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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Id like to thank Sally McMillan and Christine Zika, and the following people for their support: Don Axinn, Stacey Chase, Sarah Cressy, Jane Early, Katie and Mike Frassinelli, Steve Halpert, Katherine Hogan, Sheila Joslin, Jennifer Keen, Carole Missaggia, Linda Payne, Margaret Perkins, Judith Podell, and Judy and Cliff Wagner.

Special Acknowledgment

Several friends shared their favorite recipes with me and were very good-natured about letting me adapt them to the high-energy eating style of The Magic Teaspoon, if necessary. Others gave me family recipes that had been handed down through generations to share with you, and many were also taste testers for my recipes. We talked endlessly about herbs, spices, and minute details that can help to make recipes easy to understand and easy to follow by everyone. Their encouragement kept me inspired. The following people helped to make The Magic Teaspoon special: Betty Badavis, Linda Bell, Bill and Jennifer Bowman, Cris Carlin, Michael Dowling, Kim Dustin, Rose Fidel, Miriam Georgaroudakis, Tasha Halpert, Karen Henderson, Faye Kalmbach, Laura Kennedy, Vivian Kolovos, Marie Lucking, Sally McMillan, Victoria Medaglia, Martha Oldham, Lora Peers, Barbara Reed, Phil Scheidt, Robert Vesprini, and Kathy Zak.

Working with herbs and spices is also a tribute to all of the herbalists, gardeners, and historians who have kept this spirit of the herbs and spices alive through generations. To contact the author: victoriazak2001@yahoo.com.

To Tasha Halpert, whose love for herbs,
holistic cooking style, and unlimited grace
changed the way I cook and the way I look
at life. Thank you, Tasha. Your
friendship is a great gift.

PART I

The Magic Teaspoon Herbs & Spices

CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION An Adventure in Healing Pleasure

You could be one teaspoon away from a healthier life!

Consider the Mediterranean herb thyme, for instance, and what it might do for your health when you use it in your everyday menu.

Aromatic thyme has a mild antibiotic to strengthen your immunity. It contains a vital antiseptic to cleanse your system. Its antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal, and antimicrobial to combat colds, flu, viruses, and fungal infections, particularly in your respiratory system.

Think of what that can mean when flu season arrives. With thyme in your menu, youre in a less risky position to pick up every seasonal infection, and your system has greater defenses in germ-prone environments like schools, offices, and public buildings where people are sniffling, sneezing, and feverish. If you do get the flu, its far more likely that youll experience a milder version of it and recover with greater speed and ease, because you have the infection-fighting defenses of thyme in your menu.

With a flick of your teaspoon, you can add thyme to tuna salad, use thyme in burgers, and saut vegetables in thyme for a richer taste and greater immune strength. Or you can make mushroom crisps with olive oil and thyme; they take one minute to prepare, and they cook themselves in the oven at high heat in five to eight minutes, for fabulous veggie treats. Thats how easy it can be to enhance your health and pleasure in one recipe.

Consider the herb dill, a favored herb in Scandinavian countries. Its a natural stimulant to give you energy, and its a nervinean herb that soothes your nervous system to reduce anxiety and help you sleep better. It strengthens respiration, opens blood vessels, helps to lower high blood pressure, and calms digestive difficulties. It fights infections and inflammations and eases pain.

One teaspoon of dill in green salad, potato salad, or a saut for vegetables will increase your defenses against many common diseases. Or you can make Dill Deliverance puree (see chapter 8) to get the power of dill in a puree that can be combined with cottage cheese, sour cream, or yogurt cheese for a dreamy, versatile dip that can also be used as a topping for omelets, fish, and chicken.

And thats only two of the life-enhancing herbs you can add to your everyday menu for your pleasure and health.

The sweet herb basil is a tonic for your adrenal glands, a natural antidepressant, an immune system stimulant, and a powerful infection fighter. Basil is a natural for chicken and fish, vibrant in green salad, and wonderful with tomatoeswait until you try baked tomatoes drizzled in olive oil and basil, with fresh grated Parmesan. You can enhance your immunity and fight infections, all through pure pleasure.

Cinnamon is an antiseptic spice that fights viruses, bacteria, and fungal infections, including E. coli and candida. It helps to reduce blood pressure, and studies suggest that cinnamon can help to ward off adult-onset diabetes. How can you use cinnamon in your menu for power and satisfaction? Try my Cinnamon Nectar (see chapter 10), a light, creamy blend of sour cream, yogurt, honey, and cinnamon that can be used as a salad dressing or topping for fruit. Its a recipe for pleasure, with the health benefits of cinnamon as a bonus.

Did you know that cayenne pepper is an infection fighter and a pain reliever, and it helps to burn fat?

And thats only five of the herbs and spices that you can use to enhance your health.

Youll find more than forty herbs and spices, and many varieties of peppers, mustards, and blends described in detail in chapter 2, Natures Bouquet of Healing Herbs and Spices for Cooking. I also developed a chart for you called The All-Naturals to give you a quick reference source for the herbs and spices that are natural antibiotics, natural anti-inflammatories, natural antacids, natural digestive aids, antioxidants, cancer fighters, cholesterol reducers, and more. You can use this guide to target specific herbs and spices for specific health needs.

With a flick of a teaspoon, you can make sauces and salads sing with flavor, but its not just the flavor you will savor. Its a powerful health menu you can use to defend yourself against seasonal infections, stress and its depleting effects, colds, flu, viruses, and intestinal infections, and you can strengthen your immunity to life-limiting diseases.

Adding Vitality to Processed Foods

Weve all been told that eating fresh food is the ideal way to get the best nutrition from our meals, because the nutritional content of fresh food is greater than that of processed food. But it isnt always practical to eat freshly prepared meals in our fast-paced world, with time constraints and budget concerns. If youre like most people who rely on a variety of processed foods for quick-cook standbyslike tomato sauce in jars, pouch pastas, boxed macaroni and cheese, and canned soupsdoes that mean you have to settle for downsized nutrition? Not if you use a little imagination and lots of herbal energy to drive up the power of processed foods. Ive included a guide to help you boost the healing power of your processed foods and take one more step toward enhancing your health.

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