Recipe of the week: Veggie and chickpea “risotto”
What you’ll need:
4 cloves garlic, crushed
3 small onions, diced
3 small carrots, diced
2 sticks celery, diced
1 green capsicum (aka green bell pepper)
4 small zucchini
10 small Roma tomatoes
1 1/2 cups brown rice (soaked for a couple of hours, or as long as you have)
¼ cup wild rice (soaked for a couple of hours, or as long as you have)
4 cups Hippocrates soup (can use vegetable stock)
1 cup fresh chickpeas (soaked for 8 hours or overnight)
coriander (aka cilantro)
dill
What to do:
1. In a large pot, sauté onion, garlic, celery and carrot with the coriander and dill.
2. Add the soup or stock. Then add the rice.
3. Let the rice absorb ¾ of the liquid and then add the remaining vegetables and chickpeas. Cook on low heat until veggies are cooked to your liking.
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Hi Jess,
Looks YUM! I sensed in your blog today you where having one of those ‘feeling the love’ days? I would be to if I had 52 days to go, YAWHOO! That’s awesome for you Jess, I’ll be counting with you! xx
Beautiful dish Jess. Wow, you are so close to the end of the super duper intensive stuff for yourself! Know you want to lighten your load slightly to help your mum out. You have beautiful food & beautiful spirits. You guys are gonna cross the finish line with bells and whistles (any maybe with an orange tint)!
hi jessica
can i please ask you what are your saucepans made of?
thanks heaps
leesa
Hi Leesa,
Most of them are made out of stainless steel. However we do have one Le Creuset pot, that is cast iron, that we use for most of our veggie dishes.
Great recipe.
Can you do a post on gluten? It seems like the flavor of the month in terms of maligned foods. What’s your take and what’s Gerson institutes thoughts on gluten?
Thank you
John
Hi John, Gerson doesn’t rule out gluten as we are allowed rye flour. That is unless we have a sensitivity to it. I featured a guest post by Dr Frank Lipman all about gluten a little while ago: http://www.thewellnesswarrior.com.au/2011/05/guest-post-feel-good-fast-let-go-of-gluten-by-dr-frank-lipman/
I might be a good one to re-address though!
Hi Jess,
Sorry, I guess I should have searched your past blogs first. Thank you for sharing that post.
But I just have a gut feeling that this anti gluten thing is a part of the whole anti carb Atkins movement. My guess is that although I’m sure some people are having an adverse reaction to gluten, it’s probably the combination of too much other nasty things that are going along with the gluten that is causing problems. Such as ground beef, butter, cheese, etc
How’s your mama doing Jess? Does she prefer not to be in the spotlight?
Jess, are you at the end of the two year therapy? How are you going to integrate back into society regarding, food, exercise and work? Thanks patti
Hi Patti,
I am 16 and a half months into the Therapy. I have to chat with my Gerson doctor on Friday to double check, but I am pretty sure I will be able to start weaning off of the therapy after the 18 month mark. This will just mean slowly reducing the juices and enemas over the next six months, and also introducing a few different foods. Nothing drastic though. It will still be all organic, all whole foods and all plant foods. As for work, I work from home as a writer and health counsellor so that won’t change. Exercise, I am really looking forward to incorporating more Bikram yoga! It going to be strange heading back out into the world though. I get headaches if I leave the house for too long now ha ha.
Jess x
hi jess
do you really get headaches if you leave the house for too long?
you know the water filter you guys installed in your house …. well, have you had the water tested to see how well it is actually purifying the water, as opposed to just improving smell and taste.
thanks so much
leesa
Hi Leesa,
Yes if I’m around too many people for too long I start to feel really tired. I think it’s from the isolation ha ha. No we haven’t had our water tested yet but we are about to. We were just talking about this the other day.
hi jess
sorry i have some more questions – sorry to bombard you … have you reduced your thyroid medication over the last 16 months? what type do you take … do you take the bioidentical thyroxine or do you take the pig extract? in gerson’s book, he refers to take 5 grains, etc. do you know how much one grain is equivalent to? i take the bioidentical type (i know what charlotte says about that) and one grain is equivalent to 50 mcg. so i was just wondering what 1 grain of the pig extract, or whatever you’re on is equivalent to?
also, have you reduced the number of coffee enemas you’re doing per day?
have you also reduced hte amount of lugol’s solution you’re taking? how many drops of half strength lugol’s soln do you take now?
have you had any more of hte lumps reducing on your arms?
thanks so much
leesa
Yes, I have been altering my thyroid and lugol’s iodine as directed by my Gerson doctor. At the moment I just take 1/2 thyroid tablet per day and have three drops of iodine per day.
The thyroid that we take is called Novotrial and we buy it from Ishi Medical (www.ishimedical.com)
My enemas went from five a day in the beginning down to four, then three. Now they are back up to four a day.
Yes, I have had more of my lumps reducing. Actually they look like they get worse first being swollen and scabby, but then they get better. Amazing to watch!
hi jess
thanks so much for that. sorry but i was wondering if i could get some clarification:
the 1/2 thyroid tablet .. do you know how many micrograms of thyroid that is (e.g. 25 mcg or whatever)?
also, are you taking 3 drops of the half strength lugol’s solution?
and did you get your filtered water tested to see how well the water is being purified?
i’m really happy to hear that your lumps are reducing. that’s really cool.
i’m also happy to hear that your mum is progessing well. it’s all so exciting.
thanks again and bye for now
leesa
The thyroid tablets are:
Novotiral
Levotiroxina sodica / Liotironina
100mcg / 20mcg
Yes, three drops of the 1/2 strength Lugol’s iodine.
No, we haven’t had the water tested yet. As I said in the comment above we are planning to do this, but have not as yet.
Hope this helps! Thanks so much and all the best for your treatment.
xx
Hi Jess,
thanks for creating such a wonderful concept: the wellness warrior – truly inspirational ! 
i have a question regarding the risotto recipe: how long should you soak the rice, and after soaking, just throw it in the pot with the veggies?
Thanks,
Id
Soak for as long as you have. An hour or a couple if you remember, if not then half an hour is fine. Yes, then just rinse the rice and throw it in with the veggies. x
Sick days of looking and thinking for new veggie recipe’s are over. I finally have found one today, this won’t require me having a long hours of staying in the kitchen and worst on making the children love it. They look yummy and extremely healthy for everybody. Frying veggies are the possible way to get out of your misery against the high price of meat and other delightful kind of foods. I must admit that vegetables can really help in expanding our budget.:)