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This warming soup is always a hit. Even people who claim not to like curry like this soup. It’s soothing on the stomach and all the digestive organs, good for the blood, good for the spleen and good for the soul.
A fresh, good quality curry powder is the key here. I usually purchase small amounts of spices from ethnic markets or independent health food stores that still carry spices (more…)
Mild, sweet, soothing and nurturing.
In a soup pot, sautee five or six cloves of chopped garlic and half a chopped onion in a little olive oil.
Add four medium carrots, chopped, two chopped celery stalks and half a butternut squash, chopped. Stir until veggies soften, then cover with spring water and bring to a boil. (more…)
Beautiful beets! Grate them raw into your regular hommus recipe and enjoy the red goodness.
Wash and soak a cup of organic chick peas in spring water overnight.
Rinse and cover with spring water. Bring to a boil, then turn down to medium and simmer for half an hour or until chick peas are cooked enough to be soft but not mushy. Strain the water into a cup and keep it on standby. (more…)
I always make enough brown rice for a few meals, and when I cook beans or legumes, I do the same. They keep just fine on the stove overnight and into the next day, and having them at the ready ensures I can prepare a healthy meal in a flash.
This simple mexican rice was whipped together with leftover black beans and brown rice.
In a cast iron pan, sautee 4 cloves of garlic, chopped, and a quarter of a red onion. (more…)
People often tell me that they wish they had more ways to prepare beets. Just looking at a beet, we intuitively know it’s good for us, and because we eat with our eyes as much as with our mouths, the glorious red beet is naturally attractive. In Chinese medicine, red is the colour associated with the heart. Beets are notoriously good for the blood. And in Yogic tradition, red is the colour associated with the root chakra, where our deepest instincts of survival, grounding and stability are housed.
Do your body a great service and eat beets! (more…)
Any combination of raw veggies over any grain with any toasted or sprouted seed works for this light and easy meal.
This particular version is lovely:
Rinse 1 cup of organic millet, then cover with 2 cups of spring water and bring to a boil with a lid on the pot. Turn down the heat to low and leave for 20-30 minutes.
Meantime, dice 1 organic tomato, 1 avocado, one quarter of a red onion, and half an (more…)
Nothing satisfies better than a hearty bowl of lentil soup. Lentils are high in soluble fibre, protein, iron, complex carbohydrates and folic acid. Not only are these little legumes low in fat with zero cholesterol, they are also extremely inexpensive for the nutritional value they bring to the body.
This soup is one of the easiest soups in the world to prepare.
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Beets are powerful blood purifiers and cleansers, so much so that it’s recommended to go easy on pure beet juice if doing a de-tox because it can flush out toxins very quickly, causing dizziness or light-headedness.
In this beautiful borscht, we use both the roots and the leaves. The leaves have even more nutrition than the roots, so when buying beets, don’t throw them away!
You’ll love the deep red colour of this soup, and your blood will sing with renewed vibrancy. (more…)
The fabulous “cream” of spinach soup makes for a great green cream over brown rice. See the recipe for Emerald Sea Soup and if you have leftovers the next day, pour it over organic brown rice for a colourful, aromatic, easy and nutritious meal.
Surround the rice on your plate with lively organic greens and some colorful tomatoes or red and yellow peppers for a work of art that heals body mind and soul.
Feel Good Easy-Shmeasy Healthy Snack.
Toast almonds in a cast iron pan on high, shaking the pan or stirring the almonds until they begin to lightly brown. Add a splash or two of tamari and stir. Turn off the heat and serve.
In Chinese medicine, the colour green is associated with the liver, our body’s de-tox organ. Just looking at this soup is nourishing to the liver - one sip your little hepatocytes will be dancing.
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Traditional risottos are made wonderfully aromatic and rich with butter, beef stock and cheese. The traditional rice is arborio, which, like pasta, is high in starch and gives the dish its lovely creamy texture.
Our macrobiotic version of risotto uses organic brown rice, which is chewy and nutty and loaded with nutrients, and a “cream” sauce made from tahini and miso. Make this and invite some open-minded Northern Italians over for dinner! (more…)
Get your vitamin A and Beta Carotene fix with a warming, healing, soothing carrot soup. It’s quick and easy, with only a handful of ingredients, fresh from the market.
Make enough to have for lunch tomorrow!
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Every home in India has its own version of this easy rice and lentil one-pot dish. It evokes strong emotions for those who eat it regularly because of the wonderful aroma it produces throughout the house. It’s amazing how much our memory is tied to our sense of smell.
The spices can be played with to arrive at your own unique blend. You can use red lentils, green lentils, split peas, or any other legume you like to mix in with the brown rice. (more…)
Protein, fibre, flavonoids, phyto-nutrients, omega 3’s, vitamins and minerals, and anti-oxidants. This soup packs a punch. Black beans are a staple of Mexican, South and Central American cuisine. Few foods are more powerful. You’ll love this easy blended soup for its earthy tones and its full-on substance.
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Millet was considered a sacred crop by the ancient Chinese. It contains no gluten, so those with wheat allergies can use it as a nutritious substitute grain. Millet is healing on the stomach, it’s alkaline and retains that alkalinity when it’s cooked. It’s loaded with B vitamins, namely niacin and B6, calcium and other minerals, and mildly nutty in flavour. Eat millet and consider it sacred.
To prepare millet, about 2 to 1 water to grain will do it. Wash the millet first, then add water and bring to a boil. Turn down the heat to 1 and leave covered for about (more…)
If you’re cooking with veggies, you’ll have a lot of skins, peels and cores. Don’t throw them in the compost just yet! Place all your veggie scraps in a soup pan filled with water and bring to a boil, then simmer for half an hour. Let it sit on the stove for a few hours, then strain and discard the bulk.
Add a pinch of sea salt and sip veggie broth as an appetizer. Light, delicious and nutritious!
As soon as squash and fennel begin to appear at the market in fall, you’ve got two nutrient-dense, highly soupable ingredients to make an outstandingly rich combo.
This is my all-time favourite winter soup. It’s velvety smooth, sweet, soothing and super comforting. It’s a beautiful soup to serve to guests on a cool fall evening with homemade jalapeno cornbread or cumin naan.
Guaranteed bliss. (more…)
Make your own healthy popcorn to take to the movies. Popcorn is not particularly loaded with nutrients, but with miso and Bragg’s, you make the corn a low fat vehicle for protein, vitamins E and B12, minerals, antioxidants and protective fatty acids.
Use organic corn and pop on the stove in a large pan with sunflower oil.
Dissolve a tablespoon of miso in a tablespoon of Bragg’s Amino Acids in a small cast iron pan and pour over the popped corn. Shake in a large paper bag to mix it all together. (My favorite miso and the miso I use for everything, including soups, marinades, sauces, dressings and popcorn is Cold Mountain Mellow White Miso.)
Ginger is a superherb and will be used in abundance every day throughout this de-tox. It’s a powerful digestive tonic and a powerful antioxidant, it aids in circulation, acts as an anti-inflammatory agent, stimulates the immune system, suppresses colds and coughs, protects the liver, staves off parasites, and the list goes on…
At least once a day, make yourself a cup of ginger tea by slicing five or six rounds from a fresh gingerroot and steeping it in hot water. I like to add a slice of lemon for added vitamin C and a teaspoon of maple syrup.
