Our modern diet is an acid-producing diet — including sugar, excess animal protein and processed foods — that creates a toxic cellular environment that can contribute to many diseases. This broth, filled with many healing nutrients, is a simple way to detoxify and alkalinize your body. (For those who can’t make the broth, you can substitute low-sodium, organic vegetable broth from Pacific Foods or Imagine Foods, but making your own broth from fresh, organic ingredients is preferable.)
For every 3 quarts of water, add:
- 1 large chopped onion
- 2 sliced carrots
- 1 cup of daikon or white radish root and tops, cut into large cubes (ideal, but optional)
- 1 cup of winter squash, cut into large cubes
- 1 cup of root vegetables, cut into large cubes: turnips, parsnips and rutabagas for sweetness
- 2 cups of chopped greens: kale, parsley, beet greens, collard greens, chard, dandelion, cilantro or other greens
- 2 celery stalks, cut into large cubes
- 1/2 cup of seaweed: nori, dulse, wakame, kelp or kombu
- 1/2 cup of cabbage, cut into large cubes
- 4 1/2-inch knob of ginger, sliced
- 2 cloves of whole garlic
- Sea salt to taste
- If available, you can add 1 cup of fresh or dried shiitake or maitake mushrooms
Directions
- Add all the ingredients at once and place on a low boil for approximately one hour. Simply continue to simmer to taste.
- Cool, strain out the cooked vegetables and discard them. Store resulting broth in a large, tightly sealed glass container in the fridge.
- Before consuming, heat gently. Drink at least 3 to 4 cups a day.
- Makes approximately 8 cups or 2 quarts.
This recipe originally appeared in “Reclaim Your Health With the 7-Day UltraSimple Slimdown Plan.”
