Vegan Miso soup (not traditional :) )

I made this raw, because I was nursing a sick child back to health. I used my awesome blender. This could be done in a normal blender or in a pan and then blended or not blended at all. It's pretty flexible, but oh so easy! If you don't have a blender that you can use to heat your soup to just warm and not cook the garlic, then you can press the garlic in last (if this is important to you) and then let it sit for a few minutes to warm it.

I added the following to my blender:

5 1/2-6 cups of water

3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

6-8 baby carrots

4 cloves of garlic (though less if it's your first time and you don't need it for healing :)

1 small onion

1/2-1 inch ginger or 2 TBS minced ginger like "Ginger People" minced ginger

3 heaping TBS of yellow miso (you could use any miso though)

2 heaping TBS bouillion (I used the homemade raw veggie boullion I made)

2 TBS Nama Shoyu/Braggs Liquid Aminos/Soy Sauce

Turn on the blender until it is warm and not hot. Unless of course your blender doesn't work that way. Then do the garlic like I suggested and smear the miso at the bottom of the bowl (1/2 TBS) and then pour the soup into the bowl.

Enjoy! We surely did!

Hair-Raising Cider :)

Hi there everyone!

I really like this recipe because it's easy to get the ingredients and it can be used immediately. This recipe is from the book "Family Herbal" by Rosemary Gladstar.

1 quart RAW apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup fresh grated horseradish
1 chopped onion
1 head of garlic, peeled and chopped
2 TBS turmeric
1-2 pinches of cayenne pepper.

Cover and let sit in a warm place 3-4 weeks. Strain this and then add 1 cup honey, rebottle and regrigerate. You can take 1-2 TBS daily as a tonic or if you are sick then you can take it from the first sign of symptoms and every 2-4 hours until your symtpoms are gone.

Some people like the flavor okay, some don't care for it. However, it works great and has very familiar ingredients, all of which you can purchase at your local grocery store!

Onion Soup for the Sick

Okay, so this doesn't have to be for someone who is sick, but we love it. The onions are like noodles and it is perfect for people who have colds, flus or just want to get warm on a rainy day. This is inspired by a recipe found at www.herballegacy.com/recipes.html

2-3 TBS olive oil or oil of preference
4-6 large onions thinly sliced (I like to use my mandolin slicer for them)
2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp dry mustard
1/4 tsp thyme
5 cups water
2-3 vegetable bullion cubes
3 TBS Tamari/Shoyu or Soy sauce
Fresh garlic cloves for pressing at the end...

Saute the onions in the oil and salt until translucent. Add the mustard and thyme, stirring until mixed and then cover. Reduce heat to low and cook for about 35 minutes. Add the water, sauce and bullion cubes. Simmer around 10 minutes and then season to taste. We like to add a little of Italian seasoning to this too! Even clove has been known to be really tasty and healing. For people who eat meat you can put bite size pieces of chicken in at the same time you saute the onions.

Right before serving press the garlic into the soup and serve up!