Earth Nourishing Cabbage Soup // I went over this in stories last night if you want to check it out while it’s still up. Ive been thinking a lot lately about food that nourishes the spirit, grounds us, & soothes the nervous system. These are Earth phase foods. And this happens to be Vata season and Metal season - Earth foods support these phases, as well as support us in turmoil, stress, or times of great fluctuation and change. These are our current times. To make this soup | ½ head green cabbage + 2 carrots + 1 small potato + 1 head fennel + 1-2 tsp anise seed + 2 tbsp ghee. Chop everything and sauté in ghee with anise until the veggies start to reduce in size and become tender. Add 5 C water and simmer for about 20 min. Add in 1-2 tsp light/ mellow miso and stir well. Remove half of the soup and blend/liquefy until smooth and return to pot. Stir together, add salt if needed, and serve. | This soup is naturally sweet and very aniseedy in flavor. The cabbage is cooling for stress and gut inflammation and the anise + fennel add warmth & movement to avoid stagnation. This is a quintessentially Earth phase soup to balance Vata and nourish Metal this fall. It’s great for promoting healthy digestive function & centering yourself. Must like anise flavor to enjoy. Take care of yourself and each other. 💗
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#medicinekitchen #metalseason #chinesemedicine #fiveelements #mindfulness #healingfoods #therapeuticfoods #intuitiveeating #earthelement #stressfood #soups #vegetariancooking #eatingwelleats #anise #qifood #holisticnutrition (at Austin, Texas)
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Change the model. If something’s not working for you - change things up. Look at it from a different angle - get another perspective. Don’t be afraid to use your own experience and knowledge in a new way, don’t be afraid to take big steps or go in a new direction that is true to your heart ⚪️ I’m working on something special these next few weeks and getting so so excited to share more with you guys on how to integrate 5 Elements and all the wisdom TCM and East Asian Medicine have for seasonal, balanced living. 💛.
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#medicinekitchen #nutritiontherapy #chinesemedicine #eastasianmedicine #fiveelements #5elements #seasonalliving #mindbodyspirit #foodtherapy #healingfoods #earthelement #ayurveda #yinyang #healingarts (at Austin, Texas)
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Last week I had a group of 10 people (+ myself) experience a week with zero social media that focused on nourishing your body, mind, & spirit through healing foods, mindfulness, daily meditations, and creative cultivation. It was the first time I’ve ever done an ‘online’ program and I have to say it was so heart-warming & energizing to experience - both as a participant and as a leader for me. I’ll be posting some testimonials for the 5 Days Away program up in IG stories today - if you’re interested in joining us in the next group starting on July 9th please take a look and see what the feedback has been! 🙌💗. Registration is open on my website for another couple weeks. This is a little snippet of one of the recipes we made last week to stoke our digestive fire. :)
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#medicinekitchen #plantmedicine #healingfoods #therapeuticfoods #fiveelements #fiveflavors #fivephases #earthelement #digestivehealth #socialmediacleanse #digitaldetox #mentaldigestion #5daysaway #mindfuleating #mindbodyspirit (at Austin, Texas)
My fave kind of salad - cooked + raw; some sweet, some sour, some spicy, some bitter and pungent. Why are meals like this so satisfying? It’s the whole circle of 5 elements in a bowl. 🏵 Happy weekend!
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#holisticnutrition #eatwelllivewell #eattherainbow #medicinekitchen #superfoods #plantbasedmeals #plantmedicine #chinesemedicine #foodtherapy #instasalad #earthelement #fiveelements #fivephases #intuitiveeating #mindfuleating
You guys this is pretty amazing. I’ve been working on this for awhile now & have been lucky enough to have the help and participation of some truly wonderful beings in developing a new offering for you centered around daily nourishment, creativity & mindfulness. Starting on June 4th (only a month away!) I will lead my first group in 5 Days Away - a restorative break from social media for the body, mind & spirit. It’s more than a digital detox, it’s a holistic experience that fosters care of the self through healing foods, meditations that clear and ground the mind, creative & mindfulness practices that help break habits and offer inspiration from your own unique life. It’s about tuning out to tune IN. I would love to share this with you. If you are in need of taking a guided break from all the chatter and content we consume each day & getting a week that is all about cultivating health for you and tuning in to your physical and spiritual needs - please DM me here or email me at info@sarahsenterlac.com for more information. I have 10 spots open for June. Still working hard on this project to make it the best it can be & feeling so grateful & excited by how it’s coming together! More sneak peeks & tidbits to come. 💗.
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#medicinekitchen #5daysaway #yi #earthelement #fivephases #fiveelements #mindfulness #meditations #breakinghabits #creativeflow #digitaldetox #socialmediacleanse #sacredspace #mindbodyspirit #chinesemedicine #holistichealth #tuneouttotunein #selfcare
Earth day kind of feels like a spiritual day for me. What does it mean to you? 👫🤝🌎.
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#earthday #easternmedicine #microcosm #mindbodyspirit #foodasmedicine #healingarts #mindfulness #earthelement #feedyoursoul #plantmedicine #howtoeat
This is fascinating - I encourage you to read on // A beautiful part of Chinese medicine is that there is an aspect of our spirit connected to each organ system in our bodies - it fully integrates mind, body & spirit on a founding level. 🧡. The Yi is the part of our spirit-mind that is intellect/ thought / analysis / mental processing and mental “digestion”, if you will. The Yi is actually tied to our digestive organs- the spleen and stomach of the Earth element which is about rooting ourselves and feeding ourselves. Which makes sense when you think about digestion - we can digest food but we also digest information and content. Do you ever feel like your appetite gets affected by stress? Nervous stomach? IBS that is worse with stress or over-working? This is incredibly common. Sometimes we over-eat or over-think (the latter actually seems more common these days). Most people don’t realize that these two things can damage the same system in our bodies! Our bodies do not like to work on mental & physical digestion at the same time. Gut and digestive issues are widely popular and we are consuming more information than ever before. This is a huge health challenge of our time. 🧡. 2018 is an Earth year and one of my missions this year is to create something beautiful for you all to help swing this pendulum of thought —— worry —— (in)digestion back to health.🧡.
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#digestion #mindfulness #mindbodyspirit #earthelement #fiveelements #chinesemedicine #yi #constantcontent #overconsumption #indigestion #foodtherapy #healingfoods #intentionalliving #healingarts #holistichealth #shen #jing #fivephases #healingaxis #transformations #rootedinspirit
Spring Break dinner turned lunch today with this easy, warm quinoa- roasted veg- herb salad with a tart + sweet beet root yogurt apple cider dressing. So good as leftovers! I can feel spring in the kitchen. 🌱🌷.
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Naturally sweet root vegetables, nuts, & whole grains are grounding to our Earth phase and nervous system. Needing these meals to get me through the week of so much Yang energy with the boys!
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Of course we had to do this today 🎃. Did you know that pumpkin and squash seeds have valuable health benefits? For starters they are vermifuge! This means they will help expel worms and parasites from the gut. They have a specific influence on the colon and digestive organs being an EARTH element food, and because of this can also be used to calm motion sickness or nausea. I love October for reminding me to get my fix. If you want fun toasting ideas - recipe queen @heidijswanson has some up recently that look reallll tasty. ❤️
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I’ve been in awe of 5 Element food therapy & Chinese medicine food dietetics for over 10 years. 5 Elements (often called 5 Phases) are EARTH / METAL / WATER / WOOD / FIRE. The Qi of the earth element flourishes in Indian Summer, those golden moments of fullness before the waning of the light. The earth color is yellow, like the sun, the ripened crops, and the root vegetables. Bringing in some much needed grounding energy from the Earth element by making a hash tonight with these golden veggies that will mix with a grass-fed ground beef and kale scramble. ☀️🌻🌾🥕.
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