February 29, 2012

Spiced Mung Bean Dish to Clear Heat & Warm Simultaneously

Mung Beans are a medicinal food.  They are cooling and can detoxify the body and reduce pathogenic heat contracted in the summertime.  Here we've added spicy-warm herbs to balance out the cool nature of the mung beans...

Ingredients:

  • ∙ 2 cups organic wild blend brown rice
  • ∙ 2 cups of organic mung bean
  • ∙ 1 modest tablespoon each of powdered: turmeric, coriander, cumin, and ginger
  • ∙ 2 medium sized organic carrots, chopped
  • ∙ 2 medium sized pieces of burdock root, chopped
  • ∙ 1 turnip, chopped
  • ∙ ¼ tsp of salt
  • ∙ 9 cups of water (8 cups for mung bean & rice, 1 for vegetables)
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February 26, 2012

Seaweed Soup with Organic Beef Brisket

Seaweed is from the sea, and like the ocean, it is cooling in nature.  There are various types of seaweed, which can all detoxify the body by pulling heavy metals and toxins out of the body, like a natural chelation therapy.  Be sure to use good quality seaweed from a clean(ish) ocean. Cool seaweed can also transform hot-phelgm which is generally sticky and possibly yellow in color. Here's Grace's family recipe for seaweed soup.

Ingredients:

  • Wakame/Kun Bu (Pacific Wildcraft kelp seaweed, harvested from Mendocino County)
  • Beef Brisket (Marin Sun Farms grass fed organic)
    Dried Kombu Seaweed
  • Organic Toasted Sesame Oil
  • Sea Salt
  • Garlic/Da Suan
  • Organic short grain rice
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February 10, 2012

English Roasted Marrow Bone Recipe

Bone Marrow is rich in nutrients, including iron, phosphorus and vitamin A.  Depending on the source, bone marrow is also likely rich in vitamin K and other fat-soluble nutrients.  Marrow also helps us build healthy white blood cells.

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February 2, 2012

Green Tea Cookies

Green Tea, Camellia sinensis, is a cold and bitter leaf that can be used for cooking in powdered form.  It's medicinal benefits include:
  • Clearing Heat & Harmonizing the stomach (digestive issues, hiccups, etc.)
  • Dispeling Dampness
  • Clears the head (headache)
  • Modern Research show an antineoplastic effect
  • Modern Research demonstrates its ability to decreases cholesterol
  • Ingredients:

    • 3/4 cup confectioner’s sugar
    • 5 oz. unsalted butter, cut into cubes
    • 1 3/4 cups brown rice flour
    • 3 large egg yolks
    • 1 1/2 Tbsp. matcha (powdered green tea)
    • 1 cup unrefined sugar (for coating)
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