Recipes
ROSEMARY ROASTED NUTS
Rosemary leaves can be added to everything from roasted vegetables to soups and salads. You can easily make rosemary-seasoned oils or vinegars by adding sprigs of washed and dried rosemary to olive oil or cider vinegar and letting it sit for a month or longer. Below...
SUPERTONIC WITH HERBS
Take this tonic daily, by the dropper-full, in juice, water, on your salad or straight in your mouth to keep illness at bay! 1/4 part peeled and chopped fresh horseradish 1/4 part chopped red onion 1/4 part peeled garlic cloves 1/4 part fresh ginger and hot chilis...
SPRING PASTA SALAD with Nettles
(serves 6-10 people) 2 cups rice pasta spirals 1 cup soaked sun-dried tomatoes cut into small pieces 1/2 cup pine nuts (lightly toasted) 1 cup pitted kalamata olives, halved 2 handfuls of nettle leave rinsed in boiling-hot water and chopped 2 handfuls cleaned and...
MUSHROOM BARLEY AND BURDOCK SOUP
(6-8 servings – prep time is an hour) For good health – use organic ingredients! 1/2 cups whole barley 6 cups stock or water 1 large burdock root, cleaned and sliced into small pieces 1-4 tsp tamari sauce 3-4 Tb dry sherry 3 Tb butter or olive oil 2-4 cloves garlic 1...
SMOOTH SKIN TEA
2 parts: burdock root 1 part each: yellow dock root and sarsaparilla 1/2 part each: milk thistle seed and anise seed 1/4 part: licorice root Prepare as a decoction by using 1 heaping teaspoon dried herb combination (or 2 tsp if using fresh herbs) to 10oz of water....
STRONG LUNGS TEA
1 part each: nettle leaf, red raspberry leaf, and plantain leaf 1/2 part each: licorice root, rosemary, horsetail, and yarrow Use 2 tsp. of the above herb mix, pour a large cup of boiling water over and steep, covered for 15-20 minutes, or make a pot using 3 TB herb...
SUMMER RAW-FOOD CEREAL
Use a food processor or coffee grinder to chop the following nuts and seeds to a small, somewhat chunky (not powdered) size: 1 cup raw sunflower seeds 1 cup raw cashews or hazelnuts 1 cup either raw walnuts or raw pecans 1 cup raw almonds 1 cup raw pumpkin seeds 2...
CUCUMBER COOLER
Place one peeled and cut, medium organic cucumber in a blender with 1 quart of cold water. Add a handful of fresh mint leaves and 1-2 Tb of lime-juice. Blend on high speed until smooth – you may have to add more water if it’s too thick. If you want it sweet, add agave...
BLOOD ‘N BONES DECOCTION
2 parts each: white willow bark, devil’s claw, and burdock root 1 part each: prickly ash bark (and/or ginger), eleuthero, sliced turmeric, licorice, and juniper berry Prepare as a decoction by placing 1 teaspoon of herb mix per cup of water in a saucepot and bring to...
YUMMY ROOTS
Winter is the season to nourish your bones with yummy roots such as: beets, rutabagas, parsnips, turnips, celery, daikon, yams, potatoes, onions, burdock, turmeric, sunchokes, ginger and more! An easy way to prepare them is to clean and chop your collection of roots...
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