Recipes

RECIPES

WINTER HERBAL SOUP - HERBS DE PROVENCE FLAVOR

Tomato based with Barley and Black Beans

8 cups water or vegetable or grain or meat stock

16 cloves Garlic, peeled, whole

1½ teaspoons Black Peppercorn whole (or use Long Pepper, a Chinese herb called Bi Ba)

2 Bay Leaves whole

1/2 oz Rehmannia Root (Shou Di Huang)

1/4 oz Astragalus Root (comes either in little pieces or long slices which easily can be broken up with your fingers)

1/4 oz Nettle Leaf

Place all of the above in large pot and simmer covered for 2 hours. Strain or take out all herbs with slotted spoon and add the following items.

1 cup chopped Carrots (~2 carrots) 1 cup chopped Turnips (~1 turnip with skins) 1 cup chopped Green Beans ~16 dried Shitake Mushrooms chopped (need to soak in hot or cold water for around 15 minutes before cutting to smaller pieces; save broth for future soup stock) 1 teaspoon Sea Salt 1 teaspoon dried Basil 3/4 teaspoon dried Lavender Flowers 1/2 teaspoon dried Oregano 1/2 teaspoon Fennel Seed powder

Simmer in herb broth until desired tenderness

After all vegetables are cooked add the following: 4 cloves fresh Garlic, finely chopped or minced 16 oz Tomato Sauce 11/2 cups cooked Barley 1 cup cooked Black Beans Sea Salt adjust amount if necessary Black Pepper to taste

Gently heat to serving temperature. No need to cook soup further. Serving soup before garlic cooks is a better flavor.

MANDARIN WALNUTS

1 ½ cups raw Walnut halves

1 Tablespoon + 1 ½ teaspoons Sugar

1½ teaspoons Sunflower Oil or Walnut Oil (any vegetable oil without a strong taste of its own is fine to use)

¼ teaspoon Mandarin (Red) Essential Oil (50 drops if using a rubber bulb-type eye dropper)

tiny pinch of Sea Salt (a few grains)

Instructions:

Place walnut halves in heavy skillet over low heat. Toast for 10 to 15 minutes stirring frequently so they heat evenly. When done they will look darker only in some spots and a roasting smell will have been experienced for a while. They will taste richer and be crunchier than when raw. 10 - 15 minutes includes time for the pan to heat up.

While the pan is heating, thoroughly mix essential oil into sugar and salt. Use a cereal bowl so you can vigorously stir with a spoon to make sure there are no clumps of essential oil.

After walnuts have toasted pour into large bowl and sprinkle with the vegetable oil. A large bowl is convenient so you can stir easily to completely spread the oil over all the walnuts.

Mix the essential oil/sugar mixture into the walnuts stirring enough to completely cover all nuts with sugar.

When cool place in an airtight container.

ROASTED BEETS

Sweet, Sour & a little hot!

2 cups cooked* Beets cut, sliced to any desired size (~2-3 medium beets)

¼ cup Onion finely chopped

2 teaspoons Cheryl's Herbs Vinegar Extract Combination**

2 teaspoons Agave Nectar or Honey

¼ to ½ teaspoon Sea Salt

Instructions:

Mix all ingredients together in bowl.

*To roast beets, remove tops if necessary, wash and brush each one to make sure all dirt is removed.

Place in open, ungreased baking dish and bake at 375 degrees for 40 to 60 minutes depending on size of beet.

Jab with knife to test for desired tenderness.

When cool, use sharp knife to remove skins and any remnants of tops or threads of roots.

**Cheryl's Herbs Vinegar Extract Combination Herbs infused in raw, organic apple cider vinegar at medicinal extract strength. Made from fresh Garlic, Ginger Root, Onion & Habanera Pepper.

AUTUMN HERBAL SOUP - LEMONY DILL FLAVOR

with White Fish and Rice

8 cups water or vegetable or grain or meat stock

8 - 16 cloves Garlic, peeled, whole

1 inch fresh Ginger, peeled and roughly chopped

1½ teaspoons Black Peppercorn whole (or use Long Pepper, a Chinese herb called Bi Ba)

1/4 oz Astragalus Root (comes either in little pieces or long slices which easily can be broken up with your fingers)

1/4 oz Atractylodes Root (Bai Zhu)

1/4 oz Eleuthro Root (Siberian Ginseng)

1/4 oz Marshmallow Root

Place all of the above in large pot and simmer covered for 2 hours. Strain or take out all herbs with slotted spoon.

3 cups chopped Carrots (~6 carrots) 3 cups chopped Turnips (~3 turnips with skins) 1 teaspoon Sea Salt Simmer in herb broth until desired tenderness.

Using a ladle, spoon out 4 cups of vegetables & broth being careful to dip down to bottom of pot to get good ratio of vegetables to broth. Puree in a blender and add back to soup pot. This blender step can be omitted and a thin soup broth can be enjoyed.

Add ~ 1 lb Whitefish. Can be cooked in advance or cooked with vegetables above.

After all vegetables and fish are cooked add the following: 4 cloves fresh Garlic, finely chopped or minced 2 teaspoons dried Dill Weed 2 1/2 teaspoons Lemon Juice 3/4 teaspoon Lemon Zest Sea Salt adjust amount if necessary

Black Pepper to taste

No need to cook soup further. Serving soup before garlic cooks is a better flavor.

Add cooked rice at last minute. If grain sits in soup for longer periods of time the grain can soak up all or most of the broth.

AUTUMN HERBAL SOUP VARIATIONS:

With tomato sauce, barley, black beans and Mediterranean herbs

With white fish, rice, lemon juice, dill

With winter squash blended with chunks of onion, carrot and black beans or walnuts

Sweet, sour with beets, turnips, mustard greens, carrots and tomato sauce

AUTUMN HERBAL SOUP - ASIAN FLAVOR

16 cups water or vegetable or grain or meat stock

16 - 32 cloves Garlic, peeled, whole

2 inches fresh Ginger, peeled and roughly chopped

1 Tablespoon Black Peppercorn whole (or use Long Pepper, a Chinese herb called Bi Ba)

½ oz Astragalus Root (comes either in little pieces or long slices which easily can be broken up with your fingers)

½ oz Atractylodes Root (Bai Zhu)

½ oz Eleuthro Root (Siberian Ginseng)

½ oz Marshmallow Root

Place all of the above in large pot and simmer covered for 2 hours. Recipe can also be halved and made in a medium size pot.

Strain or take out all herbs with slotted spoon.

Saute finely chopped or minced fresh Garlic and Ginger in cold pressed Sesame oil. Use as much or as little as you want.

Add any amount, chopped any size of the following vegetables:

Carrot Mustard Greens, wash leaves and cut off tougher, lower part of stems before chopping leaves to desired size

Simmer as long as desired. Place tougher vegetable pieces in first, simmer and then add more delicate vegetables later so all are tender but not overcooked.

Add any amount of cooked Black Beans

Add the following seasonings as desired:

Sea salt or Tamari or Soy Sauce Fresh Cilantro Leaves

Add cooked Barley at last minute. If grain sits in soup for longer periods of time the grain can soak up all or most of the broth.

MEDICINAL COOKED FRUIT RECIPES

Cardamon Pears

2 large or 3 medium size pears, unpeeled, cored, sliced or cubed as desired ¼ cup water 1 teaspoon butter or oil of your choice ½ teaspoon Cardamon powder pinch of sea salt

Melt butter in pan first, add pear pieces, water, Cardamon and salt. Stir to mix and cook on low heat until desired softness. Size of pear pieces will determine length of cooking time.

* Optional: add honey, maple syrup, agave nectar, or sugar if desired.

ASTRAGALUS & CODONOPSIS SOUP FOR LATE SUMMER

Slippery Elm Recipes

Slippery Elm Treat Recipe

1 heaping Tbsp Slippery Elm Bark Powder
1-2 Tbsp milk (or Soy Milk, Almond milk, or any liquid)
1 tsp honey
Pinch of cinnamon

Combine all ingredients in a bowl. Mix well.

This recipe makes about 1 serving. Feel free to make a larger batch and store it in a covered container in the refrigerator. Will keep up to one week, if it lasts that long!

Slippery Elm and Honey Recipe

1 heaping Tbsp Slippery Elm Bark Powder
1-2 Tbsp Honey (Agave, Maple Syrup, Jelly or Jam)

Combine ingredients in a bowl. Mix well.

This recipe makes about 1 serving. Feel free to make a larger batch and store it in a covered container in the refrigerator. Will keep up to one week.

Fruity Slippery Elm Recipe

Another idea is to combine Slippery Elm Bark Powder with a fruit concentrate, such as our Black Cherry Concentrate, in the following proportions:

1 heaping Tbsp Slippery Elm Bark Powder
2 tsp Black Cherry Concentrate

Follow instructions above for the Slippery Elm Treat Recipe.

Slippery Elm Hearty Tea Recipe

This tea needs to be stirred as you drink. Enjoy by the spoonful or just drink from
the cup.

2 tsp Slippery Elm Bark Powder
Enough cold water to make a smooth paste
2 cups boiling water
Honey, cinnamon, etc. to taste

Mix the Slippery Elm Bark Powder and enough cold water to make a smooth paste. Slowly add 2 cups boiling water, stirring constantly. Flavor with honey, molasses, cinnamon, lemon, nutmeg, clove or other sweeteners or spices to taste. Feel free to experiment with the proportions and make it as weak or strong as you like.

Slippery Elm powder can also be added to:

Blender drinks

Hot cereal like oatmeal

Cooked brown rice

Cold and Flu Recipes

Elder Flower / Peppermint Leaf Recipe

Elder Flower whole

Peppermint Leaf cut

Make a tea using equal parts of these dried herbs.

Dr. Edward E. Shook writes about this recipe in his book “Elementary Treatise in Herbology”. His recipe is to pour 1½ pints of boiling water over the herbs, using one ounce of each herb. “Cover and allow to steep in a hot place for 10 to 15 minutes. When ready strain into another saucepan and sweeten with honey. Before taking, the patient should be in bed, well covered with blankets to retain heat. Drink one pint as hot as possible, and remain in bed, covered for at least 12 hours. A hot water-bottle covered with a towel dipped in vinegar, applied to the feet and allowed to remain there, will be of great benefit. For children take one half to one teacupful” of the tea.

Shook says this is “…an amazing, yet perfectly safe and effective remedy for all forms of colds and fevers. It is simple to prepare, easily obtainable, and so quickly effective that it astonishes those who use it for the first time.” Now isn’t that a great statement!

In his book “The Way of Herbs”, Michael Tierra also writes about this very same recipe. He says “Take one or more cups of the infusion and follow immediately with a hot bath. Then go to bed with several covers to provoke perspiration.”

Suggestion: – The directions Shook gives for this tea uses a pretty large quantity of herbs, yet not enough water to really cover them. I would definitely want a strong cup of tea to break a fever. Therefore, if you didn’t want to use quite that amount of herbs, I might make a tea using 1-2 Tbsp. of each herb for every cup of water.

For an even more medicinal hot bath try Cheryl’s Herbs Sweat Bath Herbs, 5-10 drops of Eucalyptus Essential Oil, and 1-2 cups Sea Salt (Granulated or Coarse) added to the water. Soak for 20 minutes.

Neem

Neem Plant Spray

Ingredients:

32 oz warm water

1 teaspoon (5 ml) Neem Seed Oil (cold pressed vegetable oil, not essential oil)

1 teaspoon (5 ml) Cheryl's Herbs All-Purpose Household Soap (or any mild eco-type, liquid dishwashing soap)

Preparation:

Mix soap with warm water (don't stir too vigorously to avoid excess suds) Slowly add Neem Seed Oil and continue to stir Pour into spray container and keep shaking or agitating while spraying Use within eight hours

This is a .5% dilution of Neem Seed Oil. If a stronger product is needed a 1% dilution is the maximum: 2 teaspoons each of Neem Oil and liquid soap.

Suggested uses:

*Spray the plant thoroughly including the undersides of leaves and entire stem of the plant.

Apply spray only in very early morning, late afternoon or evening to not harm beneficial insects. Once spray has dried it is not harmful to good insects any more, only to sucking and chewing bugs.

Do not apply the oil to a plant in direct sun as the oil can increase the effect of the sun and burn the leaves.

If you have enough solution, drench the soil around the roots. This is also good for the soil. Some plants don't like soil drenches like onions, cabbage & tomatoes.

Spray once a week until the problem is gone. Spray sooner if it rains.

Increase the strength if the insects seem to not be affected enough.

Spray can be used until the day fruits & vegetable are harvested without harmful effects to people or pets.

Spray is not harmful to skin.

*Do a test application on any plant you suspect might be more sensitive. Plants known to be more sensitive to oils include: impatiens, fuchsias, hibiscus, some roses, trees like maples, hickories and black walnut. Avoid spraying drought stressed plants, when humidity is high or during periods of extreme heat or cold.

Shake well and frequently during spraying.

RESOURCE: www.discoverneem.com

APPLICATIONS OF NEEM TO SKIN & HAIR

For People and Pets

Neem Seed CO2 Essential Oil Soap/Shampoo Treatment:

Add ½ teaspoon Neem Seed CO2 Essential Oil to every 1 oz of Cheryl's Herbs Summer Soap/Shampoo or Cheryl's Herbs Soap/Shampoo Base or any Cheryl's Herbs Soap/Shampoos. Our Summer Soap/Shampoo makes an excellent choice because these herbs and essential oils are well known for their insect repellent action.

Shake well before using

Lather well and continue rubbing. Work into hair, scalp or skin for a few minutes. Work the lather for a longer period of time than normal shampooing. Rinse as usual.

Neem Leaf Extract for Hair, Scalp and Skin

Pure, undiluted Neem Leaf Extract can be applied directly to hair, scalp or skin but it is a water-thin liquid and you may find it cost prohibitive to use undiluted to cover large areas.

Neem Leaf Extract and Aloe Vera Gel mixed together half & half makes quite a nice product. Combine both in a plastic squeeze bottle, shake well to mix and apply thickly to any area needed.

Leave on to penetrate for as long as possible before washing off. Applying before bedtime is a great option.

Neem Leaf Tea Rinse

Make eight cups of tea or more to cover a head of hair; amounts vary according to length and thickness of hair and size of pet.

Directions:

2 - 4 heaping tablespoons Neem Leaf cut for every cup of water used

Combine the herbs with water that has just boiled. Cover and let steep several hours or overnight.

Strain.

The next step is most easily done in a bathtub.

Bring the container of tea and a large bowl into the bathtub. Pour the tea over the head so as to completely rinse the scalp and entire length of hair. Position the large bowl under the head so that the bowl collects the tea. Submerge head into tea that has collected into the bowl and soak for a minute or longer for stronger effect. Repeat this last step several times in order to fully treat the head and hair. Adapt these instructions the best you can for using the tea rinse on a pet.

Do not rinse the hair with water. Leave the tea on the hair and towel dry.

The tea may stain a light colored towel.

Neem Leaf Powder For Pets

Dust your pet's coat with Neem Leaf Powder in the same manner as applying commercial flea powders.

Neem Seed Oil (cold pressed, vegetable oil) Skin & Scalp Treatment

Neem oil becomes solid in cooler temperatures. It may be necessary to gently heat oil to liquefy.

Please note Neem Seed Oil is gentle, soothing and healing to the skin & scalp.

Neem Seed Oil has a strong food-like odor. If desired essential oils can be added for a more pleasant product.

Skin:

Apply as frequently and as liberally as desired. Rub in and let the oil penetrate the skin for as long as possible before washing off. Applying before bedtime is a great option.

If you make your own skin care products Neem Oil can be an ingredient to creams, lotions and other skin care items.

Scalp & Hair:

Massage oil into scalp.

Divide hair into sections and pull the oil down the hair shaft one section at a time till the entire head of hair is coated.

Cover the head with a shower cap or plastic bag.

Leave on several hours or over night

Apply shampoo and lather before rinsing. This procedure may be repeated several times as necessary to rid the hair of the oily residue.

Prevention

Cheryl's Herbs Catnip Summer Spray would be ideal to spray in the hair on a regular basis especially on children before going to school or playing with other kids. Other potential Cheryl's Herbs sprays include Clean Spray, Lemony Spray & Respiratory Spray.

HOUSEHOLD INSECT CONTROL

Neem Household Surface Spray (2% Neem CO2 Essential Oil)

Combine Neem CO2 Essential Oil with water in a spray bottle. Spray bottles with a large output spray top are more convenient to cover larger areas at a time.

Essential oils and water do not stay mixed and actually separate dramatically fast.

Shake well before spraying. Shake frequently during continuous spraying.

Spray floors, bedding, pet areas and lightly spray furniture. Test small areas of furniture first to make sure discoloration is not a problem. This is not likely to be a problem but better to be safe rather than sorry.

Not recommended for direct application to pet.

Depending on your problem try spraying once a week. Increase frequently if needed.

Amount of essential oil: Add 12 drops Neem CO2 Essential Oil to every 1 oz of water used. Due to varying size drops from various bottles consider the following: If using eye droppers add 24 drops. If using Cheryl's Herbs essential oil bottles add 42 drops.

Instead of counting drops, measuring spoons can be used for adding essential oil to water: ¼ teaspoon essential oil in 2 oz water, ½ teaspoon in 4 oz water or 1 teaspoon in 8 oz water.

If you need more convenience try Cheryl's Herbs Neem Surface Spray Concentrate.

Enjoy the ease of combining 1 part of this concentrate to 3 parts water.

For example: 1 oz concentrate to 3 oz water in a 4 oz spray bottle (1 oz = 2 Tablespoons) 2 oz concentrate to 6 oz water in an 8 oz spray bottle 4 oz concentrate to 12 oz water in a 16 oz spray bottle

You will still need to shake frequently when spraying as described above.

Dusting Floors & Pet Areas With Powders

Diatomaceous Earth, Borax, Neem Leaf powder can be used singly or combined together.

Ideas of where they can be used are: carpet, hardwood, tile floors in the house, basement and garage floors and dog & cat bedding.

For best results a fine dusting of powder should be applied. Avoid making piles or lines with a powder because some larger insects will find alternate routes and avoid coming into contact with the powder.

Take care to minimize inhalation when applying to floors.

Consider ventilating the room or wearing a mask.

Reapply powders after sweeping or vacuuming.

For the best and easiest application use a Spritzer (Garden Duster/Sprayer) which is a simple plastic tube device that produces a fine mist or cloud of powder to be gently applied to a surface in your house or garden. The long tube makes it possible to apply powder underneath furniture and hard to reach places.

Cheryl's Herbs sells all the above items for your convenience. We also offer a special blend of the three powders mixed together called Cheryl's Herbs Floor Powder

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