Table of Contents
Preface: Three Paths to the Healing Power of Food ix
Introduction: Delicious Recipes, Healthy Life 1
Add East and West, Stir Vigorously 1
Balance-The Missing Ingredient 3
Deep Roots, Flowering Branches 3
Chinese Medicine in a Nutshell 5
How to Use This Book 15
One Hundred Healthful Asian Ingredients 19
Recipes
Sumptuous Soups 63
Vitality Fish Soup 64
Buddhist Tofu Soup 66
Basic Miso Soup 67
Pleasing Pumpkin-Miso Soup 68
Gingery Pumpkin Soup 69
Curry Favor Pumpkin Soup 70
Decongesting Daikon Soup 71
Classic Korean Seaweed Soup 72
Mushroom Medley-Miso Soup 74
Watercress-Miso Soup 75
Easy Eggplant Soup 76
Savory Squash and Azuki Bean Soup 78
What-to-Do-for-a-Hangover Soup 79
Japanese New Year's Soup 80
Augmenting Asparagus Soup 82
Steadying Spinach Egg Drop Soup 83
Simple Winter Melon Soup 84
Renewing Rib and Winter Melon Soup 86
Classic Chinese Ginseng-Chicken Soup 88
Healthful Herbal Chicken Soup 90
State-of-Return Chicken Soup 92
Change-of-Pace Chicken, Mushroom, and Lotus Seed Soup 93
Lotus Root-Chicken Soup 94
Flu Season Soup 96
Savory Side Dishes, or Vegetarians' Delight 99
Potent Pan-Fried Pumpkin 100
Terrific Tofu and Mushrooms 102
Cool-as-a-Cucumber Salad 103
Open Sesame Eggplant 104
Special Spicy Spinach 105
Cleansing Seaweed Scrambled Eggs 106
Simple Seaweed Salad 108
Three-Color Noodle-Seaweed Salad 109
Fresh Lotus Root Salad 110
Sesame-Lotus Root Stir-Fry 111
Down-to-Earth Burdock Root and Carrot Stir-Fry 112
Umeboshi-Sesame Asparagus 114
Black Sesame Asparagus 115
Korean-Style Bean Sprouts 116
Soybean Sprout and Wood Ear Salad 117
Japanese-Style Greens 118
Seaweed-Sweet Potato Simmer 119
Ginger-Snow Pea Rice 120
Chrysanthemum Broccoli 121
Bok Choy with Wood Ear and Shiitakes 122
Sesame Cellophane Noodles with Mushrooms and Bok Choy 124
Mushroom Brown Rice 126
Triple Mushroom M?lange 128
Move-the-Qi Daikon Salad 129
Korean Five-Grain Rice 130
Black and White Wood Ear Tofu 132
Spicy Cucumber and Wood Ear Salad 133
Miso-Tahini Green Beans 134
Garlic Green Beans 135
Balancing Bitter Melon Eggs 136
Pan-Fried Bitter Melon and Potatoes 138
Leek and Wakame with Miso Sauce 139
Marvelous Main Dishes 141
Soothing Shrimp with Asparagus and Goji Berries 142
Wasabi Fish Cooked in Sake 143
Spring Seafood Stew 144
Silver-Wrapped Fish with Tangerine Peel 146
Salmon with Wood Ear and Cellophane Noodles 148
Five-Color Stir-Fry with Scallops and Ginkgo 150
Fish Dish for Vigor 152
Silver-Wrapped Chicken with Galangal and Ginger 153
Life-Force Chicken and Mushrooms in Wine 154
Perilla-Roasted Drumsticks 155
Five-Spice Powder Chicken 156
Ginkgo Chicken in Foil 158
Classic Korean Ginseng-Stuffed Poultry 160
Silver-Wrapped Lamb with Sichuan Peppercorn and Star Anise 162
Champion Chicken with Goji Berries 163
Five-Spice Lamb Skewers 164
Warming Fennel Lamb 165
Strengthening Stew 166
Ten-Treasure Dumplings 168
Vegetable Variety Pot Stickers 170
Kung Pao Creation 172
A Flurry of Curry 174
Magnificent Mizutaki 176
Mouthwatering Meal in a Minute 178
Sesame-Mushroom Soba Noodles 180
Soba Noodles with Miso-Sesame Sauce 182
Five-Element Stir-Fry 183
Longevity Mushrooms with He Shou Wu 184
Here, There, Anywhere-Breakfast, Snacks, Dessert 187
Breathe-Easy Fritillaria Pear 188
Ginger-Honey Pear 190
Take-a-Deep-Breath Baked Lime Apple 191
Outstanding Oatmeal 192
Go-To Ginger and Jujube Porridge 194
Blackberry Boost Cereal 196
Cinnamon-Chestnut Congee 197
Pining for Pine Nut Porridge 198
Smooth Black Sesame Cereal 199
Sweet Black Rice Pudding 200
Always-on-Call Ochazuke 201
Healing Lily Bulb Congee 202
Yin-Yang Cuscuta Seed Congee 204
Power-of-Ten Porridge 206
Grounding Ginger and Green Onion Congee 208
Sustaining Pumpkin Congee 209
Enhance-the-Qi Mountain Yam Congee 210
Restoration Porridge 212
Mild Mung Bean-Kudzu Congee 213
Sweet Fruit and Nut Rice 214
Sticky Sesame and Walnut Balls 215
Poria-Black Sesame Biscuits 216
Sweet Decorated Rice Balls 218
Simple Peach Kanten 220
Sweet Red Bean Soup 222
Rejuvenating Wood Ear and Red Date Dessert Soup 224
Five-Fruit Dessert Potage 226
Chestnut-Lotus Dessert Soup 227
Loquat Herbal Soup 228
Celestial Papaya Dessert 229
Comfort in a Cup 231
Got-to-Have-It Green Tea 232
Soothing Ginger-Honey Drink 234
Expanding-Horizons Chrysanthemum and Goji Berry Tea 235
Mulberry-Chrysanthemum Tea 236
Legendary Ginseng Tea 237
Harmonizing Ginger-Perilla Green Tea 238
Scintillating Cinnamon Tea 239
Ginger Black Tea 240
Five-Flavor Berry Tea 241
Pulse-of-Life Tea 242
Meditative Mint, Ginger, and Tangerine Tisane 243
Boost-the-Qi Tea 244
Roasted Cassia Seed Tea 245
Restful Honeysuckle and Mint Green Tea 246
Lullaby Longan Tea 247
Kudzu Tea 247
Calm-the-Spirit Tea 248
No-More-Cough Mulberry Leaf Tea 249
Soothing Sipping Broth 250
Heart-Healthy Tea 251
Classic Cold Cure 252
Cornsilk Tea 253
Lightening Lotus Leaf Tea 254
Conquer-Your-Cough Pear Juice 255
Walnut-Almond Milk 256
Almond Soy Milk 257
Memory Drink 258
Lotus Root Drink 259
Pleasant Persimmon Punch 260
Cheerful Cherry-Berry Beverage 261
Mixed and Sundry: Stocks, Sauces, and Toppings 263
Quick Kombu Dashi Stock 264
Dashi of the Sea 265
I-Can't-Believe-It's-This-Easy Mushroom Stock 266
Classic Korean Fish Stock 267
Vegetable Stock with Kombu and Ginger 268
Shiitake-Astragalus Vegetable Stock 269
Immunity-Boosting Chicken Stock 270
Chicken Stock with Ginger and Wine 271
Bone-Building Stock 272
Some-Like-It-Hot Chili Oil 273
Five-Spice Powder 274
Delicious Dumpling Dipping Sauce 275
Japanese Noodle Dipping Sauce 275
Do-It-Yourself Dumpling Wrappers 276
Creamy Umeboshi Dressing 278
Umeboshi-Sesame Dressing 279
Miso-Tahini Dressing 280
Get-Up-and-Go Garlic Sauce 281
Togarashi Topping 282
Sesame Shake 283
Korean Cabbage Kimchi 284
Appendixes 287
Glossary of Common Traditional Chinese Medicine Terms 289
Recipes for Common Health Concerns 295
Conversion Chart 311
Suggested Substitutions 313
Resources 315
Brick-and-Mortar Asian Food and Herb Shops 315
Online Herb and Asian Food Suppliers 316
Plant and Seed Suppliers 316
Recommended Reading 317
Bibliography 317
Useful Web Sites 319
Acknowledgments 321
Index 323
