This dish provides the healing benefits of hot soup, root vegetables, and the most nutritious green vegetables available to help stimulate detoxification of the liver and blood. You can save any left over broth for the next morning. It is actually a wonderful thing to have immediately upon awakening form sleep.

2 cups of vegetable
4 chopped shallots
2 chopped carrots
2 cloves of garlic, chopped
3-4 ounces of organic cooking greens (a mixture of chard, collard greens, mustard greens, etc.)

Bring the pot of broth to a rolling boil. Add the chopped carrots, garlic, and shallots and allow to simmer on low heat for ten minutes. Add the cooking greens, shut off the heat, and stir for 2 minutes. Season additionally to taste.

 
Ingredients

* 1 tablespoon olive oil
* 3 green onions, thinly sliced
* 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
* 1/2 lb organic tempeh
* 1 tablespoon chili powder
* 1/4 teaspoon salt )(optional)
* 14½ oz fresh stewed tomatoes, chopped
* 1 jalapeno pepper, finely chopped
* 1/3 cup shredded soy cheddar cheese
* 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
* 8 oz package bow- or corkscrew-shaped whole wheat pasta

Directions

1. Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain well and place in a large bowl.
2. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add green onions and garlic and cook 30 seconds.
3. Crumble in tempeh. Sprinkle with chili powder and salt. Cook, stirring frequently, about 5 minutes, or until beef is no longer pink.
4. Add tomatoes and their juices, and jalapeno. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium; cover and cook 5 minutes.
5. Pour sauce over pasta.
6. Sprinkle with cheese and cilantro. Toss to mix.

1 cup barley
2 cups water
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tablespoons sesame oil
1/2 cabbage
shoyu (soy sauce) to taste
bread crumbs

Wash and drain barley. Add water and salt and cook for approximately 45 minutes. Uncover and add this to the cabbage which has been chopped small and sauteed in sesame oil. Mix, season with salt and add shoyu. Place in a casserole dish, sprinkle with bread crumbs and bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees. It is done after approximately twenty minutes or when golden brown.

Soak:

6 Shitake Mushrooms in 2 cups of water for 20 minutes.
Chop the mushrooms and discard stems.

Add:

Chopped mushrooms and soaking water to 4 additional cups of water.
Bring to a boil.

Simmer 10 minutes.

Add:

2 carrots, thinly sliced
2 stalks celery, thinly sliced
1 onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced and other chopped fresh vegetables as desired.

Simmer 15 minutes

Add: 1 inch piece of white daikon radish, diced
1 small bunch chopped parsley
1/3 cup chopped wakame sea vegetable (after soaking in water)
4 ounces of tofu (soy bean curd) cut into small pieces

Simmer 15 minutes

Add:

1/2 to 1 cup cooked brown rice, buckwheat, or barley
3 tablespoons Miso that has been mixed with a little water into a paste
Flavor with salt, pepper, and/or soy sauce to taste

Simmer 5 additional minutes (do not boil) ...

Ginger Garlic Tonic boosts immunity

Try a spoonful of this tonic at the first sign or a cold or flu or take daily as a preventative.

2 cups Maple Syrup
1/2 cup garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
1/2 cup grated fresh ginger root
Warm honey over very low heat. Do not boil. Place the garlic and ginger in a side mouthed jar with rubber seal and pour warm honey over them. Mix well and cap tightly.
Store this mixture in a warm sunny window sill and stir daily for three days, then refrigerate.
Use within 6 weeks

You can also make a fine tea with a spoonful of this tonic in warm water or add to a cup of green tea, also full of healthy antioxidants.

Garlic wine

Boost your immune system with this garlic recipe. Steeping garlic in wine allows the antibiotic, anti-viral properties of the garlic to leach out into the wine. The alcohol acts to preserve the nutritional properties.

Peel 5 cloves of fresh garlic and crush with garlic press. Add to a .5 liter bottle of red wine. Let this sit for 48 hours. Strain the garlic out and return the wine to its bottle. Add 20 to 30 drops to an 8 ounce glass of water and drink at first sign of cold. Repeat twice a day as needed.

Warm lemonade knocks out colds and flu:

1 cup boiling water
Squeeze in the juice of 2 lemons
Honey to taste
2 dashes of cayenne pepper

Drink several times a day until your cold is gone or you have averted it.

Ginger tea can also be used to clear sinuses and treat any respiratory complaint.

Bring 4 cups of water to a boil in a saucepan. Peel a two inch piece of ginger and slice into thing strips. Once water is boiling add ginger. Reduce heat to simmer for 20 minutes. Strain ginger from the liquid and drink. Strain the tea. Add honey and lemon to taste.

Herbal Tonic to prevent colds and flu

(These ingredients can be purchased by the ounce at your local health food store)

Simmer these herbs together in a quart of water for about 30 minutes:

3 TBS dandelion root
2 TBS fresh, grated ginger root
1 TBS cinnamon
1 TBS Licorice root
15 drops Astragalus Extract

Turn off the heat and let the mixture set for another 30 minutes. Strain and then drink one to two cups per day. If you are unable to find the dried version of these herbs, purchase extracts and mix 15 drops of each into a cup of hot water to make a tea. Add honey to taste.

Green tea with honey and lemon boosts immune system

Green tea offers many health benefits. Lace it with honey and lemon for vitamin C, anti-viral and anti-bacterial qualities.

Gently wash and dry 1/2 cup of fresh thyme for each cup of honey used. Warm agave in a saucepan but don't boil. Add thyme and allow to steep for 15 to 20 minutes. Allow the mixture to cool and strain out the thyme.

Pour agave into glass, wide-mouthed jar with a rubber-sealed lid..Store in a cool, dark place. Use one teaspoon three times daily for coughs and sore throat.

Add these ingredients to any food you eat for an immune boosting effect:

* Cayenne pepper-according to Traditional Chinese Medicine, colds and respiratory problems can be cured by warming the system.

* garlic-antibiotic, anti-viral

* ginger-anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, anti-parasitic

Visualization is also an important aspect of Mind/Body medicine. In order to avoid illness, focus on health. Tell yourself you are a healthy person and see yourself as healthy. When others around you are becoming ill, assure yourself that you are healthy and never catch colds or any other illness.

 
 

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