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Licorice is one of the most widely consumed herbs in the world - the Egyptians considered it a cure-all and the Chinese include it in more formulas than any other single herb.  It is included in The School of Natural Healing's 100 Herb List and Dr. Christopher encouraged people to store a supply of Licorice root.

For the next few weeks we are going to learn more about this great herb.  If you have any experiences with Licorice we invite you to share them on our blog at http://articles.herballegacy.com.

We have a reader contributed recipe this week - Mazidra from Jessica Sellers - it is a delicious, healthy and easy recipe.  Try it out and let us know what you think!

3 cups water

1 cup lentils

1 onion, chopped

1 bay leaf

1/8 tsp thyme

dash of oregano

salt and pepper to taste

1.5 cups brown rice

Water to cook

Another onion, sliced

1 tbsp canola oil

1 tomato

1 avocado

Shredded lettuce

In the morning, soak lentils and rice (separately) in water.

At dinnertime, drain them each. Cook the rice (I use 2.5 cups water with 1.5 cups brown rice on stovetop).

While the rice is cooking, boil the lentils in 3 cups water with the chopped onion and seasonings, stirring occasionally. It takes about 35-45 minutes if the lentils were presoaked.

While the rice and lentils are cooking, chop tomatoes, peel and chop avocado, and shred lettuce.  Sautée the sliced onions in canola oil.

When everything is ready, make haystacks in this order: rice, lentils,

sautéed onions, tomato, avocado, and shredded lettuce. Sprinkle salt and

pepper to taste and enjoy!

Serves about 4.