Recipes
Roast Chicken & Sweet Potato Recipe
Healthy chicken and sweet potato recipes are always a delicious and reliable choice for dinner. This low-calorie sheet-pan meal combines chicken thighs and sweet potatoes and cooks up fast in a very hot oven. Serve with a salad of mixed greens, sliced apples and blue cheese.
Summer Jerk Chicken: A Recipe for Better Digestive Health
The DAO Middle Burner Diet is the idea from Chinese medicine that the digestive process should consist of creating a hundred degree Fahrenheit “soup” in the stomach. Whatever facilitates the creation of such a “soup” in the stomach benefits digestion and whatever impedes the creation of a hundred degree “soup” in the stomach impedes digestion (for more information on the middle burner concept, see my explanation in this earlier (and delicious) recipe).
Mixed Berry Crumble Recipe
Summer brims with berries! Whichever way you eat them – fresh or cooked – they are packed with nutrients and flavor. Baking the crumble and filing separately ensures a super-crisp topping. Berries are sweet, sour and astringent. They are rich in antioxidants and flavonoids, making them an excellent choice for countering inflammation and supporting circulation. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, berries nourish essence, hydrate the body and strengthen the blood.
Edamame, Roasted Cherry Tomato and Blanched Escarole Salad Recipe
In the Chinese tradition, salads include wilted or lightly cooked vegetables served at room temperature. This salad includes all five flavors and several vibrant and palatable colors – it is a delight to put on your table. The varying textures make it a highly satisfying dish.
Tomato Toast Recipe
A variation on avocado toast… How about tomato toast? Tasty tomato on toasted sourdough topped with terrific burrata and tangy pesto.
