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Post by anela on May 2, 2017 4:27:18 GMT
I thought it was supposed to help you sleep. I always see recommendations to drink it before bed. It seems to have woken me up... I've been eating/drinking this soup here and there for the past few weeks. The last time, I made it with chicken broth, and tonight, I added lime juice to it, to cut the sharp taste of the turmeric. Possible TMI: It really helps to "move things along" so to speak. Or it did tonight. I will say that I've felt really relaxed since eating the soup (I had two small servings, in about an hour). I need to make turmeric paste for my dog, because it seemed to help his joints when my aunt made some for him - something I'd planned to do for a while. I'm also hoping to get my dad to take it somehow, since he has arthritis, and it might help his health in general. Anyway, back to my spooky movie night. The movies haven't been great so far, but they were okay.
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Post by LeeLoo on May 27, 2017 9:19:46 GMT
I love the idea with lime juice <3
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Post by anela on Jun 1, 2017 1:39:59 GMT
I love the idea with lime juice <3 I'm making more tonight.
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Post by anela on Jul 11, 2017 0:38:39 GMT
Just adding this link: www.earthclinic.com/remedies/turmeric.htmlFor my own reference, as well as anyone else who might be interested. I've been buying turmeric drinks from the store, which are more... what's the word? palatable, than the turmeric milk I tried last year. I just need to remember to drink them. The taste is still a little sharp, but I think it's helped with pain management, here and there. I want to take it every day, to see if it helps with mood.
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Post by Ava on Jul 14, 2017 12:48:47 GMT
I love the idea with lime juice <3 I only make two soups for myself. One is an oriental-flavored vegetable soup and the other is Red Lentil Soup with Lime from Deborah Madison's Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone. This recipe looks very similar: www.fitpregnancy.com/recipe/red-lentil-soup-lime-spinachI love homemade chicken broth but I've noticed it seems to have an adverse effect on my cranky lymph system. Another way to have turmeric.....I make this recipe from Ayurvedic Cooking for Westerners sometimes (that is my all-time favorite cookbook, by the way ): "Liver Wake-Up" * Juice from one quarter to one half a lemon * Quarter teaspoon turmeric * Hot water Best on an empty stomach, wearing old clothes or an apron, because turmeric stains are really hard/impossible to remove.
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Post by anela on Jul 14, 2017 13:26:19 GMT
I love the idea with lime juice <3 I only make two soups for myself. One is an oriental-flavored vegetable soup and the other is Red Lentil Soup with Lime from Deborah Madison's Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone. This recipe looks very similar: www.fitpregnancy.com/recipe/red-lentil-soup-lime-spinachI love homemade chicken broth but I've noticed it seems to have an adverse effect on my cranky lymph system. Another way to have turmeric.....I make this recipe from Ayurvedic Cooking for Westerners sometimes (that is my all-time favorite cookbook, by the way ): "Liver Wake-Up" * Juice from one quarter to one half a lemon * Quarter teaspoon turmeric * Hot water Best on an empty stomach, wearing old clothes or an apron, because turmeric stains are really hard/impossible to remove. I've bookmarked this. It looks similar to this one that I made a few times early last year: www.sproutedroutes.com/immunity-boosting-indian-spiced-lentil-soup/ - I made it when I had a cold that January, but mostly lived off canned soup (once a day), and taking coconut oil once a day. Jasmine Hemsley, of Hemsley and Hemsley, has an ayurvedic cookbook coming out next year, and I've used supplements in the past - when I could. We once had a dog that had a bladder infection. The antibiotics cleared the blood, but not the whole thing. I gave her UriCare, and that finished the job. I'm googling the book you mentioned. I get overwhelmed with everything I read, so I don't know what to do first, and then I end up forgetting things that I've tried and liked, or that I should try.
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Post by Ava on Jul 14, 2017 13:46:41 GMT
I know what you mean, anela. I also get overwhelmed. For simplicity's sake I do take turmeric capsules, and I also just stir turmeric into my canned chili. I do highly recommend that cookbook, although it's pretty complex. I received it as a gift from my father's Cap girlfriend, and it took me a few years to really get into it, adapt to its worldview. Since then, it has been underlying most of my decisions about what to eat, not eat, how to balance disruptive and calming foods.
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Post by Ava on Dec 30, 2017 16:27:35 GMT
I don't feel like cooking lately. I seriously suck at it. The soup I'm making most often goes like this: * Ghee in the soup pot * Add chopped onions, a clove of crushed garlic, tomato chunks if I have a fresh tomato handy * Saute until the onions soften, and then add half a can of organic lentil soup * Add a cup of water or homemade chicken broth, and some salt * Add a handful of brown rice pasta shells Once it comes to a simmer I add turmeric and black pepper. People say they are a synergistic combination; I've seen health nuts raving about simple, fresh-ground black pepper in a way I never expected. While that's simmering I fill a soup bowl with chopped some greens (arugula, spinach, watercress) and put hot sauce and some pesto in a bowl. Then I add the soup. I guess some people would think this tastes really weird but I love it and eat it all the time nowadays. You are what you eat...or you eat what you are? I eat weird stuff. --- Anyway, here's an article from my inbox: Turmeric Extract May Prevent, Even Reverse Diabetes (Type 1 and 2)www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/turmeric-extract-may-prevent-even-reverse-diabetes-type-1-and-2?utm_campaign=Affiliate-iThrive&utm_source=Affiliate-iThrive
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Post by anela on Dec 31, 2017 2:10:37 GMT
I made more soup with turmeric in it yesterday, and need to make more of the paste for my dog, and also to use in smoothies. I really think it helped me to not get sick this year - with a cold, at least.
I remember back in April, that night I first tried the broth with pasta in it. I had one of those days where I didn't feel like talking to anyone, it was a Monday, and I spent the evening in an armchair, watching things on my laptop. I was so relaxed after I made that pasta and broth, and tried some of it. I just sank into the chair, but it also woke me up a bit. I ended the night watching an old movie.
I ordered a supplement for UTI's and have been giving it to my dog, because I was worried he had one. The vet hadn't called back on something, and so I just ordered it for under $9. The day after I gave him his first dose, he eliminated a lot of dark urine, according to my dad. It went back to normal later on. I want to make him more of the paste, because someone in the turmeric group said it should protect the animal's kidneys when taking medicine.
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Post by Violets on Dec 31, 2017 2:48:41 GMT
I tried using turmeric for my skin, but I lost interest (I've read that it helps with complexion). I wasn't cooking with it, though. Maybe I'll give it another shot, because this arid climate is horrid on my skin and hair.
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Post by 12YearsABlob on Jan 1, 2018 15:14:51 GMT
Yeah, you can think of turmeric as an internal antiseptic of sorts. If you have a cold or a cough, or feel one coming on - turmeric powder mixed with a glass of hot milk - for 2-3 days, will make it go away. No antibiotics or anything. In fact, it's also pretty good as an external antiseptic. If you have frequent cuts and nicks, like I do, or can't find the Dettol on time (I swear, mine only appears every time I decide to spring-clean the house) - it can come in handy. What you do is, press turmeric powder directly onto the cut. Yes, the open wound. It'll burn like a mother, but damn - it seals up the wound pretty quickly. The pain you feel is the turmeric fighting off bacteria. Battle can be rough, ya know? You can dust off the excess when it's coagulated your blood and formed that thick scar-tissue-like-thing. Sorry for such a horrid description, on new year's day. Just thought I'd mention it. There's plenty of recipes with gram flour and such, that you can apply to your skin. But eh, haven't had enough drive to try those - you can look 'em up, though. I'm sure they make your skin feel great. I do have less gory uses for it, like in cooking. I throw that in with the spices just before cooking the veggies/lentils/what-have-you. ETA: I dunno why I always forget the R in turmeric. Sorry for the typos, folls!
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Post by Violets on Jan 1, 2018 15:38:02 GMT
I've read that it can be used as a facial mask with various ingredients like Greek yogurt. I would think that would turn people's skin bright yellow, but I might give it a shot anyway. Maybe I'll mix it with honey instead. Honey always helps my dry skin (one thing I miss about the Midwest is the humidity; it didn't bother me, and my complexion was great).
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Post by 12YearsABlob on Jan 1, 2018 15:50:55 GMT
I don't feel like cooking lately. I seriously suck at it. The soup I'm making most often goes like this: * Ghee in the soup pot * Add chopped onions, a clove of crushed garlic, tomato chunks if I have a fresh tomato handy * Saute until the onions soften, and then add half a can of organic lentil soup * Add a cup of water or homemade chicken broth, and some salt * Add a handful of brown rice pasta shells Once it comes to a simmer I add turmeric and black pepper. People say they are a synergistic combination; I've seen health nuts raving about simple, fresh-ground black pepper in a way I never expected. While that's simmering I fill a soup bowl with chopped some greens (arugula, spinach, watercress) and put hot sauce and some pesto in a bowl. Then I add the soup. I guess some people would think this tastes really weird but I love it and eat it all the time nowadays. You are what you eat...or you eat what you are? I eat weird stuff. --- I'm sure you don't suck at it! <3 Geez, woman. Kinda stoked to read that you have this too! A pesto-hot-sauce version. I can see how that works - we achieve a similar(?) effect by adding Indian pickles (they come with their own paste, not sitting in vinegar), the green ones are like a spicey pesto. ** We add them on top of the soup-rice mixture, not directly in the soup, just to clarify. I have a variation of this lentil soup with some rice/bread, fairly often. P.S. You can make a sweet n sour lentil soup as well, with tamarind slush (well, I call it slush, but it's an extract you get after soaking tamarind in water for a bit) & jaggery shavings or sugar if that's not available. And then pour ghee on top. YUM. It's not sweet really, the sugar is only to balance out the sourness of the tamarind so it doesn't go too sour.
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Post by Violets on Jan 1, 2018 15:55:00 GMT
Seriously, Ava. You cannot possibly suck at cooking. You actually follow complex recipes that require specific ingredients not native to North America. We know you don't suck at cooking, lol. 💕
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Post by Violets on Jan 1, 2018 15:57:49 GMT
Personally, I just added a teaspoon of turmeric to my coffee. Was it disgusting? Yes. Yes it was. Was it practical and expedient? Also yes.
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Post by 12YearsABlob on Jan 1, 2018 16:25:49 GMT
Personally, I just added a teaspoon of turmeric to my coffee. Was it disgusting? Yes. Yes it was. Was it practical and expedient? Also yes. You what?? You are a brave, brave soul. ROFL. Reminds me of the time my friend put a spoonful of salt in my coffee. Just because. Silent dare to see if I would drink anything she gave me. I did, lol. Turmeric in there must've been way worse.
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Post by Violets on Jan 1, 2018 17:28:34 GMT
It was tolerable, lol. Well. Barely, but about as tasty as cold medicine. I'm having a private little turmeric party here at the moment, inspired by this thread. I made a paste with milk (no Greek yogurt handy atm), applied it to my face, looked like an oompah loompah for 20 minutes, and scrubbed it off. The results are pretty nice, actually (and it didn't dye my skin).
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Post by Ava on Jan 1, 2018 18:30:21 GMT
Yay, turmeric party! Here's to our health in the New Year! It didn't turn your face yellow, Violets? I'm trying to imagine that. I think mine would go yellow. That's my luck. "Personally, I just added a teaspoon of turmeric to my coffee. Was it disgusting? Yes. Yes it was. Was it practical and expedient? Also yes. " LOL Oh my gosh, coffee is almost sacred to me, I couldn't do that. --- Thanks for the recipe ideas, 12YearsABlob. I just threw out all my old spices about a month ago, including many Indian spices that were super old....since I don't cook ambitiously anymore. (I'll put it that way! ) Tamarind went out the door with the half ton of fennel, fenugreek, kasoori methi, whatever else. I buy Indian sauce in a jar now now. But I WILL try your recommendations, and look around for pickle paste! Just got back from the grocery store where turmeric was the only sold-out organic spice. I've been buying it for ages, so now I was fussing and fuming about all the marketing that draws EVERYONE to it. Very selfish reaction, I should just be happy that cheap medicine is popular. I believe you about the turmeric milk "antibiotic." I can feel turmeric working. Oh and I also have been finding the actual turmeric root fresh and not shriveled in grocery stores lately. So I make smoothies with that, just had some yesterday. In my blender: * Brazil nuts for selenium * Coconut water even though it's expensive * Bit of coconut oil ^ Those three ingredients create brazil nut milk * Frozen banana + frozen mango, pineapple. * A fresh orange. * Apple cores from the apples I cut up for my kids. The seeds have laetrile...and cyanide, but let's focus on laetrile. * Peeled, good-sized "thumb" of turmeric * About the same amount of fresh ginger * some organic lemon with peel if I have it (about one eighth of the lemon) * My light-colored add-ins (bee pollen, ground flax seeds, maca powder) * raw agave or raw honey, maybe a date, plus a splash of vanilla * ice Okay I am still ambitious about my smoothies. When this is blended up and it's thick and milkshake-y, I really feel like I couldn't be having anything more satisfying, not even at the fanciest spa. So yummy and heartbreakingly pretty in a quart-sized mason jar, with a bright-colored straw.
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Post by Ava on Jan 1, 2018 18:36:23 GMT
Seriously, Ava . You cannot possibly suck at cooking. You actually follow complex recipes that require specific ingredients not native to North America. We know you don't suck at cooking, lol. 💕 Aw thank you! 💜 I just mean I am SO LAZY about it lately. I do make normal meals sometimes, but I really have to push myself to get it done. I used to make pancakes from scratch all the time, now I can't even bear to make instant, complete-mix Aunt Jemima. I'm like, "Okay the kids won't die, having granola bars and/or KitKats for breakfast."
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Post by Ava on Jan 1, 2018 18:37:33 GMT
Oh but I do still make smoothies for the kids Board of Health, please take note.
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