(Try starting the day with power and warmth, fire up the digestion system)

• 5 Cups Water (simmering in large soup pot)
•  ½ Portobello
• 1 Cup Onion
• 2 Cups Okra
• 1 Medium Carrot
• 1 Tbls Fresh Garlic

Dice ingredients with love & vigor.  Toss into your soup pot.

 Add to water the following:

• 1/4 Cup Barley
• 1 tsp Italian Seasoning
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1 tsp Rosemary
• 1 tsp Dill
• 2 tsp Ghee (clarified butter)

Simmer on low for 50-60 minutes until veggies are tender-licious, for your liking.

 Turn off the heat and add:

• 12 Asparagus stalks  (chopped)
• 3 Kale leaves (chopped)
• 1 Cup Sweet Peas (organic frozen works great)
• Chopped Green Onions to taste

 Serve in your favorite bowl and enjoy the day!

(Well cooked foods require less energy to metabolize.  Which = more energy for YOU!) 

(Great dish for diabetics!!!)

 Place ingredients in pan and bring to boil:

1 Tbls Coconut Oil

1 Tbls Curry Powder

1 Can Coconut Milk

1 Tbls Green Chili Paste

Dash of Cayenne

Dash of Sea Salt & Black Pepper

1 two inch piece of Kombu/Kelp

½ cup soaked Mung Beans(overnight)

 Reduce heat to medium and add:

2 cups of water

1 Cup Yellow and/or Orange Peppers (chopped)

1 large sweet potato

Simmer for 25 minutes, until potato is almost tender, while practicing Sun-Salutation (yes, you can do yoga in your kitchen!).

 Add:

1 ½ Cup Bitter Mellon (diced)

Continue Simmering for another 15 minutes as you balance in Tree Pose.

 Remove from heat, and Last but not least add:

1 ½ Cup Asparagus

1 Cup Sweet Peas

1 Cup Broccoli florets

1 Tbls Coriander seed

Let stand for 10 minutes and Serve Hot with Cilantro and Lime

While visiting friends last week, for their house warming, we realized the importance of sharing secret tips for even the basic recipes.

The rice we prepared together was happily received and enjoyed, by all!!

 To begin:

1.  Rinse and strain 2 Cups of rice, till water runs clear, and set aside.
2.  Bring 3 ¼  Cups of water to a boil
3. Add rice to water
4. 1/8 tsp of salt 
5. 1 tsp of ghee.

Let boil for 1 minute then reduce to low.

Cover with tight lid.

Here’s the secret tip…

Wet a dish towel and completely cover the lid with the wet towel to seal in steam.

Take care to fold long corners of the towel up on top of the pot, so that no towel edges touch the stove top or gas flame.

Cook rice on Low for about 25 minutes.  NO PEEKING! Every stove top is a bit different, so if the rice is crunchy or not quite done, quickly replace the lid and steam for another 5 minutes.

Let sit for few minutes before enjoying!

We have experienced that many people are intimidated by cooking fish.

You are going to LOVE this.  

1. Select your favorite Fishy

(rinse under faucet and pat dry)

1. Turn on steamer or fire up steam pot on stovetop.

1. Coat top of fish with favorite spices.

(I like a heavy coating on one side)

(Skin can be left on or off, your choice)

1. Place in steamer device and cover

(CAUTION*****Steam Burns*****Take precautions!!!)

1. Cook 8 minutes for thin piece

11 minutes for medium piece

14 minutes for thick piece

Short and sweet...Once, after a massage session with a client, we cooked a whole meal in a large steamer with *salmon,*asparagus,*yellow peppers,* broccoli, *red onion, and *carrots.  When it was done, we drizzled Olive oil, salt and lemon over it. We were eating in less than 15 minutes!  I wanted to share with my client how easy, quick, and simple it can be to eat nutritious and healthy!

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ENJOY!!!

1) Fill steamer with water, turn on, and get her puffin!!

(Make sure to have enough water to preheat and cook veggies without it drying up and scolding                    veggies, and pan.  The steamer will love you more!

2) Select 3 types of desired veggies.

i.e. kale, broccoli & carrot

(Only eating three types at a time insures a high level of digestion. It is easier on the spleen and     pancreas to break down and assimilate, or turn to energy)

3) Put in veggies and cover with lid.

(CAUTION! The steam will burn!  Please practice mindfulness when cooking and preparing foods.)

4) At the 5 minute mark, remove pot from stove, and put veggies in serving bowl.

 (Cook longer if softer texture is desired)

5) Add favorite topping, oil, seasoning, or coating, and mix well.

6) Following are our favorite toppings  

*Olive oil and salt to taste

*Fresh garlic pesto

*Guacamole

*Lightly sautéed olive oil, sea salt and fresh rosemary

*Olive oil, salt, and lemon

*Hemp oil, cilantro, lime, and salt

* Ghee and salt (Restaurant Style)

Each topping has a different medicinal effect on the body. To be discussed later, but for now choose what you are intuitively drawn to.

ENJOY!

Parsley (1 bunch)
Garlic (2 raw cloves, chopped fine)
Salt (2 taste)
Cayanne pepper (2 taste)
Blk sesame seeds (2 table spoons)
Ginger (fresh 1/2 inch, diced)
Avacado (1/2)
Olive oil (2 tablespoons, or more if desired)

Hemp oil (2 tablespoons or more if desired)
Lemon (1/4 wedge squpzen or more to taste)

This is a great, quick, simple recipe to increase the functioning of the immune system, kidneys and lungs.. Ward of cold's and flu's.. And increase health and vitality on a daily basis..