Medical Medium Healing Essentials

Looking for a fun and delicious meal or snack for you and your family? Fat free and grain free, these Pizza Pockets are packed full of healing ingredients that come together in the perfect comforting vehicle – a crispy potato pocket! Be prepared for all the flavors of pizza with each bite into the pocket. Pizza Pockets are a great portable option to take to work, to eat on the go, or to pack into yo...

Who doesn’t love tacos? The lentil filling for these romaine lettuce tacos can be enjoyed warm or cold according to your preference. If you’re looking for something a little heartier, feel free to try corn-free, gluten free tortillas instead. For an extra kick, this recipe would pair well with the Spicy Lime “Vinaigrette” on page 388 or even the Mint Tahini Sauce on page 390 of my book Liver Rescue....

Most of us are unaware of the amount of toxins we are exposed to on a daily basis. From solvents and petrochemicals found in detergents to excess adrenaline our body has to deal with at times of stress and so many more, these toxins pollute our bloodstream. And then there’s the pathogens that all of us are carrying such as viruses like Epstein-Barr virus, shingles, herpes simplex, and HHV6, an...

These potato pancakes come out of the oven perfectly crispy and satisfying, and then they’re topped off with light, refreshing Cucumber Radish Salad that takes them over the top. Feel free to try other toppings. If you have hungry kids in your life, they may like to try their potato pancakes topped with mashed avocado or black beans! In Liver Rescue, I share how the star ingredients in this recipe c...

We are dealing with an epidemic of sluggish liver today. Nine out of ten people, children included, have a sluggish liver without being aware of it. It might surprise you, but a sluggish liver is at the root of countless symptoms and conditions, including skin conditions like eczema, psoriasis, rosacea, and acne; weight gain; type 2 diabetes; chemical and food sensitivities; seasonal affective disor...

Chips and salsa make a classic snack food, and in this version, fruit chips and a flavorful mango salsa are a unique twist on the original. This recipe includes instructions to make either baked apple chips or raw dehydrated pineapple chips. Both are equally delicious. In Liver Rescue, I share how each of these ingredients can support you and your loved ones in healing. Let’s take a look… Pineapple:...

It’s hard to go past juicy apples encased in a warm, biscuit crust. Especially when the recipe is grain free, dairy free, and egg free, making it a much better choice than a traditional galette for those with a health symptom or condition. Feel free to stick to the recipe or add some additional fruits of your liking such as peaches, nectarines, or berries.  Apples have wonderful anti-inflammato...

Apple juice with warming spices is a delicious and classic combination. But did you know that all those fragrant spices have incredible healing benefits too? These Spiced Apple Juice Popsicles are a wonderful way to get these special foods into your children’s diet or simply to enjoy yourself. You can also enjoy this same recipe as a hot or cold apple cider too instead of making it into popsicles if...

Baked apple roses are like apple pie filling without the crust, beautifully formed in cups and enjoyed warm right out of the oven. The filling is always the best part anyway, right? In Liver Rescue, I share how each of the ingredients in this recipe can support you and your loved ones in healing. Let’s take a look… Apples: Apples in themselves are miracles. They’re amazing for digestion: They collec...

This creamy and delicious apple butter is the perfect versatile spread to eat with almost anything! Enjoy it alone or as a dip for apples, pears, bananas, celery, cucumbers, sweet potatoes or a healthy cracker of your choice. Or try spooning it onto fruit salad, a smoothie bowl, gluten free oatmeal or the wild blueberry pancakes on the Medical Medium blog.  Never underestimate the power of an a...

This Apple Crisp recipe is a wonderful recipe to serve up at your next gathering with family or friends. Warm, comforting, sweet, and delicious, it’s delicious all on its own or served up with the banana or coconut ice cream recipes on my blog.  Apples offer us not only physical benefits but also healing on a spiritual level. Apples teach us not to get burned by the frost of insensitivity from ...

Full of flavor and just the right amount of crunch, this delicious salad is a great way to get more leafy greens and fruit into your diet. Massaging the kale with avocado tenderizes the green, while the apple and pecans give the salad just the right amount of crunch. This recipe would be great on a fall or winter holiday table or simply serve it up any day of the week. For a lower fat recipe, you ca...

If you love a good crunch, these sweet baked apple chips are for you. They make a perfect healthy alternative to fried potato chips and crackers with unhealthy ingredients. Plus they’re fat free, which means your liver will be thanking you for the break from processing fats. With less fat to process, it can better help you to heal from countless symptoms and conditions. Apples are the ultimate colon...

This hibiscus lemonade is just as gorgeous as it is delicious. It’s the perfect show-stopping beverage for your next gathering, and it’s also simple enough to enjoy anytime. Try freezing it into ice cubes and keeping them on hand to make a beautiful hibiscus-infused water on demand. In Liver Rescue, I share how each of these ingredients can support you and your loved ones in healing. Let’s take a lo...

Who can resist a crunchy, juicy apple rolled in creamy, sweet caramel, all topped off with crunchy nuts, dried mulberries and coconut?! This recipe is fun to make and fun to eat. Get your kids involved and pick your own favorite toppings. As you crunch away on these delicious caramel apples, know you are feeding your body a wealth of healing nutrients. Apples open up a part of you and change the ene...

Whether it’s the holidays, the weather is turning cool, or you simply want a big mug of pure comfort, look no further than this delicious Hot Apple Cider. Packed full of healing spices in a delicious base of apple juice, you may find this recipe quickly becomes a weekly staple. The bonus is that it’s so simple and easy to make! The phytochemicals in apples make them a true brain food, feeding neuron...

Don’t be fooled by this recipe’s simplicity—applesauce is one of the most profoundly rejuvenating, revitalizing foods for your liver cells. It truly is a liver rescuer, which is why it's a star recipe from my book, Liver Rescue. Plus it’s sweet and delicious and easy to whip up anytime. In Liver Rescue, I share how each of these ingredients can support you and your loved ones in healing. Let’s take ...

If it’s decadence without the drawbacks you’re looking for, this recipe is for you. These Apple Nachos satisfy the desire for sweet, crunchy, chewy, and buttery. Easy to make, fun to decorate and present, and even more enjoyable to eat, these nachos will be a hit for adults and children.  Eating two apples or more a day can aid in the prevention of colon, liver, breast, prostate, and lung cance...

Don’t let the simplicity of this juice fool you. The combination of sweet apples with the natural saltiness of the celery and a kick from the ginger is a winner. And the addition of cinnamon takes this juice to a new level of deliciousness. You can rest assured this juice recipe will provide you with the natural glucose and mineral salts your body needs to heal and thrive. Apples are a truly healing...

Enjoy the delicious flavors of apple pie in this heavenly smoothie. Creamy, satisfying, and sweet, it will feel like you are indulging in a decadent dessert, but without any of the drawbacks that come with the wheat, eggs, butter, and refined sugar of regular apple pie. In fact, this recipe is packed full of healing ingredients, so you can feel good about making it for yourself and your family over ...

There are currently millions of Americans being diagnosed with chronic illnesses and conditions that conventional medicine still does not understand. Many others never receive any kind of diagnosis but are still suffering with all kinds of symptoms. While medical science and research have done amazing things in the area of surgery—being able to remove an appendix, for example, or perform a lif...

This slushy recipe from my bestselling book Liver Rescue is a refreshing and delicious way to start your morning off right. Friends and family members alike will delight in it, too. Freeze some watermelon the night before so that you’re ready to go first thing, or cut some up and leave it in the freezer for at least 2 hours beforehand.  In Liver Rescue, I share how each of these ingredie...

In this delicious recipe, creamy cauliflower purée is served atop of hot roasted portobello mushrooms and finished off with a sprinkling of fresh chives. It’s comforting, warming, and nourishing. Pair this recipe with a fresh salad of your choice and it makes a winning dinner you can enjoy on your own or with family and friends.  Portobello mushrooms (and other mushrooms like crimini) are excel...

For so many people, pizza is the ultimate comfort food. But is it really comforting when most of he ingredients used in pizza are harmful to your health? Thankfully, there’s a way to make pizza that is not only incredibly delicious, but also truly comforting and nourishing to your body. You may find that this recipe becomes your new favorite pizza for its flavors and also how it leaves you feeling.&...

If you struggle to get enough raw leafy greens into your diet every day, this delicious pesto recipe is a great way to sneak more in. Enjoy it with vegetable crudités, served with tomato-cucumber skewers, or try it with the baked Sweet Potato Fries or Zucchini Tater Tots on the blog. This recipe is much lower in fat than traditional pesto, making it a much better choice for your liver and overall he...

Looking for a fun new way to serve potatoes to your family? These pretty potato spirals are full of flavor from the herbs, crunchy, and delicious. Paired with a creamy cashew and dill dipping sauce, this combination is hard to beat and a great way to include more healing foods and herbs in your family’s diet. Potatoes have gotten a bad rap for far too long. As victims of the war on foods mistakenly ...

This combination of fresh juicy tomatoes, cucumbers and herbs piled on top of piping hot baked eggplant makes for a heavenly meal for lunch or dinner. This recipe is very simple to make, making it perfect for busy weeknight dinners or an easy choice that will still delight your guests at a dinner party. Tomatoes contain their own variety of vitamin C that’s bioavailable to the lymphatic system and ...

This is the perfect snack to have waiting when your kids get home from school: crispy apple slices laid out alongside a gooey caramel dipping sauce. You may want to double the recipe, because this dish will disappear before you know it.  Apple’s anti-inflammatory properties make it a top pick when you’re faced with practically any illness. Encephalitis (brain inflammation), IBS (intestinal infl...

Humble potatoes are an amazing food not only for health (when served without butter, bacon, sour cream, rancid oils and the like,) but also because of the satiety they offer and the variety of ways they can be prepared and enjoyed. In this recipe, potatoes are the star of both the fries and the fat-free, dairy-free nacho cheese dipping sauce. This recipe is simple to make and oh so delicious. Pair i...

I have been a fan of wild berries since I enjoyed picking them as a child in Maine with Spirit telling me about their undiscovered healing properties and which ones I could eat safely and which to avoid. Fortunately, you do not have to live out in the country or near the woods to have access to wild berries today. It’s quite likely that your local supermarket sells frozen wild blueberries, whi...

This delicious and beautiful twist on a caprese salad may just have you envisioning yourself at an Italian trattoria on a cute cobblestone street. Instead of the traditional mozzarella, this recipes uses the wonderful avocado. As you’ll read below, avocado is an incredibly healing food that also mimics the creaminess of cheese. Dairy products put a strain on the digestive system and liver, and negat...

Eating plums on a regular basis can help bring benefits such as improved vision, healthier skin, healthy brain functioning, regulated digestive tract, reduced inflammation, resistance against colds and infections, and improved metabolism. Plums are especially good for digestive disorders such as IBS, gastritis, and constipation. The magnesium in plums works as a natural tranquilizer which can sooth ...

Popsicles are such a fun way to sneak in healing ingredients. In this recipe, the incredible herb lemon balm is the star, with the raw honey, lemon juice, and ginger also in lead roles in their own right. Lemon balm is a heal-all that can helpful countless symptoms and conditions. Anti parasitic, antiviral, and antibacterial throughout the body, lemon balm fights the Epstein-Barr virus, shingles, an...

Arugula and nectarine are a match made in heaven in this fresh, juicy salad. With just the right amount of spice from the arugula and some crunch from the pistachio nuts and romaine, it’s a salad you may find yourself making over and over again.  As I share in my bestselling book, Thyroid Healing, “arugula reduces nodules, tumors, and cysts in the thyroid (both cancerous and benign) and helps p...

If people knew all the potent healing properties of celery juice, it would be widely hailed as a miraculous superfood. Celery has an incredible ability to create sweeping improvements for all kinds of health issues. CELERY JUICE STANDS ALONE Celery is truly the savior when it comes to chronic illness.  I’ve seen thousands of people who suffer from chronic and mystery illness restore their healt...

This wonderful dip is rich in flavor, creamy, hearty and satiating. It tastes fantastic scooped onto vegetable crudités like celery, cucumber, radishes, asparagus, cauliflower, tomato slices, bell pepper, broccoli, cabbage leaves and lettuce leaves. It’s also incredibly delicious served alongside steamed potatoes, baked potato fries, or even on top of a green salad. But what’s even more impressive t...

Fibroids are growths in the uterus that can be like smooth pieces of muscle. They can be the size of an egg or even the size of a small grapefruit. Fibroids can be incredibly disruptive and difficult to deal with, even causing bleeding and extreme discomfort. In most cases, doctors recommend surgery when a woman comes in with a fibroid, and in many, surgery is presented as the only option because of...

The combination of sweet watermelon with savory herbs, garlic, and tomatoes makes this raw Watermelon Gazpacho burst with flavor. Refreshing and deeply hydrating, this gazpacho is a perfect light lunch, especially on hot days or when you’re feeling stressed out. It can even be a great breakfast because it’s best enjoyed on an empty stomach.  Watermelon is also known to significantly reduce infl...

If you are reading this, chances are that you or someone you love is one of the many people plagued by asthma. No matter what age asthma hits—whether you are facing adult-onset asthma or caring for a young person with childhood asthma—living with asthma can be a constant struggle. After all, the quality of our breathing affects our quality of life in more ways than one. The good news? You can heal f...

Cucumber noodles are an easy and delicious way to reap the many healing benefits of this special fruit. Topped with a chunky sauce of fresh, juicy tomatoes, flavorful garlic, and fragrant basil, this recipe provides a wonderfully healing and tasty meal or snack for anytime of day. You may find this simple recipe becomes a daily or weekly staple for you and your family! Cucumbers strengthen the adren...