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Healthy Healing Green Lemonade

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Healthy healing green lemonade is one of my favorite go-to drinks when someone in my family is feeling under the weather. Made with fresh organic apples, lemons, kale, celery, and ginger, this nutritious super-food drink is packed with vitamins and minerals that help the body get back to being healthy again. I have a small organic coop only five minutes …

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It Begins at the Table Cookbook Sneak Peak: Arugula with Garlic, Ginger, and Tamari Mushrooms

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This is a sneak peek recipe from my cookbook, It Begins at the Table! The earthy combination of garlic, ginger, and tamari-soaked mushrooms create a beautiful balance of autumn flavors next to a bed of peppery arugula and gritty Parmigiano-Reggiano. The pungent taste of these mushrooms is incredibly versatile and pair nicely with grilled steak or fish, in a stir …

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Chinese Pork Ribs with Ginger and Chili

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Chinese Ginger Chili Pork ribs are an ingenious creation of my friend, Rachel, from China. It seems this inventive friend of mine is a whiz in the kitchen when it comes to creating dishes that are quick, easy, healthy, and always gratifying. Although pork is widely used in many Chinese recipes, as a fan of beef, lamb, and fish, pork …

How to Make Elderberry Syrup (Cold + Flu Fighting)

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 Most of us are familiar with the famous Greek Physician, Hippocrates, also considered the “father of medicine” who is famous for saying such as: “Our food should be our medicine and our medicine should be our food.” “The greatest medicine of all is teaching people not to need it.” “If someone wishes for good health, one must first ask oneself …

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Rachael’s Secret Sauce

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Print Recipe Rachael’s Secret Sauce Yum A flavorful sauce with a kick of ginger and spice is the perfect addition to fish, chicken, seafood, sushi, pork, vegetables or over rice. Course Sauces & Condiments Cuisine Asian, Chinese Prep Time 10 minutes Cook Time 2 minutes Passive Time 10 minutes Servings people Ingredients 1/2 large jalepeno seeded and cut into thin …

Ginger Pear Preserve

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I am a child of a homemade jam making mother.  I grew up on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, toast, pancakes and waffles all slathered with homemade jams of every flavor.  So naturally, when I became a mother, I raised Jam eating kids too. One summer I dedicated my weekends to turning every type of berry I could get my hands …

Lemon Ginger Sore Throat Soother

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I’d like to say, our bodies reserve sore throats for cold weather season so we can combat them by boosting our immune system ahead of time.  Unfortunately, the unwelcome guest appears just about any time of the year and usually unannounced. Most of us combat sore throats with a combination of cold medications found at the local drugstore or a …