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After squeezing in a bit of work this morning, I donned my dust mask, hopped on my bike and ran a few errands. I simply love Eugene. I can run off and, very efficiently, accomplish a European style shopping adventure in a few locations. Open markets, a bakery, local grocer and the local seafood shop creates a couple day's worth of good eating. I am happily making rice, G's Love Potion and green tea soup.
"G has a Love Potion???" you ask? Why yes, yes he does.
Every year in Eugene we have issues with allergies. I'm suffering more than I usually might because I didn't order my homeopathic meds in time and I didn't have enough resistence by the time the grasses and the cottonwood hit to stave off the worst. No worries. I wear my little dust mask -- the height of fashion this year in Paris, I'm told -- and I'm good.
G, on the other hand, is laid low by his allergy induced asthma. Every year I recommend he lay off the dairy and take some herbs and every year he decides not to do this. He has been really suffering the past couple of weeks so I took matters into my own hands. I made him this vile concoction the other day and he slurped it down without complaint. He actually slept well that night.
The next day, he felt so much better he decided he was immune to relapse and didn't take the potion. He was miserable that night. So, now I've renamed the liquid from "vile concoction" to "Love Potion" and I shall include the ingredients below for those who may need a little extra help with breathing and allergies.
G's Love Potion
Boiling water
Ginger - anti-bacterial, good for cough, anti-inflammatory, warming effect.
Mint - anti-inflammatory, good for respiration and digestion (I'm thinking about that darn dairy)
local honey - to sweeten the brew and add immunity from the local pollens that make the honey.
Turmeric - anti-inflammatory, good for bronchitis and lung afflictions.
I just begin by steeping all the goodness out of the ginger for an hour or more. Then I add the mint. Steep longer. I then add the honey then the turmeric. I allow it to cool and I strain it into a bottle from which G takes a cup 3-4 times per day. It's been very helpful.
Back to the kitchen. I'm making baked pumpkin seeds, too.
"G has a Love Potion???" you ask? Why yes, yes he does.
Every year in Eugene we have issues with allergies. I'm suffering more than I usually might because I didn't order my homeopathic meds in time and I didn't have enough resistence by the time the grasses and the cottonwood hit to stave off the worst. No worries. I wear my little dust mask -- the height of fashion this year in Paris, I'm told -- and I'm good.
G, on the other hand, is laid low by his allergy induced asthma. Every year I recommend he lay off the dairy and take some herbs and every year he decides not to do this. He has been really suffering the past couple of weeks so I took matters into my own hands. I made him this vile concoction the other day and he slurped it down without complaint. He actually slept well that night.
The next day, he felt so much better he decided he was immune to relapse and didn't take the potion. He was miserable that night. So, now I've renamed the liquid from "vile concoction" to "Love Potion" and I shall include the ingredients below for those who may need a little extra help with breathing and allergies.
G's Love Potion
Boiling water
Ginger - anti-bacterial, good for cough, anti-inflammatory, warming effect.
Mint - anti-inflammatory, good for respiration and digestion (I'm thinking about that darn dairy)
local honey - to sweeten the brew and add immunity from the local pollens that make the honey.
Turmeric - anti-inflammatory, good for bronchitis and lung afflictions.
I just begin by steeping all the goodness out of the ginger for an hour or more. Then I add the mint. Steep longer. I then add the honey then the turmeric. I allow it to cool and I strain it into a bottle from which G takes a cup 3-4 times per day. It's been very helpful.
Back to the kitchen. I'm making baked pumpkin seeds, too.