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Sample Daily Menu
| Fruit: | Orange |
| Breakfast: | Oatmeal or seven–grain cereal with stewed fruit |
| Snack: | Filberts or pistachios |
| Lunch: | Curried Chicken Breast |
| Snack: | Granola |
| Dinner: | Millet, Squash, and
Adzuki Bean Stew |
| Snack: | Apple–Raisin Compote |
Curried Chicken Breast
1 onion,
minced
2 Tablespoons safflower oil (optional)
6 chicken breasts
Sea salt to taste
1 cup chicken stock
1/2 teaspoon cumin powder
1/2 teaspoon coriander powder
1/2 teaspoon ginger powder
1/4 teaspoon asafoetida (optional)
1 Tablespoon curry powder
1 cup pineapple, diced
1 Tablespoon kudzu, diluted in 2 Tablespoons cold water
In heavy skillet, sautè onion in oil until translucent and limp. Add chicken breasts, season with salt, and sautè until golden; turn over and sautè other side until golden. Add 1/2 cup stock, cover, and simmer until chicken is cooked. Pierce with a fork or paring knife to check for doneness; approximately five minutes. Remove chicken breasts and keep warm.
Add cumin, coriander, ginger, asafoetida, and curry to the skillet. Stir and cook until fragrant, about 3–5 minutes, adding the rest of the stock a little at a time.
Purée pineapple and add sauce. Simmer a few more minutes and add dissolved kudzu to simmering liquid, stirring until thickened. Serve over chicken breasts.
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Millet, Squash, and Adzuki Bean Stew
1 cup adzuki beans
1 1/2 cups millet, dry–roasted in skillet
4 cups water
1 piece kombu seaweed
1 small butternut or acorn squash, seeded and chopped
Tamari to taste
Place beans, millet, water, and kombu in a pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 30 minutes. Arrange squash chunks on top of the millet and beans. Simmer 30 minutes longer. Season with tamari.
Apple–Raisin Compote
4 apples, cored and chopped
1 1/2 cups apple juice
1 cup raisins
1 cinnamon stick
3 cloves
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
1 Tablespoon kudzu dissolved in 2 Tablespoons cold water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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Bring apples, juice, raisins, cinnamon, cloves, and lemon rind to a boil and simmer until soft, about 15 minutes. Add dissolved kudzu to simmering liquid and stir until thickened; then add vanilla.
Photography credits: Curry spices: ©iStockphoto.com/shulz; Raisin Spices: ©iStockphoto.com/mrakos
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