Got this from Yoga Journal dated back in 1999!
Also known as: Glycyrrhiza Glabra

Benefits of Licorice:

• Aphrodisiac (taken with milk and sugar)
• Soothe bowel and kidney irritations
• Cleanse the colon
• Strengthen the liver
• Mild laxative to expel mucous from lungs
• Good to treat sore throats
• Relieves canker sores, eczema, psoriasis.
• Heals herpes (sprinkle powdered roots onto clean sores) (WTF?)
• General abdominal pain, asthma, depression, insomnia
• Menstrual difficulties, nausea, tooth decay

The Nutrients:

• Vitamin B and E
• Choline
• Biotin
• Inositol
• Glycosides
• Isoflavanoids
• Triterpenoids
• Sterols
• Amino acids

Too much of a good thing can become harmful; so use moderately. Excessive use may cause:

• increase sodium
• water retention
• elevate blood pressure
• increase cardiac dysfunction

Licorice Tea:

by decoction:-

Put 1-2 teaspoon of dried licorice into pot/saucepan. Add one cup of water for each teaspoon of licorice. Bring mixture to boil and simmer on low heat for 10-20 mins. Add honey / apple juice after simmerring.

Can't find pictures of these, anyone tried before?

Ingredients:
1/2 cup granulated sugar
6 tablespoons butter
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 teaspoon lemon zest
3 eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 tablespoon butter
3 cups sifted powder sugar
2 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350F.
Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
Beat sugar, vanilla, lemon peel, and 6 tablespoons of butter until well blended.

Add eggs one at a time.
Add flour and baking powder. Dough will be sticky.

Transfer the batter to a large pastry bag fitted with a large round tip.
Pipe batter into small rings onto cookie sheets about 2" apart.

Bake 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.

Make the glaze by melting the 1 tablespoon of butter over low heat.
Add sugar, water, lemon juice and vanilla, stir continuously.
Brush hot cookies with warm glaze.

Let cool on cookie sheet 2 minutes then transfer cookies to wire racks to cool
completely.

Weather sucks these days, and many fall ill.
Worse, Swine Flu is here! Lets down some Green Juice~!

• 1 cup kale
• 4 stalks celery
• 1 1/2 pears
• 1" piece of fresh ginger
• 1/2 lemon, zest and pith removed

Yum!

Back Entry: 22nd July 2009

I’m here updating my purchases while resisting seduction from my mom’s Eel Soup.
The aroma of fragrant ginger and pepper, combined with the eel… is just so tempting me.
One more hour till dinner time..

This soup is very very good for skin *awake* It gives us bright and supple complexion.

But the fish is full of tiny bones, so be extra careful when you eat it. Me and momma was at the market after bfast, and at 10-ish, the sellers were preparing to go home, and desperate to sell off whatever they have left. I’m so amazed with momma’s haggling skills – she got about 6 big pcs of eel for $5! WTF??! If I was the one buying, I’d innocently pay $10 for those… sheesh what a catch. Learn to haggle girls!

The old folks once said when you cook eel with ginger, you can find out if the eel is toxic. Why?
Because in the water, sometimes they mate with snakes (!!!) so they become toxic. I don’t how true is this.. but better be safe than sorry, yes? Anyway, when cooked with ginger, if the eel turns black – it is toxic, so don’t consume it. Else it is safe.

This soup is warming. Suitable for rainy days :)

Ingredients:
1 pc of eel (for one person)
Few slices of ginger
Some pepper
Spring onion.