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GF Turkey or Chicken Gravy
Thanksgiving is around the corner so here’s a gravy recipe that can be made with either chicken or turkey broth. It’s easy and I have had lots of people really like it even though it is not your standard gravy recipe. To make the broth ahead of time follow the chicken broth recipe
Serves 4-6
3 Tbsp. ghee
1 Tbsp. arrowroot flour or tapioca starch
1/4 cup nutritional yeast flakes (not brewers’ yeast)
4 Tbsp. water
3 cups hot chicken or turkey broth
tamari to taste (1 to 2 Tbsp.)
salt and pepper to taste
In a large skillet dry roast the arrowroot or tapioca starch with the nutritional yeast over medium heat stirring frequently for about 5 minutes–do not leave it as it burns quickly and you only want to roast the mix until you detect the roasted yeast scent. Empty this mixture into a bowl and allow to cool. Add 4 Tbsp water to the cooled flour mixture stirring into a smooth paste. Melt the ghee in the skillet over medium heat–do not overheat. Add the paste to the melted ghee stirring well to eliminate all lumps. Add the hot broth gradually to the skillet, stirring constantly and adjusting heat to low once the mixture begins to simmer. Simmer 5 minutes or until reduced to desired consistency. Add the tamari and salt and pepper to taste. Serve hot and enjoy over potatoes or turkey or chicken.
Sunchoke Soup
Yesterday I found a surprise in my garden–lots of sprouting sunchokes (aka Jerusalem artichokes) that were growing out of control. The tubers were large and in good condition. I normally slice them and serve them raw in salads but this was over a pound of tubers so I decided to make soup. This recipe is similar to the Celeriac soup recipe posted earlier. Sunchokes, like celeriac, are non-starchy making them low-glycemic.
For the gardeners out there, these potato-like tubers are easy to grow, prolific, and survive the winter so that they come back each year. But be careful where you plant them as they can be invasive—I thought I had harvested them all but apparently I missed some and they spread into my iris patch.
Produce departments usually have them in the Fall and Winter, but you may find them now as they are still available at our Co-op. Be sure to scrub them well with a vegetable brush as they are knobby. No need to peel after scrubbing but use a paring knife to remove spots that could be harboring dirt or sand.
Usually milk or cream is used in sunchoke soup, but I used yellow miso. If you don’t have miso and are dairy tolerant, use 1 cup of cream or half-and-half instead.
Serves 4-6
1 large yellow onion, chopped
4 Tbsp. ghee
1 pound of sunchokes, chopped into 1/2 inch pieces
1 celeriac root, peeled and cubed or 2 stalks of celery, chopped
4 cups of chicken or vegetable broth or water
1/4 cup of MisoMaster mellow miso or 1 cup of cream or half-and-half
Salt and black pepper to taste
In a soup pot melt the ghee over medium heat. Add the onions and saute 5 minutes stirring occasionally. Add the celeriac or celery and saute another few minutes. Add the sunchokes. Stir well. Add the broth or water and bring close to a boil. Reduce heat to low to keep the soup at a simmer–don’t boil. Cover with the lid cracked. Simmer until vegetables are tender and pierced easily with a fork. If you are using milk, add that now and heat for a few more minutes. Remove from heat. Use an immersion blender to puree. Add the miso if you are using miso and blend again. Salt and pepper to taste. Serve hot.
New Research: Chiropractic Effective & Safe
Non-opioid pain management is needed now more than ever before. Four new studies support what we have known clinically for some time: chiropractic treatments are safe and effective. Check out the summaries of the four studies and share with a freind!
C-section Baby w/ Left-sided stiffness
Please explain why you came to our office.
“Our son was born via C-section with ties and he was struggling with his left side. He came to get adjustments and have his strained face muscles relieved.”
Please describe your response to treatment.
“He found immediate relief and mobility after just one treatment! He continues to come for maintenance as he grows and starts moving more.”
Dr. Max Gerson
Max Gerson, M.D.was born in Wongrowitz, Germany (1881). He attended the universities of Breslau, Wuerzburg, Berlin, and Freiburg. Suffering from severe migraines, Dr. Gerson focused his initial experimentation with diet on preventing his headaches. One of Dr. Gerson’s patients discovered in the course of his treatment, that the “migraine diet” had cured his skin tuberculosis. This discovery led Gerson to further study the diet, and he went on to successfully treat many tuberculosis patients. His work eventually came to the attention of famed thoracic surgeon, Ferdinand Sauerbruch, M.D.
Under Sauerbruch’s supervision, Dr. Gerson established a special skin tuberculosis treatment program at the Munich University Hospital. In a carefully monitored clinical trial, 446 out of 450 skin tuberculosis patients treated with the Gerson diet recovered completely. Dr. Sauerbruch and Dr. Gerson simultaneously published articles in a dozen of the world’s leading medical journals, establishing the Gerson treatment as the first cure for skin tuberculosis.
At this time, Dr. Gerson attracted the friendship of Nobel prize winner Albert Schweitzer, M.D., by curing Schweitzer’s wife of lung tuberculosis after all conventional treatments had failed. Gerson and Schweitzer remained friends for life, and maintained regular correspondence. Dr. Schweitzer followed Gerson’s progress as the dietary therapy was successfully applied to heart disease, kidney failure, and finally – cancer. Schweitzer’s own Type II diabetes was cured by treatment with Gerson’s therapy.
In 1938, Dr. Gerson passed his boards and was licensed to practice in the state of New York. For twenty years, he treated hundreds of cancer patients who had been given up to die after all conventional treatments had failed.
In 1946, Gerson demonstrated recovered patients before the Pepper-Neely Congressional Subcommittee, during hearings on a bill to fund research into cancer treatment. Although only a few peer-reviewed journals were receptive to Gerson’s then “radical” idea that diet could effect health, he continued to publish articles on his therapy and case histories of healed patients.
In 1958, after thirty years of clinical experimentation, Gerson published A Cancer Therapy: Results of 50 Cases. This medical monograph details the theories, treatment, and results achieved by a great physician. Gerson died in 1959, eulogized by long-time friend, Albert Schweitzer M.D.: “…I see in him one of the most eminent geniuses in the history of medicine. Many of his basic ideas have been adopted without having his name connected with them. Yet, he has achieved more than seemed possible under adverse conditions. He leaves a legacy which commands attention and which will assure him his due place. Those whom he has cured will now attest to the truth of his ideas.”
