Organic Granny

  This recipe for a fragrant mushroom-celery soup was a recipe I used when I had had oral (dental) surgery in the previous week and was adjusting to the upper dentures and nurturing my still-tender wounds from the several extractions I had undergone.   The recipe is pretty no-frills bland because I was taking recovery medications as well as a beta blocker and anticoagulant as per a previous diagnosis of atrial fibrillation and wanted not to have to deal with possible food and drug interactions.  Although the docs and a pharmacist had all cleared the possibility of any worrisome drug or food interactions, I felt conflicted.   The four meds alone (one of which had apparently been given Trump when he entered the hospital with a positive response to COVID19 testing --dexamethazone) filled me with awe and caution.  A few nights of mild acid reflux-- something I have not experienced-- seemed likely related to the combo of drugs and food.   I had no...

  This soup combination exists and tastes and smells absolutely divine. It is a brothy soup with lots of probiotic potential so is particularly comforting for those who are not well, or if you are recovering from an illness . But also yummy for the rest of the people dining with you! INGREDIENTS 1 red onion, chopped 4 small garlic cloves, chopped fine 6 cups water splash of apple cider vinegar pinch of salt 1 cup red lentils, picked over and washed 2 medium carrots, cut small 1 small tomato, chopped (or 4-6 tiny tomatoes, halved) 1 cup + of sauerkraut (I use organic sauerkraut in a glass jar-- worth the extra cost) DIRECTIONS Heat the soup pot on the burner for a few minutes on high, and add the onions and garlic, reducing heat a couple of notches and stirring the onions/garlic vigorously until the scent fills the air.  Add in lentils, carrot and tomato and cover with water.  Cook on medium-low heat until carrots are soup-soft and lentils are mushy. Add a splash of apple ...