Summer Recipe

Summer is here!! The season of fire, the season of passion, the season of taking action!

Remember we talked about the organs and the seasons before? Summer is the expansive time of the Heart, It is the time of our body to be fully awake. It is the time to connect ourselves with everything else in the universe.

I would like to share with you a recipe and  tips of what kind of food, according to chinese medicine is perfect to keep our body in balance.

During this super hot season the best thing of course it to keep your body cool by eating/drinking for example:

• Watermelon
• Cucumber
• Strawberries
• Lemon
• Water
• Red Apple
• Mint
• Asparagus
• Spinach
• Tomato
• Chrysanthemum
• Green Tea

If you notice, many of these fruits are red. Chinese medicine also says that this kind of food will improve our blood presure and circulation.. that if you notice again it is talking about our red blood :)
Isn´t it interesting how colors influence our body. We are colorful beings :)

It is important to eat food that cool you down, but you should avoid frozen food or liquids, such as ice cream,  avoid very hot and oily food, because all this can cause dampness in your body.

Cucumber Gazpacho

(4 portions)

1 cucumber

1 small onion

1 avocado

1 small apple

1 lemon

4 mint leaves

600ml water

Chop everything and blend.

You can decorate it with basil leaves and soya yogurt or soya cream :) or with slices of cucumber.

* I talked about the red color of the summer, so instead of doing a green gazpacho, you can make one with tomatoes :)