Herbal Legacy Newsletter September 5, 2007
Published: Wed, 09/05/07
Sponsored by The School of Natural Healing & Christopher Publications
Dear ,
Today's article and recipe are both from Master Herbalist Fawn Christopher.
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by Fawn Christopher
Wow! Summer has flown by!!
Our son, Jesse, was in Italy and France with the BYU International Folk Dance Ensemble for 5 weeks. He had a fantastic trip!
However while there the group passed around coughs etc. He had Echinacea with him so he was able to get over this little episode within just a couple of days. The rest took about 5-6 days. They were able to spend the last 2 days in Paris just sight seeing and of course eating all of the wonderful French food!
By the time they all got on the plane to come home everyone was coughing hard and not looking too great. The directors sent e-mails to the rest of the group informing them that they had been diagnosed with walking pneumonia. We had already started working on Jesse. It didn't matter what anyone called it, we knew what to do.
First he began to only eat fruit to start to cleanse. Lots of water, too. We applied X-ceptic to his back and chest followed by Sensei. Also, a very small dab of Sensei on the back on his teeth was helpful at night to keep him from coughing so he could sleep. Of course we did an onion poultice on his chest as well. This really made a difference for him. Red raspberry leaf tea and Echinacea were administered freely and often. It has been 1 week since he got home and his cough is MUCH less and he looks so much better! The rest of the group is still trying to get over it.
Contributed by Fawn Christopher
18 servings
Pecan-crumb topping
*1/3 C. sucanut
*¼ C. flour
*¼ tsp. cinnamon
*2 Tbsp. cold butter (canola butter)
*¾ C. chopped pecans
Banana Cake
*1 ½ C. mashed fully ripe bananas ( about 4 medium)
*1 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice
*2 tsp vanilla extract
*2 C. flour
*1 tsp. baking powder
*½ tsp. baking soda
*¼ tsp. cinnamon
*½ tsp. salt
*½ c. butter
*¾ C.sucanut
*½ C honey
*2 large eggs
1. Prepare Pecan-Crumb Topping: in med. Bowl, combine sucanut, flour, and cinnamon. With pastry blender cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in pecans. Set aside.
2. Preheat oven to 350. Lightly grease 13"x9" baking pan.
3. Prepare banana cake: In a small bowl mix bananas, lemon juice and vanilla. In another bowl mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
4. In large bowl, with mixer on Medium speed, beat butter, sucanut and honey until light and creamy, about 5 minutes, scrapping bowl often. Add eggs one at a time beating well after each. On low speed, alternately add flour and banana mixtures, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Beat until smooth.
5. Spoon batter into prepared pan and spread evenly. Sprinkle with crumb topping. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on wire rack.
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