Herbal Household Remedies

Ingredients:

• 7 oz (about 3/4 cup) Fettucini
• 6 tbsp chopped shallot bulbs, raw
• 8 slices of dried tomato
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 2 tbsp butter, melted
• 4 tbsp white wine
• 10 olives
• basil, rosemary, sage, tarragon, and parsley to taste
• 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese

Boil pasta al dente. Drain, add 1 tbsp butter and Parmesan cheese, mix well.

Sautee shallots in the other tbsp butter and the oil, add dried tomato slices, olives and white wine. Reduce heat slightly, then add herbs to taste. Toss with pasta.

These glorified mashed potatoes serve 8.

Ingredients:

• 1.5 lbs medium peeled and quartered potatoes
• 1 lb or 5 medium peeled and cut up parsnips
• 2 tbsp butter
• heated canned milk or fresh goat milk

Place parsnips and potatoes in a large pan, add water to cover and bring to a boil.  Reduce heat and cook for about 25 minutes or until tender.  Drain, add butter and season to taste with salt, pepper, kelp, red pepper flakes and any other spice you might like.  The mash the potato parsnip mixture well, gradually stirring in enough milk to make it light and fluffy.

Both peppers and tomato are helpful in fighting fatigue. The following recipe - Peppers stuffed with savory Spanish rice, topped with a mild tomato sauce - includes both vegetables.

Stuffed Peppers (serves 6)

Ingredients:

• 6 green peppers, medium size
• 3 cups savory Spanish rice (see below)
• 1 cup tomato sauce (see below)

Wash peppers, core them. Chop the pepper seeds finely and mix them with the savory rice (unless you are saving the seeds for next year’s crop). Steam peppers for 20 minutes, then fill them with savory rice, half a cup per pepper. Place in a casserole, top with tomato sauce, and bake for 45 minutes, or until tender, at 350F.

Savory Spanish Rice

Ingredients:

• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 small green pepper, chopped
• 1/4 lb. lean ground round
• 1/2 cup raw brown rice
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 2 cups of tomato, chopped
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper

Sautee onion and pepper, brown the beef and drain. Mix sauteed vegetables and beef, then add all other ingredients. Bring mixture to a boil, stir, reduce heat, then let simmer for 40-60 minutes or until the rice is tender. Stir often as it will stick otherwise, and remove the bay leaf before filling the rice into the peppers.

Mild Tomato Sauce

Ingredients:

• 1 cup canned or self made tomato sauce
• 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
• 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tbsp onion, finely diced
• 3/4 tbsp paprika
• 1/2 tsp garlic clove, finely diced

Mix all ingredients and bring sauce to a boil, then reduce heat and let it simmer for about 10 minutes. Top stuffed peppers with the sauce before baking.