Marian Buck Murray

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Creamy Vegan Shiitake Mushroom Sauce

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Creamy Vegan Shiitake Mushroom Sauce

This is delicious and easy to make.  Perfect over rice or buckwheat soba noodles. 

Ingredients
1-2 tablespoons olive oil or coconut oil
2 medium onions, saute sliced
1 12 ounce package cremini mushrooms, sliced
1-2 handfuls fresh shiitake mushrooms, thinly sliced
1-2 cloves  garlic, minced
Juice from 1 tablespoon grated ginger
1 tablespoon soy sauce
2 cups vegetable stock
2 tablespoons kudzu powder or corn starch, dissolved in ¼ cup water

  1. Heat oil in large skillet.  Add onions and saute for 5 or more minutes, until translucent.
  2. Add mushrooms, saute for another 5 minutes, until mushrooms are soft.
  3. Add garlic, ginger juice, soy sauce, and vegetable stock.  Simmer for 5-10 minutes.
  4. Stir in dissolved kudzu or corn starch powder.  Simmer 5 more minutes, until thickened

Enjoy!

Marian

 

 

Curried Chickpea and Pumpkin Stew

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curried chickpea and pumpkin stew

Quick & Sumptuous on a cold winter’s night.

Serves 4-6

2 tablespoons olive oil or coconut oil
2 small-medium onions, diced
4-5 cloves garlic, minced
2 teaspoons curry powder
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground coriander
½ teaspoon cinnamon
1 can pumpkin or sweet potato
1 14-ounce can diced tomatoes
3 cups cooked chickpeas, or 2 cans
1-2 cups stock or water
1-2 teaspoons sea salt

  1. Heat oil in a large skillet or heavy bottomed pot over medium heat.
  2. Add onions and sauté for about 5 minutes, or until tender.
  3. Add garlic and spices, sauté 1 minute more.
  4. Add pumpkin and tomatoes.  Cover and simmer over medium-low heat, about 15 minutes.
  5. Add chickpeas, stock or water and salt.  Stir to combine ingredients.  Simmer for 5-10 more minutes.
  6. Serve with brown rice or quinoa.

ENJOY!

Marian

Holiday Tips to Clear your Body & Mind

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green drink ingredients

Stuffing, mashed potatoes, pie, cookies, candy,  wine, and special drinks are the perfect holiday fare.  But we all know how easy it is to over-indulge.  And, how sleepy, foggy, and sickly we can feel from eating or drinking too much.

So, for times of seasonal over-indulgence,  I’ve devised a quick arsenal of tips to clear the fog.  Sugar, alcohol, caffeine, and heavy foods are all acid-forming.  Too many acid-forming foods will upset your pH balance, causing you to feel discomfort.   The following tips will help you re-alkalize your system and clear your body-mind.

  • Drink a glass of “green” drink  before bed and upon rising.  — A concentrated green powder drink  or fresh green juice will help to re-alkalize your system, reducing the acid-effect from refined carbohydrates.
  • Drink green tea instead of coffee.  Coffee has more caffeine than green tea, and can overwork your adrenal glands — making you tired.  The theanine in green tea provides a calming effect, and tempers the negative effects of the caffeine, while still promoting focus.
  • Drink lemon water.  Keep some organic lemons on hand.  Fresh lemon squeezed into water will help flush toxins out of your system.  Brush or rinse your teeth afterwards.
  • Drink a glass of Emergen-C, 1-2  times a day.The Vitamin C will help boost your immunity, the B Vitamins will boost your brain power. Stress, refined carbs, and alcohol deplete these vitamins.
  • Drink a teaspoon or two of raw apple cider vinegar with 1 cup of water.  Helpful for morning-after head ache and indigestion.
  • Try a dab or two (1-2 teaspoons) of umeboshi plum paste after a meal or an evening out.  Umeboshi plum is sour and salty, and will help you digest your food and  re-adjust the effects of holiday treats.
  • Eat miso soup.  Miso soup, when made correctly, is nourishing, alkalizing, detoxifying, and probiotic.  Contact me if you’d like my easy recipe.

Easy Alkalizer Juice
Alkalizing and cleansing.  Perfect for the morning after too much of anything.
1 cucumber
4 stalks celery
1 green apple, cored and seeded  (do not juice seeds)
1 handful greens such as spinach, kale, baby greens, lettuce, dandelion greens, etc.
Juice all ingredients together in juicer.

Enjoy the season!

Marian

P.S.  EFT Tapping (Emotional Freedom Techniques) works wonders for food cravings.  Contact me if you’d like to learn how.

Ginger, Cinnamon & Star Anise Tea

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Ginger and Cinnamon

This simple tea tastes and smells delicious!  It’s my go-to when the house starts feeling chilly.  The spices in this tea stimulate circulation, aid digestion, and can help soothe a cough or cold.  Perfect for the coming season!

 Ingredients

2-3 cinnamon sticks
4-5 pieces star anise
2 inches gingerroot, peeled and thinly sliced
4 cups water
Honey or Maple Syrup to taste

  1. Combine ingredients in large pot.  Bring to boil
  2. Simmer for 20-30 minutes, adding water as necessary.
  3. Strain into another pan or teapot.
  4. Serve hot, sweetening with a little honey or maple syrup.

What’s your favorite warm-up drink?

Marian

Thank You, Mother Earth, for My Cup of Tea

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tea cup
Thank you, Mother Earth, For My Cup of Tea

By Marian Buck-Murray

Thank You, Mother Earth,
for my cup of tea.
And thank you for
the clay that forms the cup that holds my tea,
and the metal for my tea-ball
and my spoon.

Thank you, Mother Earth,
for clean, clear water to fill my cup,
and fuel to heat my water,
in my kettle made from metal.

Thank you for the soil
that nourishes and grows my tea,
to flavor
and scent my water,
and bring me peaceful calm.

Thank you Mother Earth,
for  the food to feed the people who planted,
and picked,
and packed,
and trucked,
and stocked my tea.
And for
the rubber and the steel
to build the autos
to carry my tea to store
and to home.

Thank you, Mother Earth,
for the wood for my chair,
the cotton for my blanket,
the paper for my book,
as I sit cozy and thankful for a cup of hot tea.

 

Thank you my dear reader, for being exactly who you are.

What are you grateful for today?

Marian