Book Contents
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT
DEDICATION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
OPENING QUOTE – Rosalyn L. Bruyere
FORWARD – Nam Singh
INTRODUCTION – Mary Lane
PART ONE – HEALING THE FEMININE
Finding My Path
Ancestral Voices (Quote - Xi Wang Mu)
"Remembering" The Sacred Art of Nourishing
Healing the Feminine Principle
Power of the Darkness
The Basis of Rage Towards the Masculine
Shame & Waiting
Integrating the Wounded Child Within
Embracing Our Value (Quote – Oak Tree)
Restoring the Balance (Quote – Anais Nin)
A Healing Pilgrimage
TOOLS FOR HEALING & INTEGRATION
Ritual for the Inner Child
Automatic Writing
Transforming the Shame & Waiting
The Importance of Sleep
Cleansing Bath
Cleansing Meditation
Dance
Service
Seasonal Nourishment
Celebrate the Feminine
PART TWO – DIVINE NOURISHMENT
Divine Nourishment as a Healing Practice
Riding the Wave of Transformation
Encounter with the Sea Goddess
Wild Green Wild
Plant Spirits
Sacred Meal
The Fiesta
PART THREE – SEASONAL FOOD, TOOLS & APPLICATION
WINTER/WATER ELEMENT
Winter at a Glance (Quote: Henry David Thoreau)
The Importance of Winter
Kidney Health & Foods
Optimum Cooking Methods for Winter
Sample Winter Shopping List
SPRING/WOOD ELEMENT
Spring at a Glance (Quote: Christina Rossetti)
The Importance of Spring
Foods for the Liver
Optimum Cooking Methods for Spring
Sample Spring Refrigerator Shopping List
Spring Cleanse
Spring Tonic
SUMMER/FIRE ELEMENT
Summer at a Glance
The Importance of
Summer
Summer Food
Five Flavors of Summer Food
Optimum Cooking Methods for Summer
Elements of a Perfect Salad
Food Preservation
LATE SUMMER/EARTH ELEMENT
Late Summer at a Glance
The Importance of Late Summer
Spleen-Supported Life
Supporting the Spleen Through Food
Optimum Cooking Methods for Late Summer
Examples of Yin & Yang Food
FALL/METAL ELEMENT
Fall at a Glance (Quote: Robert Frost)
The Importance of Fall
Fall Cleanse – Web Site of Teri Saunders
Colon Cleanse Drink
Fall Tonic
Optimum Cooking Methods for Fall
Common Western Culinary Herbs (Quote: The History of Medicine)
Yearly Transformational Cycle at a Glance
SEASONAL RECIPES
WINTER RECIPES
 Encounter with the Sea Goddess Soup
Kidney Bean & Sweet Potato Stew
Kidney-Nourishing Jook/Congee
Miso, Shitake Mushroom, Seaweed Soup
Braised Chicken Thighs with Squash, Yams & Dried Apricots
Clay-Pot Miso Chicken
SPRING RECIPES
Spring Liver Tonic Dish with Salmon
Liver Tonic Salad
Grapefruit Arugula Salad
Marinated Beets
Steamed Lemon Spinach
Nettle Pesto
Wild Chickweed and Mint Pesto
Parsley Pesto
Cheese-Free Pesto Verde
Soup for Cleansing
SUMMER RECIPES
One Meal Transforms into Another
Chocolate
Easy Chocolate Mousse
Calabacitis
Broiled Halibut with Cilantro Pesto
Green Bean Salad
Italian Salsa
Pickled Corn
Berries & Herbs
Blueberry Crepes
LATE SUMMER/EARTH RECIPES
Jooks/Congee
Basic Jook Recipe
Sweet Potato Congee/Jook
Chicken Rice Congee/Jook
Good Spleen & Stomach Nourishing Breakfast
FALL RECIPES
Garam Masala
Chinese Five Spice
Booster Food Sprinkle
Mole
Five-Spice Onion Soup
Lentils with Scallions & Spices
A FEW WORDS FROM OUR MOTHER
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