Spleen Deficiency & Infertility Recipes

Fertility Soup

3 cloves organic garlic
1 medium organic onion (or 2 leeks)
2 ribs organic celery (optional)
1 5” piece dried organic kelp
1 organic portobello mushroom, cut into very thin strips, or 6 organic Crimini or 8 organic white mushrooms. Use shitake mushrooms if you have dampness or phlegm.
1 small bunch organic broccoli, chopped
1 cup Aduki or black beans
1 small head of organic Napa cabbage, kale, or collards, or ½ head regular cabbage, chopped into ¼” strips
1 medium organic yam, chopped into ½” cubes
1 block firm organic tofu in ½” cubes
1 cup of cooked organic brown rice, wild rice or barley; 1 cup cooked
28 oz can of organic tomatoes, or 6 plum tomatoes
4-6 quarts organic vegetable broth, depending on whether you like a “stewy” or a “soupy” soup

Chop the garlic and onion and sauté until the onion is translucent. Add the cabbage and tomatoes and cook for 5 minutes or until these ingredients are heated, and then add the broth, followed by the kelp. When the broth comes to a boil, add yam. Boil about 10 minutes, or until the yam just begins to soften. Add tofu and rice, and then the broccoli. When the broccoli is turns bright green, the soup is ready. Season with salt and pepper to taste. You may sprinkle with some tofu cheese and serve with spelt or sprouted wheat bread for a hearty meal.

If you eat meat, add sautéed (hormone free) organ meats like kidneys or liver.

A spicy variation: use shitake mushrooms instead of Portobello, and leave out tomatoes. Add half a stick of lemongrass during cooking for flavor. When the vegetables are just cooked, take out the mushrooms, broccoli, tofu, and greens, and set aside. Discard the lemongrass. Puree the rest of the soup, including yams and kelp, with a dab of Thai yellow curry paste (if you don’t have excessive heat) and a few tablespoons of coconut milk. Put the greens mushrooms, and tofu back in. Serve with a garnish of fresh cilantro and lime, and brown rice on the side if you like.
(Add ingredients from the categories below based upon your pattern of imbalance.)


Fried Rice

2 lb cooked, cold rice
2 Tbsp oil
2 eggs
leftover vegetables/meat (beans, mushrooms, chicken, onions)
salt and black pepper

Season the rice well with salt and black pepper. Heat the oil and fry the rice gently over medium heat for about ten minutes, or until all fat has been absorbed.

Beat the eggs until smooth and pour on to the rice in a thin stream, stirring all the time. Heat gently, stirring, until the egg is evenly distributed and set.


Barley with Vegetables

1 cup barley, soaked
½ c. diced onion
½ c. diced carrots, beets, celery, or vegetables of your choice
1/3 c. shiitake mushrooms, soaked and sliced
1 tsp. sesame oil
3 cups water
¼ tsp. sea salt

Saute vetetables.
Oven toast the barley just until dry.
Place barley and vegetables in pot with salt and water.
Cover and bring to a bil.
Reduce heat and simmer for 40 minutes.
Serve with a parsley garnish. Serves 4.

and remove stagnation
Basil, caraway, cardamom, carrot, cayenne, chive, clove, coriander, dill seed, garlic, marjoram, mustard leaf, orange peel, peppermint, radish, rosemary, spearmint, star anise, tangerine peel, thyme, turmeric


Quinoa (the "mother grain") with Oats

1 cup quinoa, soaked
1 cup rolled oats
¼ tsp. sea salt
3 cups water

Place all ingredients in saucepan and cover.
Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer for 30 minutes.
Turn off heat and let sit 5 minutes.
Uncover, and add fruit, nuts, and soy, rice, or almond milk.


Quinoa (pronounced keen-wa) Tabouli

1 cup rinsed, soaked quinoa
2 cups water
pinch sea salt
½ cup peas
1 diced tomato
½ sliced cucumber
6 sliced olives
Minced chives and parsley
½ ts. Thyme and marjoram
3 Tbs. lemon juice
sprinkle soy sauce

Combine quinoa, water, and salt in pot.
Cover, bring to a boil, and simmer 20 minutes.
Steam peas for 1 minute.
Put peas in bowl and mix with the rest of the ingredients.
Add quinoa, and toss gently.
Serves 3.


Bechamel sauce (all patterns)

1 tablespoon oil (olive oil, sesame oil, ghee)
2 tablespoons Rice flour, corn flour, spelt flour, or barley flour
1 cup organic vegetable, or organic chicken broth; or
almond, or soy milk, heated
sea salt
dash of nutmeg

Heat oil in a heavy saucepan. Stir in flour. Whisk 1-2 minutes over low heat. Remove from heat. Add heated liquid and stir briskly until smooth. Return to heat. Add seasonings. Bring almost to a boil. Turn to low heat and simmer until thickened.

Modifications:
- You may add to the above recipe by adding mushrooms, or meat drippings for gravy
- Add 1-2 teaspoons thyme, nutmeg, garlic, sage, ginger, or parsley to the basic béchamel sauce and simmer for 5 minutes.


Steamed Salmon With Asparagus and Rosemary

1 lb. fresh salmon fillet
2 tsp. capers
½ medium red onion, thinly sliced
1 medium tomato, seeded and coarsely chopped
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
2 Tbsp. lemon juice
¼ tsp sea salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
¾ - 1 lb. asparagus, touch ends trimmed
2 fresh sprigs of rosemary
2 tsp. olive oil
lemon wedges

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place salmon on a large piece of heavy-duty foil with at least 2 inches to spare on each end and enough room on the sides to fold over entire fish.

In a medium bowl, combine capers, onion, tomato, and garlic. Spoon over salmon. Drizzle with lemon juice and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Top with asparagus spears and rosemary sprigs. Sprinkle with olive oil.

Wrap foil securely around salmon with edges at the top. Place on a baking sheet and cook for 25 minutes or until cooked through. Be careful when opening the foil package; the escaping steam will be quite hot. Serve with lemon wedges.


Garlic Chicken

2 each boned and skinned chicken breast halves
4 Garlic cloves -- crushed
1 1/3 tbsp ginger root -- minced
2 tb Sesame oil
4 tb soy sauce, Tamari
1 lb Snow peas
6 tb Oil
1 c cashews
1/4 c chicken broth -- or water
2 tbsp cornstarch

Cut the chicken into small, bite-sized pieces. In a small bowl, combine the garlic (pushed through a garlic press), ginger, sesame oil and
tamari.

Stir the chicken into this marinade, and set aside. Break the stem ends off the snow peas. Place the oil in a wok or large skillet, and, when it is hot, stir in the cashews. Cook just for a couple of minutes, until the nuts are golden. Remove with a slotted spoon, and set them aside in a serving dish. Stir-fry the snow peas in the oil about two minutes,
just until they have turned bright green. Add to the cashews in the serving dish. Stir-fry the marinated chicken in the oil just until it is opaque throughout, about 5 minutes. Dissolve the cornstarch in chicken broth and add to the pan along with the snow peas and cashews. Cook and stir just until thickened and hot through


Black Bean Soup

3 cups dried black beans, soaked and cooked
3-4 ears corn, cooked and cut off the cob (next time, since corn is
out of season, I'll use frozen)
1-3 bell peppers, preferably yellow or red,
chopped
juice and grated rind of 1 orange
balsamic vinegar
herbs and/or spices

Mix everything together, and let sit for flavors to mix. This time I season with finely chopped fresh ginger and fresh thyme; or rosemary and thyme – best fresh, and ¼ balsamic vinegar.


Cucumber Sandwiches

1 English cucumber
White wine vinegar
Ghee, spread on Ezekial or Genesis bread

Peel and slice the cucumber. Sprinkle the slices with vinegar and let sit for 1/2 hour. Drain them and pat dry. Make sandwiches with 1 or 2 layers of cucumber slices, on Ezekial or Genesis bread. Slice diagonally into quarters and serve.
Another sandwich variation:

Avocado, tomato, hummus sandwich on sprouted wheatberry bread. Doesn't need mayo or cheese.


Barley Primavera

1 ¼ c. pearled barley or job’s tear seeds
6 c. water
¼ c. canola oil
4 cloves garlic
1 large red pepper, seeded and chopped
1 small yellow and green peppers, seeded and chopped
¼ c. minced parsley
1 small zucchini, chopped
1 small yellow squash, chopped
1 medium carrot, grated
3 scallions, sliced thinly and diagonally
¼ c. raspberry vinegar
1 tsp. sea salt
½ tsp. freshly ground pepper
½ c. reishi or shiitake mushrooms

Place the barley and water into a saucepan. Bring the water to a boil, cover the pan with a lid, and simmer the barley for 20 minutes, until tender. When the barley is cooked, drain it well and chill completely.

Heat the canola oil and garlic in a small saute pan over low heat. Slowly cook the garlic for 2 minutes, until golden brown, and transfer to a large mixing bowl. In the same bowl, combine the peppers, parsley, zucchini, yellow squash, carrot, scallions and mushrooms with the cooked barley. Add the vinegar and season with salt and pepper.


Butternut Squash Bisque

1 Tbsp olive oil or ghee
2-3 lbs. butternut squash, peeled and diced into 1 inch chunks
3 large carrots, chopped
1 med. Onion, chopped
1 Tbs. minced fresh ginger
2 quarts vegetable stock
1/8 c. grated orange zest
1 bunch parsley, chopped
pinch of ground nutmeg
salt and freshly ground white pepper to taste

Heat the oil or ghee over medium heat in large sauce pot. Saute the squash, carrots, onion, and ginger for 3 minutes, until they are lightly browned. Add the stock and orange zest, and bring to a boil.

Lower to a simmer and cook uncovered for 40 minutes, until the vegetables are tender. Add the parsley, nutmeg, salt and pepper. Puree the soup with a handheld immersion blender or in a food processor until smooth and creamy.


Raindrop Soup

6 water chestnuts
2 scallions
1 tblsp sherry
3 cups chicken stock (1 cup = 250 ml)
6 oz diced cooked chicken
salt and pepper

Slice the water chestnuts and slice the spring onions (scallions) finely.
Put these in a sauce pan with the chicken stock and the chicken. Bring
to the boil and simmer, covered, for 15 minutes.

Add the sherry and season to taste.


Fig Newtons

Filling:
8 oz. dried figs
1 cup water
2 tsp. natural vanilla flavoring

Amaranth dough:
3 c. amaranth flour
1 c. arrowroot
¾ c. linseed oil (you may substitute flaxseed oil, canola oil or ghee)
3/8 to ½ cold water

Mix together flour and oil with a pastry cutter until crumbly. Gradually add enough of the water to make a soft dough. Divide the dough in half and flatten each into a small square.

To make the filling, remove the stems from the figs. Combine the figs and water in a saucepan, bring them to a boil reduce the ehat, and simmer them on low heat for 30 minutes. Cool the figs, stir in the vanilla, and puree in a blender or food processor until smooth.

Roll half of the dough into an 8 x 12” rectangle on an ungreased cookie sheet and spread it with the filling. Roll the other half of the dough into the same sized rectangle on a well-floured pastry cloth or waxed paper. Invert the pastry cloth with the dough on it onto the top of the fig filling and dough on the baking sheet. Bake at 400 for 25-30 minutes or until it begins to brown. Cool for ten minutes, cut into 1 ½ squares with a sharp knife. Makes about 3 dozen newtons.


Nut Muffins

2 1/2 cup ground almonds or walnuts
1/4 melted ghee or soy yogurt
1/2 or 1/3 cup honey or maple syrup
1/2 tsp. baking soda
pinch of salt
3 eggs

Beat eggs
Mix in butter and sweetener
Fold in the ground almonds, baking soda and salt

Spoon batter into greased muffin tins
Bake at 375 *F for 15-20 minutes or until they spring back when pressed

Muffins will have a golden top but will not rise like traditional muffins.

Variations:
Add 1/3 cup of raisins or currents
Juice of an orange and some grated orange rind
Chopped dried fruit - 1/2 cup
Fresh blueberries - 1/2 to 1/3 cup


Oatmeal or Immune Support Breakfast

4 cups rolled oats
2 cups oat bran
1 cup ground almonds
1 cup ground sunflower seeds
1 cup ground flax seeds ( I grind the seeds and nuts in a coffee grinder)

Mix all ingredients and store in a cool place ( I keep mine in the freezer)

To use - take 1/3 cup (dry) and soak overnight in water - Add just enough water and then some to cover it. You might need to experiment to get the consistency that you like (I add some raisins too!) In the morning - warm up (30 seconds in the microwave) and garnish with fresh fruit, soy yogurt, maple syrup or however you like!


Carrots and Broccoli with Ume Dill Dressing

2 cups water
1 pinch sea salt
2 cups carrot chunks
2 cups broccoli stems and flowerettes
sea salt

Dressing: 1/4 cup corn or olive oil, 2 TB umeboshi vinegar, pinch sea salt, fresh dill

  1. Bring water and salt to a boil. Quickly blanch carrots and remove from the water. Re-boil the water and quickly blanch the broccoli stems, remove and then the flowerettes and remove. Each should be bright and crunchy. Let cool separately.
  2. When cool, arrange carrots and broccoli in a bowl.
  3. Mix the dressing ingredients and toss with veggies. Let set 5-10 minutes so the dressing can marinade the vegetables.

Sweet Squash Slices

1 buttercup or hokkaido squash, sliced into moons
2 pinches sea salt
water with steamer basket

  1. Wash, de-seed and slice squash into moons. Sprinkle with salt and let set at least 5 minutes.
  2. Bring water to a boil and place the squash on the steamer basket.
  3. Steam until soft - about 10 minutes.

Broccoli

1 cup of water
pinch of sea salt
2 cups of broccoli stems and flowerettes;

  1. Bring the water and salt to a boil. Wash and cut the broccoli.
  2. When water is boiling, add the stems and cook for 1/2 minute with the lid on. Then add the flowerettes and cook for -2 minutes longer with the lid on.
  3. When broccoli is bright green and still a little crunchy, immediately remove from the water.

Daikon, Carrot, Red Radish Pressed Salad

1/2 cup grated daikon
1/2 cup grated red radish
1 cup grated carrot
1/2 tsp.umeboshi paste

  1. Grate all of the ingredients and mix with the umeboshi paste. Gently press.
  2. Let marinade for 10 minutes. Squeeze out the liquid and serve

Chicory Pudding

1/2 gallon water
2 pinches sea salt
3 TB chicory
1 pkg. agar agar flakes
1/2 cup rice syrup
1 cup raisins
1/4 cup almond butter
juice and zest from 2 oranges
vanilla

  1. Bring the water to a boil with the salt, yannoh and raisins. Make sure there is a strong coffee taste.
  2. Whisk in the agar flakes and simmer with the lid off, until the flakes dissolve -- about 7-10 minutes.
  3. Then whisk in the rice syrup and almond butter.
  4. Remove from the heat and add the orange juice, orange zest and vanilla.
  5. Let set in a cool place until firm and then blend until smooth and fluffy.

Sutlijash (rice cream)

2 cups cooked brown rice
1 cup soy-milk
a few raisins
1 tablespoon barley syrup
a pinch of cinnamon, roasted walnuts or almonds

Cook rice in soy-milk, on low heat, without stirring. Add raisins, and towards the end of cooking mix in syrup and cinnamon. Cook for a few minutes longer, constantly stirring so it wouldn't burn. Pour the cream into serving bowls and sprinkle with walnuts or almonds.


Bey's thick soup

400-500 g seitan
1-1.5 l vegetable or kombu broth
50 g each parsley root, celery root, brown rice and okra (or peas, string beans)
a little corn flour
2 tablespoons of finely chopped parsley leaves (optional)

Cook the rice. Cut seitan and vegetables into cubes and put into the broth. Add the rice and okras. Cook for a short while. Season with sea salt, if needed. Thicken with corn flour and garnish with parsley leaves.


Green thick soup

500g young nettle (only tips)
sorrel or alike
natural oil
30 g of whole meal spelt flour
1-2 cloves of garlic
1 l warm water
1 dl soy-milk
sea salt

Clean and wash leaves. Put it into boiling salted water for a few moments, then drain. Chop leaves finely or make pure. Heat some oil in the pot and fry the flour, add garlic. Pour first cold, then hot water. Add leaves, soy-milk and salt. Cook for 10 minutes.


Zuchini Frittata

2 small cloves garlic
Olive oil, for sauteeing
1 medium zucchini
1/2 bunch basil
8 eggs
2 tablespoons rice milk
Salt and pepper
1/4 cup grated Parmesan
Preheat the broiler.

Start by crushing some garlic and heating it in some olive oil in a medium nonstick saute pan on the stove. While that is heating up, very thinly slice the zucchini on a mandoline. When the oil and garlic are heated, tear some basil into the pan and add all the sliced zucchini. Cook until the zucchini is tender, but not cooked through, about 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
Blend eggs in a blender with a little bit of rice milk and some salt and pepper. Blend on the highest speed.

Pour the egg mixture into saute pan and let it sit for 1 minute. When there isn't much loose egg left in the pan, grate some Parmesan on top and place pan in the broiler for 1 minute.

Take pan out of broiler, let it cool and set in pan for 5 minutes. When cool invert a plate on top of pan and turn over. Slice and serve.


Cold soup with string beans

100g string beans
1 each carrot (bigger)
onion, parsley and celery (smaller) root
1 teaspoon each red paprika pepper and ume-paste
1 l warm water
40 g each brown rice flour, or 20 g. rice flower and 20 g. barley or spelt flour
1/2 bunch of parsley or dill leaves

Clean and wash string beans, cut into smaller pieces. Chop finely onion; clean carrot, celery and parsley root and diagonally or into sticks. Heat oil, fry onion, add string beans, carrot, celery, parsley and paprika pepper. Cook for a while, add warm water and washed rice, cover with lid and let it cook on low heat. When the vegetables are tender and the rice is cooked, add the following: mix ume-paste, flour and some cold water into a thin paste. Pour in slowly, stirring constantly. Cook for another 10 minutes, remove from heat and garnish with chopped parsley or dill leaves. Let cool down.


Dolmas in vine leaves

200-250g fresh, young grape vine leaves
water
1-2 tablespoons lemon juice

stuffing #1:
2-3 onions
natural oil
50-70g brown rice
1-2dl warm water
50g pistachio
2 tablespoons each chopped parsley and dill leaves
a few fresh mint leaves
sea salt
grounded ginger

stuffing #2:
1-2 onions
natural oil
40-50g brown rice
1-2dl warm water
2 tablespoons chopped dill leaves
sea salt
grounded ginger
20-30g okara

Pour boiling water over grape leaves, leave it to stand than rinse in cold water and drain. Line the bottom of the casserole with leaves or with one sliced onion. Fill the (other) leaves with 1 tablespoon stuffing each, fold sides over the stuffing, then roll up into firm dolmas and press tightly both ends. Place dolmas into casserole. Pour in warm water and lemon juice. Cook for 40-45 minutes


Basmati Rice with Corn

2 cups Basmati rice
3 3/4 cups water
2 pinches sea salt
1 cup fresh or frozen corn, blanched

  1. Rinse the rice quickly in cold water and strain. Bring the water and salt to a boil. Add the rice and and cook for 40 minutes. Do not stir.
  2. When finished, toss in the blanched corn.

Fish and Spinach Rolls with Horseradish Cream

4 bunches of spinach
pinch sea salt
1 onion, minced
1 tsp. olive oil
white fish and/or thin salmon filets
3 TB water/3 TB shoyu
juice from 2 lemons
1/4 cup ginger juice

  1. Bring 4 cups of water to a boil with sea salt and blanch the spinach. After 2-3 minutes, place pot in the sink and add cold water. When cold, drain and remove spinach.
  2. Squeeze excess water out of the spinach, chop fine and set aside.
  3. Saute' onion in olive oil. When clear, add spinach and a pinch of sea salt. Cook until the water has evaporated from the spinach. Then set aside.
  4. Rinse fish filets and place on a platter. Sprinkle with a pinch of salt or dash of shoyu and place a thin layer of the spinach on top.
  5. Roll each filet and secure with 2 toothpicks.
  6. Place in a glass baking dish, cover and bake at 400 for 15 minutes, basting with a water/shoyu, lemon juice, ginger juice marinade twice during baking.

Horseradish Cream

Blend 1 box MoriNu soft tofu with 1 TB umeboshi paste, 2-3 TBS white miso, 1 TB tahini, 2 TB hato mugi vinegar, 2 TB fresh horseradish and 1/2 cup chopped dill.


Tempeh Burgers

1 clove minced or pressed garlic
2 minced red chilies
1 tsp. coriander seeds
½ tsp grated lemon rind
1 Tbsp. miso or 2 Tbsp. soy sauce
8 ounces of tempeh, in small pieces
1 egg (optional)

Combine all seasonings, grind until smooth.
Add tempeh pieces (and egg) and grind well until fully mixed.

Shape into patties and fry in ghee or olive oil until golden brown.

Serve with lettuce and tomatoes on sprouted grain bread.


Red Lentil Sauce

1 tsp. olive oil
1 clove of garlic -minced
1-2 onions - minced
pinch sea salt
1 cup dry red lentils - sorted to remove possible stones, rinsed and strained
5 cups of water
4 bay leaves
1 -4" piece of kombu
1-2 tomatos - minced (optional)
1 TB shoyu
pinch of coriander and cumin (optional)
parsley garnish

  1. Saute garlic and onions and pinch of salt in oil until onions are clear.
  2. Add the lentils, water, bay leaves, kombu and tomatos. Bring to a boil and simmer 20 minutes.
  3. Season with shoyu and cook 5 more minutes. Add coriander and cumin and garnish with parsley.
  4. Serve over rice or spelt pasta.