Chick Pea Soup with Fennel Seeds With the winter solstice, comes the time to nourish our bodies with warm nutritious and soothing dishes with root vegetables. These two recipes ( see the Maroccan Couscous here) have been part of some of our family's favourite .  Enjoy!  Ingredients: 1 onion 1 garlic clove 2 carrots 4 small or 2 medium zucchinis   1 tablespoon of olive oil until zucchini start to be tender  6 cups of vegetable broth 2 teaspoons of dill, 1 tablespoons of parsley salt, black pepper to the taste. Instructions: In a large pot, heat the oil and fry … [Read more...]

Maroccan Couscous with Quinoa Ingredients: 2 cups of quinoa 4 Tbs olive oil 1 onion – cut diagonally in large pieces 2 carrots – sliced diagonally in large rounds 2 large parsnips sliced diagonally in large rounds 1 turnip sliced diagonally in large rounds 8 small new potatoes, peeled – cut in 2 pieces 1 green pepper – cut into large slices 1 red pepper- cut into large slices 4 oz green beans or sweet peas 1 small fennel bulb, sliced thick 1-2 inch-es fresh ginger 2-4 garlic cloves, crushed 1 tsp ground tumeric 1 Tbs ground coriander 1 tsp … [Read more...]

 RECIPE OF THE MONTH   Linomel-Muesli For Breakfast ( Alternative to the Budwig cream)   Not everyone likes the Budwig cream, so you may enjoy a change with the Linomel-Muesli cream as called by Dr Joanna Budwig. After years of research to cure and improve degenerative dis-eases, she declared that Flax Seed Oil can perform miracles!  Natural fats regulate the entire metabolism and the production of new cells, more than any other nutriment. Serves: 1  Yield: 1 bowl Ingredients: Fruits of season, It can be one fresh  coarsely-grated apple or pear varied . Choose mixed … [Read more...]

 Recipe Of The Month Red Cabbage and Kale Slaw With the New Year comes often the desire to get back to a healthier diet and to feed every "cell" of the "self". Red Cabbage and Kale are some of the most nutritious vegetables that you can think of. Both come from the Acephala group of the Brassica oleracea family. They were apparently some of the most popular vegetables of the Middle Ages and would date from the Greek and Roman times.  Delicious both raw and cooked, they contain many nutrients, vitamins and minerals, including natural bacterial flora if cultivated organically, ample vit … [Read more...]

The Original Budwig Cream   The mixture of flax seed oil with cottage cheese/quark, also known as The Budwig Muesli, is the cornerstone of the Budwig Diet. The Budwig cream is part of a healthy diet from Dr Johanna Budwig (1908- 2003), who was a doctorate in physics and PhD in natural science. She was also a chemist and qualified pharmacologist, and a seven-time alternative Nobel Prize nominee.   She was known internationally for her wide successes in helping people to regain their health from degenerative diseases, auto-immune disorders, cancer and other serious illnesses. Doing her … [Read more...]