Chicken Soup With Asparagus & Fennel Seed |
| 2 tbsp | |
| 2 tbsp | |
| 1/4 c | |
| 1/4 c | |
| 3 whole | |
| 3 lbs | |
| 1 c | |
| 1/2 c | |
| 2 pinch |
1. Prepare chicken by removing skin and gizzards if necessary.
2. Add to a large pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil and reduce to simmer with the lid slightly ajar for 60 minutes.
3. While the chicken is cooking, saute finely chopped onion, celery, white potato, fennel bulb and fennel seeds in ghee for 15 minutes.
4. After 60 minutes, remove the chicken and take the meat off the bone. At this point, blend the chicken stock and vegetables to make a smooth base.
5. Add chicken meat and asparagus stalks. Gently bring to a low boil for 15 minutes before serving.
6. Garnish with a pinch of black pepper on top.
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Active Ingredients: Fennel Seeds, Ghee, Celery Stalk, Yellow Onion, Black Pepper
Active Ingredients: Fennel Seeds, Asparagus, Celery Stalk, Black Pepper
Active Ingredients: Fennel Seeds, Potato, Ghee, Asparagus, Fennel Stalk
Active Ingredients: Fennel Seeds, Potato, Celery Stalk, Asparagus, Fennel Stalk
Active Ingredients: Chicken, Potato, Asparagus, Ghee, Yellow Onion, Fennel Stalk
Each dosha reflects a distinct metabolic nature and describes strengths & weaknesses in bodily function, and how these affect energy levels, digestion, susceptibility to disease, and many other tendencies.
Your metabolic nature not only affects your physical characteristics, but also influences your mental thought patterns, confidence, and enthusiasm.
Ayurveda balances these metabolic strengths & weaknesses to support your body's vitality and prevent recurrent disease cycles. This support is a critical aid, especially in chronic or incurable disease conditions.
The 3 metabolic body types (doshas), are Catabolic (Vata), Metabolic (Pitta), and Anabolic (Kapha).
Through dosha, Ayurveda empowers people to identify metabolic imbalances early, break repetitive patterns of disease, and cultivate habits that support long-term vitality and well-being.
Ultimately, these metabolic patterns also provide a framework for understanding yourself, including body, mind, and spiritual tendencies.
Active Ingredients: Fennel Seeds, Celery Stalk, Fennel Stalk
MILD CRUNCHY Makes an audible noise when you eat them. Can provide fun texture variation.
Active Ingredients: Celery Stalk, Asparagus
MILD DOWNWARD Downward-moving (Adho Gati Marga) substances move food downward in the GI tract, settle the nervous system, and relax muscles.
Active Ingredients: Asparagus
STRONG BLOOD-PLASMA-LYMPH Plasma (Rasa Dhatu) includes plasma, white blood cells, and lymph.
Active Ingredients: Potato, Ghee
Active Ingredients: Chicken, Ghee
STRONG CARMINATIVE Stimulates the release of gas. Helpful for bloating or cramping abdominal pain. Propels food downward. Carminatives typically expel gas by relaxing the muscles of the intestines.
Active Ingredients: Fennel Seeds, Celery Stalk
STRONG DIGESTIVE Herbs that encourage healthy digestion.
Active Ingredients: Fennel Seeds, Black Pepper, Celery Stalk, Fennel Stalk
Active Ingredients: Potato, Yellow Onion
MILD NERVE-RELAXANT-GROUNDING Encourages feelings of stability and heaviness. Makes you feel settled, mentally relaxed. Mildly sedates the nervous system to ease stress. Can bring a spacey or anxious person back to earth. Reduces agitation, irritation, stress and racing thoughts.
Active Ingredients: Potato
STRONG STIMULATES-ENERGY This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.
Active Ingredients: Fennel Seeds, Fennel Stalk
STRONG SATISFIES-STOMACH Provides a sense of gratification and fullness in the stomach.
Active Ingredients: Chicken, Potato
STRONG NUTRITIVE An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.
Active Ingredients: Chicken, Potato, Ghee
MILD DIAPHORETIC An herb that induces sweating, often by dilating blood vessels close to the skin.
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Celery Stalk
STRONG DECONGESTANT An herb that reduces mucus production often by restricting blood flow to mucus membranes.
Active Ingredients: Fennel Seeds, Black Pepper
STRONG CARDIAC-STIMULANT Herbs that increase the heart rate. Useful in cardiovascular health, blood stagnation, and subjective feeling of heaviness in the chest area.
Active Ingredients: Fennel Seeds, Black Pepper
STRONG DIURETIC Herbs that promote urine formation, thereby flushing the kidneys and urinary tract while eliminating any excess water retention. As diuretics reduce water retention, they are often used to reduce blood pressure.
Active Ingredients: Fennel Seeds, Celery Stalk, Asparagus, Fennel Stalk
STRONG ANTISPASMODIC Herbs that reduce or inhibit muscle spasms or cramping, such as in asthma, menstruation, heart palpitations, migraine, or IBS.
Active Ingredients: Fennel Seeds, Black Pepper
STRONG NITRIC-OXIDE Improves circulation by dilating blood vessels. Protects blood vessels from damage. Improves athletic performance, libido, immunity, and brain health.
Active Ingredients: Fennel Seeds, Chicken, Celery Stalk, Fennel Stalk
STRONG COUMARIN Moderately toxic, vascular tonic, hypotensive, and anti-inflammatory.
Active Ingredients: Fennel Seeds, Celery Stalk
STRONG PHOSPHOROUS Active Ingredients: Chicken, Potato
Active Ingredients: Chicken
MILD CARBOHYDRATE Active Ingredients: Potato
MILD VITAMIN-C Active Ingredients: Potato, Asparagus, Fennel Stalk
MILD SOLUBLE-FIBER Active Ingredients: Potato, Fennel Stalk
MILD SAPONINS Can be used to make soap. Saponins stimulate mucus membrane secretion, liquefying mucus for easy removal (expectorant).
Active Ingredients: Asparagus, Yellow Onion
MILD FOLATE Active Ingredients: Asparagus, Celery Stalk
MILD VITAMIN-K Active Ingredients: Asparagus, Celery Stalk
John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, teaches people personalized diet, lifestyle and herbs through Classical Metabolic Theory (Ayurveda & Greek Medicine). His approach is clinical, yet exudes an ease which many find enjoyable and insightful. John also directs the Joyful Belly College, offering professional clinical training for over 15 years.
John's hobbies & specialties include advanced digestive disorders, virtue psychology through classical & Christian philosophy, languages, cooking & botany. He holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Harvard University. John, his wife Natalie, and their 8 kids live in Asheville, NC.
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