thinly sliced crosswise
-1 small Vidalia onion, quartered lengthwise, thinly sliced crosswise
-1 piece fresh ginger, peeled and cut into small pieces
-1/2 cup fresh coconut, finely grated and peeled
-3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
-3 tablespoons fresh basil, shredded
-salt
-pepper
-lemon verbena oil (recipe follows)

1. Toss the apples with the onion, ginger, coconut, lemon juice, and basil
2. Season with salt and pepper
3. Add 3 tablespoons of lemon verbena oil
4. Toss and serve

Lemon Verbena Oil
-1 cup lemon verbena leaves or 2 stalks fresh lemon grass, crushed
-1/2 cup grapeseed oil
-salt

1. Combine the lemon verbena with the oil and blend for 2 minutes in a blender
2. Pour the oil into a jar and let stand for one hour and then, through a cloth, strain, pressing on the solids to extract as much oil as possible
3. Season with salt