Recipe for Nourishing Beauty – Sweet Rice Congee
Tweet Sweet black rice, when cooked with longan berries (euphoria longana) and Chinese dates, becomes a congee that nourishes blood and Qi. In the Oriental medicine system of food cures, these three foods work together to enhance beauty and longevity. • The sweet rice promotes the flow of liver Qi, which helps keep angry feelings at bay and leads to calmness. • The Chinese dates (different from the Mediterranean variety) nourish blood and spleen,... Read More
Quinoa Salad with Radicchio, Chicken and Pine Nuts
Tweet A nutrient-dense, filling winter salad, quinoa combines with faintly bitter radicchio, chicken and salty feta cheese. Read more at nourishedkitchen.com: Ingredients 2 cups cooked quinoa, chilled 1 small head radicchio, chopped 1 cup cooked chicken, cut in bit-sized pieces ½ cup cubed feta cheese 1 small red onion, chopped fine 2 tbsp pine nuts ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley Olive oil and vinegar dressing, to serve Toss cooked quinoa, chopped... Read More
Ginger Tea
Tweet Freshly made ginger tea is delicious and healing. It’s wonderfully soothing on a cold day and it’s very healing for digestive discomfort, nausea, morning sickness, menstrual cramps, and common cold. Ginger tea bags are just not the same as the freshly made tea! Traditional Recipe for Ginger Tea 4-6 thin slices of organic fresh ginger (each slice should be about the size of a quarter coin) 1 1/2 – 2 cups of filtered water Bring... Read More
Stir-Fried Rice Stick Noodles With Bok Choy and Cherry Tomatoes
Tweet Rice noodles are delicate and light, and especially welcome to those who are gluten-intolerant. You might find it easier to use tongs for this once you’ve added the noodles to the pan. Bok choy is a member of the cabbage family and has all those antioxidant-rich phytonutrients that the brassicas are known for. 7 ounces thin rice stick noodles (1/2 of a 14-ounce package) 1/2 cup chicken or vegetable broth 1 tablespoon soy sauce... Read More
Golden Tomato Sauce Recipe
Tweet This is the season for tomatoes! The Farmer’s Market is bursting with Heirlooms of all colors and sizes. Here is a recipe for the multicolored tomatoes you find. I don’t bother peeling the tomatoes here, but you certainly could. You can also do a double or triple batch. The sauce will keep refrigerated for about a week. Also, the color of your tomatoes will dramatically impact the color of your sauce. I like to choose tomatoes... Read More
Recipe: Make Your Own Salad Dressing!
Tweet Bottled, store-bought salad dressing (even “organic” brands) are often made with poor quality oils and preservatives. Making your own salad dressing is easy and so much healthier than buying bottles in the store. And, you can be creative by adjusting the ingredients to your taste! Basic Salad dressing Ingredients 1 teaspoon organic dijon mustard 2 Tbsp wine vinegar, raw apple cider vinegar, balsamic vinegar, white vinegar, etc. or lemon... Read More
Cold Chrysanthemum Tea
Tweet Cold Chrysanthemum Tea (For Quenching Thirst & Mild Sunstroke) With this heatwave upon us, this is a great recipe to prevent sunstroke and treat dehydration. It also clears Heat, benefits Qi, promotes body fluid secretion and is an excellent thirst quencher! Ingredients: 60 – 80 White Chrysanthemum Flowers 3 teaspoon of Jasmine Green Tea Rock sugar or honey 4 liters of... Read More
Honey-Balsamic Bean Salad
Tweet This is such a great summer recipe. You can use green beans, or substitute for something seasonal, like Romaine lettuce. If you’re trying to come up with a substitute for the green beans, imagine ingredients that might go nicely with the honey-balsamic vinegar. And I suspect it goes without saying, but you can certainly play around with the type of beans you use here. I would have used borlotti beans in place of the black beans, but I went... Read More
Soup au Pistou Recipe
Tweet This soup is great for late spring/early summer. You can substitute vegetables based on whatever is seasonal at the time. You could also substitute other small white beans. 1 pound / 16 oz / 450 g dried flageolet beans, soaked for at least 4 hours, preferably overnight, then drained 1/4 cup / 60 ml olive oil 4 medium onions, chopped 2 medium leeks, trimmed and chopped 4 stalks celery, chopped 12 cups / 3 liters water 1 28-ounce can, whole tomatoes,... Read More
Spinach Rice Gratin Recipe
TweetI recently tried this recipe and loved it! Spinach and brown rice provide so many essential vitamins and nutrients. Enjoy! Spinach Rice Gratin Recipe 2 1/2 cups leftover/pre-cooked brown rice, room temp 1 1/2 cups cups well finely chopped spinach 4 ounces firm organic tofu, crumbled 10 black olives, chopped 1/2 medium red onion, diced 1/3 cup pine nuts or almonds, toasted 2 tablespoons olive oil 1/2 cup shredded Manchego cheese (or Parm, or Gruyere) 3... Read More
