by Dr. Melissa Carr | Dec 17, 2015 | Food, Healthy Habits, Recipe
This isn’t a picture of my old rice cooker, but it did look similar. This one looks fancier though, as it has a “keep” warm function. Mine had just the one switch. “On” Is it weird that I love my automatic rice cooker? When I started...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Dec 2, 2015 | Chinese herbs, Food, herbal tea, Recipe
Did you know that a simple turmeric tea can help you stave off a number of diseases and treat a large number of symptoms and diseases? Turmeric has long been recognized for its powerful medicinal benefits by Traditional Chinese Medicine and Aryuvedic medicine, but...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Nov 16, 2015 | Food, Healthy Habits, Recipe
I underestimated the filling vegetarian meal power of this recipe! I figured I was making more than I’d need, but I couldn’t even finish half of my one yam serving. Perhaps because I chose the largest yams I could find! Next time I make it–and there...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Nov 9, 2015 | Food, Recipe
My New Fave Vegetarian Soup for Fall and Winter You might recall that my husband and I started our monthly goals this spring with #meatlessmay. Well, it was so successful for us that we continued on with #journalingjune, #jokeadayjuly, #artsyaugust,...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Oct 7, 2015 | Food, Recipe
Looking for Healthy Dinner Recipes? When travelling in Turkey, I picked up some saffron. I didn’t know what I’d do with it, as I’m really not much of a cook, but it seemed a good gift for a chef friend–I’d split the small container with...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Jul 2, 2015 | Recipe
Ice cream is evil. Well, of course it isn’t actually evil. But ice cream holds several traits that can impair digestion and health, even in fairly small quantities for some. One of the main problems for many, is the fact that it contains dairy. For those with...
