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Healing Recipes To Sip Your Way To A Super Summer.  

(And to fight off the last seasonal head cold!) 

You’ve heard about the juice cleanse, and the cayenne pepper diet (drinking nothing but water with cayenne pepper and maple syrup for a week). What about the various herbal tea remedies promising a better, slimmer, happier and healthier you? They are all rubbish! If not downright dangerous and unhealthy. 

We have come up with a couple of actual healing recipes to oppose those extreme liquid diets. 

We have one soup, one smoothie and one tea that you can incorporate into your normal weekly meal plan. And we promise you’ll reap real, comforting, and delicious benefits from each of them.  

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Healing Recipe 1: 

The Immune boosting, fully loaded, made from scratch veggie soup.  

Prep time: 30 minutes 

Cooking time: 30 minutes 

Makes about 8 portions depending on your amounts. 

(Can keep in the fridge and be re-heated for the whole week.) 

The What: 

• Coconut oil for frying 
• 1 Teaspoon crushed garlic 
• 2 stalks of celery, finely sliced, (keep the leaves for later) 
• 2 carrots, unpeeled and diced 

• 1 large potato, skin on, cubed 
• 1 red onion, finely chopped 
• Half a cup each of broccoli and cauliflower broken up into tiny florets 
• 1 tin red kidney beans, (rinsed to get rid of excess salt) 
• 2 litres (or more) low sodium veggie or chicken stock 

• Herbs and spices of your choice 
• Salt and black pepper 
• Juice of one lemon (fresh) 

The How: 

• Fry the garlic, celery, carrot, potato and onion in a large pot until browned.  

• Once the veggies have caramelised, deglaze the pot with the stock.
• Add the remaining vegetables and the rinsed beans. 
• Let the soup simmer for about 20 minutes until carrot and potato is soft.  
• Taste and season your soup.  
• Remove from heat. Add the chopped-up celery leaves and lemon juice. Don’t let it boil again.  
• Enjoy this healing recipe whenever you feel like it.

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Healing Recipe 3: 

Sleepytime tea 

For a homemade bedtime tea, we suggest s simple blend of good old-fashioned South African Rooibos, Chamomile, and a hint of vanilla essence.  

Calcium promotes sleep, so you can even brew a strong batch of tea, and then make a “latte” by adding a shot of it to a mug of warm full cream milk. Add honey, if you have to, but skip the sugar in this healing recipe.  

For more yummy recipes, check out our Food page.