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My first Vegan Healing soup for April is Greens 'n Beans in Garlic Broth . I agree with Smith Farm’s Laura Pole, that your body will thank you for this gorgeous tonic after the heavier foods of winter. Just adding some crusty bread and/or a fresh salad will make a satisfying light meal, welcoming Spring. Thanks to both the auther and to Laura for conveying this original copyrighted recipe of Myra Kornfield, author of The Healthy Hedonist. Besides heads of garlic, the broth includes leek greens, lentils, fresh sage and thyme, bay, sea salt and water.

The soup has olive oil, leeks, carrots , arugula, escarole, swiss chard, romaine, sea salt, brown rice vinegar and cracked pepper-lemon-garlic. For most folks, I added great northern beans (dried - soaked overnight) for added nutrients, for others, chickpeas. After re-heating, you may want to add more cracked pepper, a drizzle of good olive oil, lemon juice and even some vegan parmesean/ nutritional yeast/Daiya shredded mozzarella. I gifted you with some tasty yellow onions sauteed in olive oil for garnish.

Chanting Ingredients: Include the usual along with The Immortal Song – by my teacher, Jain Master Gurudev Shree Chitrabhanu

May the sacred stream of amity flow forever in my heart

May the universe prosper; such is my cherished desire.

May my heart sing with ecstasy at the sight of the virtuous,

And may my life be an offering at their feet.

May my heart bleed at the sight of the wretched, the cruel and the poor.

And may tears of compassion flow from my eyes.

May I always be there to show the path to the pathless wanderers of life; Yet , if they should not hearken to me, may I abide patiently.

May the spirit of good will enter into all our hearts,

May we all sing together the immortal song of brotherhood, the immortal song of sisterhood, the immortal song.

Namaste!

Buon Apetito! L’Chaim! In Joy! From your Singing-Soup Maker, Sharda

;">Many Species - One Planet - One Future I See You ~ Namaste ~ Yours in Wellness, Gratitude, Vitality and the Rhythm of Nature, This blog post can be reproduced in its entirety with the following information:© Suzen Sharda Segall 2010, CelebratingtheInnerHealer.com http://www.wellnesstraining.com/ http://www.celebratingtheinnerhealer.blogspot.com/ Suzen Sharda Segall, Wellness Personal Trainer/Consultant, designer and facilitator of BodyArts Therapeutics, has provided an integrated approach to health and wellness for a wide variety of populations, internationally,for over thirty-five years

Welcoming Spring Soup

Potato Arugula Soup: Hot or Cold Here’s a yummy soup perfect for this transitional weather. It was a new adventure for me – starting off with roasting some of the ingredients while prepping the stovetop broth. Roasted leeks, garlic, Russian and red kale along with the young arugula drizzled with olive oil; it’s packed with green vitality and rich in fiber and nutrients. I added a splash of Braggs mineral soy flavoring along with the dry sherry and mirin rice wine, plus sea salt and cracked lemon-garlic- pepper and a hint of healing cayenne. The rainbow of potatoes include local purple, reds, golden, and sweets. The broth includes celery, parsley, yellow onion, parsnips, carrots and twice filtered water, with sea salt, peppercorns, sage and garlic. I did use some Imagine not chicken broth as well. I didn’t even need to add the oat milk I bought to add creaminess – but if you’d like to enrich it – that’s one that I think tastes, looks, and feels most like whole milk. Rice, mixed grain or coconut would work well too. If you want the texture to be lighter, I recommend the Imagine not-chicken broth. Along with a fresh salad, this makes a lovely light meal. What’s even better, you can serve hot or cold – and freeze some for a few weeks too. Chanting Ingredients: Packed to overflowing with the many hours spent at The First United Methodist Church with the wonder-filled Interfaith 'Om Again' shared chanting thanks to Rev. Gail Ransom, followed by hundreds of voices in call and response with Krishna Das leading more uplifting meditative chants with wonderful accompaniment of our favorite yogi drummer, Jim Donovan and a tabla player. If you missed it – and you're in the 'burgh, you can sip it! (and join in next year!) Next week begins the real Spring soup offerings ( The wish of the week: let’s hope ramps make their way to the Coop or Right by Nature for me to include in the first April Soup: 4/3 Garlic Broth with Greens 4/11 Creamy Broccoli (with cashews) 4/18 Lemony Lentil Spinach 4/25 Mung Bean Cauliflower ‘stew’ Pints or Quarts can be ordered - by the month or by the week - one week in advance recommended. Since I have extra arugula, this week I'm also offering by request - Arugula pesto. And any week, 'burghers can special order the Magic Mineral broth to use as a tonic tea or when cooking rice, quinoa or other grains in place of water. Next week, begins the http://www.21daykickstart.org/ again. A great opportunity for FREE online support in vegan transitioning -- great recipes, meal planning, celebrity phone calls and more! That's what I can offer my out-of-towners -- register at the link above -- and I'm confident you will be glad you did!! Did I mention, this program is an offshoot of The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine - my hero - Dr. Neal Barnard? All Blessings of Compassion & Joy Your singing soup-maker, Sharda Many Species - One Planet - One Future I See You ~ Namaste ~ Yours in Wellness, Gratitude, Vitality and the Rhythm of Nature, This blog post can be reproduced in its entirety with the following information:© Suzen Sharda Segall 2010, CelebratingtheInnerHealer.com http://www.wellnesstraining.com/ http://www.celebratingtheinnerhealer.blogspot.com/ Suzen Sharda Segall, Wellness Personal Trainer/Consultant, designer and facilitator of BodyArts Therapeutics, has provided an integrated approach to health and wellness for a wide variety of populations, internationally,for over thirty-five years

Bone Healing Soup

The Vegan Healing Soup subscribers in the 'burgh will receive the Special Tomato Soup this last week of January. I am trusting that my medicinal intent trumps my not being seasonal and local this time.

Two friends are recovering from recent knee surgery, and many of the rest of the subscribers experience arthritis. With this harsh winter being felt so in the bones, I'm eager to hear how this Ayurvedic Food as Medicine is received.

So many opportunities for celebration this week!! Chinese New Year - Beltaine - mid-winter - and Groundhog's Day for starters! I'd love to hear how you are celebrating life this week!

Ingredients: Roma and Vine tomatoes, baby spinach, Fuji apples, sea salt peppercorns,cloves and cumin seeds.

Chanting Ingredients include: Jain Universal Mantra of healing and protection:


Navkar Mantra and Shivum Astu - for healing

Ana el na r'fa na la (join in the seven minute healing chant on UTUBE http://youtu.be/rTXJtdZ1qZg ) This hebrew chant comes from Numbers 12:13 translation:


Please G-d, please heal her. Moses praying for his sister Miriam.



Threshhold Choir: Rest Easy

Buon Apetito!! L'Chaim!! In JOY!!
From you I receive, To You I give, Together we share and From this we live
Many Species...One Planet...One Future
~I See You ~ Namaste ~
Yours in Wellness, Gratitude, Vitality and the Rhythm of Nature,
Suzen Sharda Segall

This blog post can be reproduced in its entirety with the following information: © Suzen Sharda Segall 2010, CelebratingtheInnerHealer.com Listen at: http://tinyurl.com/ Blog: www.celebratingtheinnerhealer.blogspot.com Or on its unique radio channel at: Suzen Sharda Segall, Wellness Personal Trainer/Consultant, designer and facilitator of BodyArts Therapeutics, has provided an integrated approach to health and wellness for a wide variety of populations, internationally,for over thirty-five years

More Soup notes for Healthy Happy 'burghers

More soup notes for the healthy happy /'burghers.

Week Two Middle Eastern Savory Sleek "stew" has been delivered and I'm finding due to additional requests, I'm offerring single week orders when available.

So here is the upcoming schedule :

Dec. 20 Hearty Vegetable with the healing Chinese Yam
Dec. 27 Butternut Squash

Jan. 3 Lentil tomato
Jan. 10 Mushroom Barley
Jan 17 Special Miso
Jan. 24 Vegan Italian Wedding Soup with seiten neatballs
Jan. 31 Tomatoe Spinach - Ayuvedic bone healing soup


I am grateful to all the seen and unseen patrons of the zoupa!
Perhaps you'd like to request gift certificates for the January Soup subscription. Who do you know who would appreciate receiving this unique gift of health?

Pittsburghers can contact the Singing Soup maker to request online registration for January ( paid by December 27) ASAP. Subscriptions are limited. Orders reserved with a check/cash $45 by the last Monday of each month will receive one quart weekly. ( If requesting a second/third quart for the series of five weeks add an addition $22 per month.
Single quarts may be available week-to-week - call to request a week in advance ($12 per quart)

Total orders are limited right now, so order soon!

From you I receive, To You I give, Together we share and From this we live
Many Species...One Planet...One Future
~I See You ~ Namaste ~
Yours in Wellness, Gratitude, Vitality and the Rhythm of Nature,
Suzen Sharda Segall

This blog post can be reproduced in its entirety with the following information:

© Suzen Sharda Segall 2010, CelebratingtheInnerHealer.com

Listen at: http://tinyurl.com/

Blog: www.celebratingtheinnerhealer.blogspot.com

Or on its unique radio channel at:

Suzen Sharda Segall, Wellness Personal Trainer/Consultant, designer and facilitator of BodyArts Therapeutics, has provided an integrated approach to health and wellness for a wide variety of populations, internationally,for over thirty-five years