Meat Lover’s Meatless Cookbook: Vegetarian Recipes Carnivores Will Devour – This guide is arranged a little differently from your typical cookbook. There’s 52 menus, one for each week of the year, organized by season, rather than chapters on different courses. The 95 recipes are, where appropriate, designated gluten-free, vegan, dairy-optional, kid-friendly, and leftover bonus, so you can tailor what you cook to your needs and those of others joining you at the table. O’Donnell is targeting meat lovers who want to figure out how to take one day off a week without meat.

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and here is a sample recipe:

Kale Pesto

1/4 to 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
4 cups Lacinato kale, stems removed, chopped coarsely
1 1/2 – 2 tsp salt
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
ground black pepper

1. Toast the chopped walnuts in a dry, heavy skillet over medium-high heat stirring constantly, until they start to brown and become fragrant. Keep an eye on the nuts – they burn quickly and will become bitter.

2. Bring 8 cups of water to a boil. Add 1 teaspoon of the salt, then add the kale. Cook, uncovered, until tender, about 10 minutes. Remove from the pot and drain.

3. In a blender or food processor, combine the garlic, walnuts, and drained kale and whiz until well mixed. Pour int he oil in a steady stream, and pulse until combined. Add 1/2 teaspoon of the slat, pulse, then taste. Add the remaining 1/2 teaspoon of salt if necessary.

4. Transfer the pesto to a medium-size bowl and stir in the cheese and pepper.

Healthy coking with the ginger family starts with some recipes for coffee, teas, and apertifs. Hot soups made with ginger, turmeric or cardamon not only taste great but also release the healing and stimulating effects of these spices.

Coffee with Cardamon

1. Use 1 cardamon seedpod per cup of coffee. open the capsule, peel the seeds out of their shell and crush them slightly.
2. Place the seeds in the coffeepot
3. Prepare the coffee as usual. The coffee can remain in the pot until the coffee is finished.

Hot Ginger Milk Coffee

1. Prepare the coffee as usual. Heat the milk but do not boil. Beat the milk until frothy, the film prevents a skin from forming on top of the milk.
2. Pour milk and coffee into a cup and add honey or sweetener according to taste.
3. Scrape one dried ginger root with a nutmeg grater. Add the freshly grated ginger to the cup and stir briefly. Start with one knife tip of ginger per cup, you can increase this dosage later should you wish.

Hot Ginger Tea – Recipe for a Cold (runny nose, scratchy throat, headache, body ache)

makes 2 cups

2 tablespoons fresh ginger
2 cups water
1/4 cup milk
honey according to taste

1. Peel the ginger and grate into rough pieces. Add to the cold water and bring the mixture to a boil. Let boil about 10 minutes.
2. Add the milk and sweeten according to taste. Bring the mixture to a boil again. Strain out the ginger.
3. Lie down in bed, cover up, and drink the tea as hot as possible.

Source: The Spice Lilies: Eastern Secrets to Healing with Ginger, Turmeric, Cardamon, and Galangal

Since essential oils do not mix well with water, most store-bough preparation are made with synthetic emulsifiers. You can, however, prepare your own bath oil with natural emulsifiers that is good for your skin.

Here are a few ideas:

• Honey Bath. Honey is very nourishing for the skin and has great anti-inflammatory properties. Essential oils dissolve easily in honey. Mix 3 to 5 drops of essential oil in 3-4 tablespoons of honey (raw, unprocessed honey would be preferred) and pour the mixture into the bathtub.
• Cream Bath. Like Cleopatra, you can pamper yourself in fragrances and cream. Cream is a natural emulsifier and will prevent dry skin. Mix 10-15 drops of essential oil in 3-4 tablespoons of sweet cream. (You can substitute egg yolk for the cream also).
• Salt Bath. Sea water added to bathwater helps remove toxic substances from your body. It cleanses the whole system. Minerals contained in sea salt help strengthen the immune system. Add the sea sale (available at health food stores) to a container with a lid and add 5 to 10 drops of essential oil. Close the lid and shake vigorously. Try the following oils for an invigorating, detoxifying salt bath:

  lemon – juniper – lavender – eucalyptus – lime

  Pour the mixture into the tub and add water. Stir bathwater well to allow the salt to dissolve. Enjoy your creation of a fragrant ’sea water’ for about ten minutes.

Customized Baths with Essential Oils

• For refreshing and invigorating baths try these essential oils: rosemary, juniper, lemon, bergamot, myrtle, lemon verbena, Swiss pine, mint, lavender, lime and ocean pine.
• For stimulating circulation and detoxifying the body, try: rosemary, juniper, queen of the meadow, lemon, birth, angelica, camphor and line.
• For a sensual bath, try: neroli, sandalwood, tonka bean, mimosa, jasmine, clary, ylang-ylang, patchoiuli, tagetes, and tuberose.

Source: Complete Aromatherapy Handbook: Essential Oils for Radiant Health

For acute conditions, repeat two to three times a day.

Some helpful essential oils for inhalation include: eucalyptus, sage, myrtle, cypress, lemon, lemongrass, juniper, tea tree, thyme, and cedar. These combination can be helpful and make enough for two or three applications:

For Colds
eucalyptus 2 drops
mountain pine 2 drops
lemon 2 drops

For Flu
niaouli 3 drops
sage 4 drops
thyme 1 drop

For Sinus Infection/Congestion
angelica 1 drop
rosemary 3 drops
lavender 4 drops
cypress 1 drop
thyme 1 drop

For Coughs
thyme 1 drop
hyssop 3 drops
sage 2 drops
cypress 2 drops
niaouli 2 drops

Source: Complete Aromatherapy Handbook: Essential Oils for Radiant Health