Basic Ginger Tea

1 inch ginger, cut into chunks or slices
1 cup water
2 tsp honey

Simmer ginger in water in a small saucepan for 5 minutes. Pour into a mug. Remove ginger pieces. Add honey and stir.

This is the perfect tea for any stomach ailment especially when nauseous.

Beet drink

by Sally Fallon in Nourishing Traditions.
This is how I make it, on a smaller scale. I hope it’s ok to repost this recipe on the web.

2-3 small beets
2-3 tsp sea salt
1 tbsp whey

Chop beets into large chunks and place in a 2 cup jar with a lid. Pour salt and whey over them. Fill the jar with water but leave space at the top. Leave on the counter for 2 days then place in fridge. I drink about 1/4 cup at a time of this, it’s a great liver tonic.

Almond Milk

1/2 cup almonds (I use ones with skin on, blanched are fine too)
1 cup warm filtered water
salt
2 cups cold filtered water
1-2 tbsp honey
1/4-1/2 tsp sea salt

Soak almonds in warm salted water overnight or about 8 hours. This makes them more digestible. I do this in a glass jar. Then drain the almonds.

Mix almonds and cold water in a blender or in a drink jug with an immersion blender. Pour everything into a nut milk bag. Squeeze the liquid back into the jug.

Add 1-2 tbsp of honey and 1/4-1/2 tsp sea salt. Stir well. Enjoy! Refrigerate any unused portion and it will keep a couple days.

Pretty simple, just need to get a nut milk bag. I’m not sure how I would make this without a nut milk bag. To clean the bag, rinse it under water to get rid of the nut bits and then it can go in the dishwasher. I get tired of washing that thing by hand.

Lemonade

1 lemon
1 spoonful of honey
1 cup warm water

Squeeze all the juice of the lemon into a glass. Add honey & warm water and stir until mixed. Add ice cubes if you like a cooler drink, but this is nice warm.

Carrot and celery juice

1-2 large carrot or about 1 cup
1-2 celery stalks
pinch salt

I find straining the juice through a fine mesh strainer works well. My juicer tends to leave some pulp, which isn’t so good on a sensitive digestive system.

If the juice seems too bitter, use more carrot and less greens.

The newest addition to my diet has been almond milk. I’ve been making about 2 cups per day and it is so wonderful! For those who haven’t tried homemade almond milk, it tastes nothing like the store bought stuff (such as Blue Diamond Almond Breeze). When I first tasted my homemade almond milk I recognized the taste immediately. It’s like the milk left over after you have a bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios! So good! It tastes exactly like the flavoring of Honey Nut Cheerios, my favorite childhood cereal. Actually it was probably my favorite food of all time pre-SCD.

Almond Milk
1/2 cup almonds
2 cups water
1/8 tsp salt
1 tsp honey

Put almonds and water in a blender. Blend on high for 3-5 minutes or until most of the almonds pieces disappear. Pour the liquid into a nut milk bag in a container. Strain the liquid into the container by ‘milking’ the nut bag. It gives a good forearm workout! Mix in salt and honey, and enjoy.

I have tried adding squash to my diet but think I’m having some problems with it. I’ll leave it for now and try again later. So far I’m eating: lots of meat, broth, SCD goat yogurt, goat cheddar cheese, eggs (once a week), carrots, tomatoes, artichokes, baked apples, very ripe bananas, diluted 100% fruit juice, honey and nut milk. I also added in some desiccated liver tablets, which is basically dehydrated liver. I figure I’m dealing with such a change in diet and cooking that I really can’t be bothered learning how to make (and like) liver. I’m also not having onions or butter and only having eggs once a week, so making liver pate or other good liver recipes is out for now. So I’m planning on taking these tablets for the next little while until I stop being lazy.