HEALING HERBS & HEALTHY RECIPES
Healthy recipes with plantain, nettle & thistle leaves. Recipes with mint
Plantain soup
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- 2 handfuls of plantain leaves
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- 100g. white cabbage
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- 2 regular onions
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- 2 carrots
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- 1 apple
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- 2 cloves of garlic
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- 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil
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- Herbs, salt and pepper – to taste
Chop the onion into small pieces, and brown in vegetable oil. Then add the chopped carrot and cabbage. Pour one litre of water over the mixture and heat for 15 minutes. With five minutes to go, add the finely chopped plantain leaves, salt, pepper, herbs, crushed garlic, apple and remaining vegetable oil to the mixture.
Plantain leaf salad
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- 2 handfuls of plantain leaves
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- 2 regular onions
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- 2 boiled eggs
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- 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil
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- 1 tablespoon of ground horseradish
Chop all the ingredients into small pieces and mix in the vegetable oil. Add salt as required.
Mint: useful tip
The flavour of any vegetable can be enhanced by adding finely chopped mint leaves.
Thistle salad
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- 2 handfuls of thistle leaves
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- 1 spring onion
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- 2 tablespoons of tinned beans
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- 1 regular onion
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- 1 carrot
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- 1 teaspoon of cider vinegar
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- 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil
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- 4 mint leaves
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- Herbs, salt and pepper – to taste.
Chop all the ingredients into small pieces and mix them together with the vegetable oil. Sprinkle the finely chopped mint leaves over the salad.
Nettle spread
Pass the nettle leaves though a meat grinder, then mix with the butter and ground horseradish. Use the nettle spread for sandwiches or to add flavour to po

Medical herbs (healing herbs) - informative stories on herbs & tea
with healthy recipes and useful tips
CONTENT OF OUR BOOK ON MEDICAL HERBS:
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THE POWERFUL BLADE OF GRASS
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THE GOOD DANDELION
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THE FRAGRANT MINT
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THE WILLOW HERB
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THE HEALING VALERIAN
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THE KNOTGRASS
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THE PLANTAIN
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THE SOOTHING CHAMOMILE
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ST. JOHN'S WORT – THE BLOOD OF THE SEVEN BROTHERS
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THE CUNNING NETTLE
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THE MAGIC LEAVES
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THE LILY OF THE VALLEY (HARE EARS)
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THE MAGIC BREW
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THE OLD KETTLE
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OVID'S ODE
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THE POWER OF TEA