
February 2, 2015
Purple Yam and Goji Berry Pancakes

December 23, 2014
Chicken Gizzard (Ji Nei Jin 內金) cooked in Coconut Milk

Benefits of Chicken Gizzard (Ji Nei Jin 內金) According to Asian Medicine:
- Reduces food stagnation
- Improves digestion
- Aids incontinence
- Increases Gastric Acid by 30-70%
- Reduces hardness and transforms stones (gallstones and urinary stones
February 6, 2014
Udon with Soft Egg & Green Onion

Ingredients
Dashi (Broth)- 1 ½ oz dried sardines
- 2 dried shiitake mushrooms
- 3-inch long piece of kombu seaweed
- 1/3 cup mirin
- 1 ½ oz dried bonito flakes
- ¼ cup soy sauce
- 4 large eggs
- ¾ lbs udon noodles
- ¼ cup very thinly sliced green onion
- 3 cups udon broth
- ¼ tsp. seven spice powder (shichimi taragashi*)
July 8, 2013
Nourishing Kidney Bean Soup with Goji Berries 枸杞子

- 1 cup Organic Dark Red Kidney Beans, soaked in water overnight (or three 15 oz. cans)
- 4 cups water
- 1/2 large yellow onion, chopped
- 2 TB, chopped scallion (Cong Bai)
- 1 TB minced garlic (Da Suan)
- 1 TB olive oil
- 1 TB butter
- Ham Shank, (natural, uncured, fully cooked), cut bite-sized meat
- ¼ C whole goji berries, (Gou Qi Zi 枸杞子)
- 14 Green Cardamom pods (green Indian cardamon tastes best) slightly crack each pod.
- 3 TB, fresh lemon juice
- 1 tsp sea salt
- ¾ tsp paprika
- Pinch or so, cayenne pepper (Hua Jiao) – according to taste
January 21, 2013
Bone Broth Chicken Soup with Healing Herbs

August 20, 2012
Rosehip Jelly with ‘Jin Ying Zi’

July 29, 2012
Goji Power Balls

Ingredients:
- 3 tablespoons dried Goji berries
- 3 tablespoon mixed seeds (pumpkin, sunflower, buckwheat, sesame, etc.)
- 2 tablespoon dried cherries (or other dried fruit of your choice)
- 3 pitted dried dates, roughly chopped
- 3 tablespoon almonds
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 2 squares of dark chocolate, chopped
- dried coconut flakes
- cocoa powder
July 20, 2012
American Ginseng Wine (Xi Yang Shen 西洋參)

June 20, 2012
Sesame Seed Squares (Sweet Medicine Dessert)

Sesame As Medicine
Black sesame seeds strengthen vitality and longevity. To reap the benefits, they should be used frequently over a long period of time. Like most seeds, black sesame seeds are moistening to the body's resources. They also can strengthen the tissues of the low back and knees, keep the hair strong and nourish the ears (all kidney organ/channel functions). They can also the moisten the bowels for constipation (unless they are toasted, which will diminish this oily quality).June 17, 2012
Kidney Tonic Cereal to Strengthen Low Back and Knees

- 10 grams (8-10 pieces) Radix Polygoni Multiflori (fleeceflower root, knotweed) = He Shou Wu
- 10 grams (2 sticks) Radix Achranthis Bidentate = Niu Xi
- 15 grams (5 pieces) Radix Dioscoreae (Chinese Yam) = Shan Yao
- 5 grams (1 Tbsp.) Fructus Corni (dogwood fruit) = Shan Zhu Yu
- 2 cups brown rice