Liver L Ve: Cookbook
Liver L Ve: Cookbook
Liver L Ve: Cookbook
L VE COOKBOOK
14 Maple-Roasted
Vegetables w/ Fennel,
Turmeric Tahini & Dukkah
Photographed by
Felix Manzano
Contents
26 Liver Gallbladder Elixir
27 Liver Loving Cucumber Dill
Salad
32 Roasted Jerusalem
Artichokes
36 Watermelon Soup
36 Cilantro & Parsley Pesto
Watermelon Salad
Photographed by
Felix Manzano
27 mouth-watering good-for-you recipes
that support you and your lovely liver.
Shivan Sarna
Host of the Liver & Gallbladder
Rescue Summit
Kiran Krishnan,
MicrobiomeLabs.com
Ingredients
For the Soup: For the Greens:
2T extra virgin olive oil 2T extra virgin olive oil
1 yellow onion, diced 5 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
4 garlic cloves, minced 1 fresh chili pepper, seeded &
2" piece of fresh ginger, minced thinly sliced (optional)
2" piece of fresh turmeric red pepper flakes (optional, to
(optional) taste)
2T curry powder 2t crushed coriander seeds
1t crushed corainder seeds 1t ground turmeric
2 large carrots, diced 2 bunches rapini (washed,
4c cauliflower florets & sterns dried & cut into 2" pieces)
1 can chickpeas, drained & 1 lemon, juiced
rinsed salt & pepper, to taste
1 can coconut milk water, to
cover
salt & pepper to taste Nancy Crowell, DOM, YTT
DrNancyCrowell.com
Ingredients
1 bunch dandelion greens (approximately 1 lb)
1-2 teaspoons salt
1/4 cup avocado or olive oil
1/2 cup onion, diced
1 clove garlic, minced
3-4 TBS Pine nuts (optional)
A few pinches of red pepper flakes
Fresh ground Black pepper
Directions
Add all ingredients to high-
powered blender and blend on
high until well combined. I usually
double blend just to ensure I get
the consistency I like. Pour into
your favorite glass, and enjoy!
Onions are rich in sulfur which help with the sulfur liver detox
pathway and are high in quecitin a bioflavinoid that is a strong
antioxidant, anticarcinogen, and antihistamine.
This stew is a good side to a meal and is full of fiber, to help remove
the toxins the liver dumped into the intestine out of the body
through bowel movements. Fiber also is beneficial to building a
strong gut microbiome, and more fiber is added putting the stew on
the whole grains.
This meal is oil free so safe for a gallbladder that is not yet healthy
and ready to efficiently emulsify fats.
Ingredients Directions
1 organic eggplant (medium, 1. Prepare the veggies: dice the
unpeeled, and diced) unpeeled eggplant, tomatoes,
2 organic roma tomatoes and onions into small pieces.
(small, diced) Set aside.
1 organic onion (small, diced)* 2. In a large saucepan or skillet,
1 jar organic tomato paste (7 add the tomato paste, cumin,
ounce glass jar or 8 ounce can) pink himalayan salt, cayenne
1 teaspoon organic cumin pepper, and water and stir
powder well.
1 pinch organic cayenne pepper 3. Add the veggies and bring to a
1 teaspoon pink himalayan salt boil.
1/2 cup purified or distilled 4. Reduce heat to simmer. Cover
water and cook for 20-25 minutes or
until the eggplant is tender.
5. Serve plain or over quinoa,
It’s delicious with this brown/black/red or wild rice or
onion but proceed with your favorite whole grain.
caution if you have SIBO
and it’s a trigger for you.
Listen to your body. Your Dr. Mona Morstein, ND
DrMorstein.com
microbiome loves variety!
Directions
Good burdock is hard to find unless you are in an area with some
die-hard macrobiotics or have an excellent Asian grocery store
nearby. When I lived in New York City 20 years ago there was an
amazing farm stand at the Union Street Farmer’s Market run by
people who looked like they had just woke up and crawled out of a
tree only a few hours prior to selling us city dwellers the most
amazing leafy greens and burdock root I have ever tasted.
Directions
1. Cut the tops (The florets) off of the broccoli into small even pieces
and save the bottoms of the stems to shred and make into broccoli
slaw for a nutritious treat later.
2. In a wide soup pot place onion, garlic, ginger, chili, coriander seeds
and oil and let sauté until onions are translucent.
3. Add potato (or sweet potato/rutabaga) 4 cups of broth and let
simmer covered for 10 minutes.
4. Add broccoli and cilantro and add 2 more cups of broth if a thinner
soup is desired. Let simmer covered for another 5-7 minutes until
broccoli is soft but not overcooked.
5. Let cool slightly and then blend until a smoothish consistency
6. Add salt, pepper, cayenne and lemon and serve with gomisho or
toasted sesame oil on top
Maple Roasted
Vegetables & Fennel
4 small to medium beets ½-tsp of sea salt flaked sea
(trimmed; cut off greens & salt
use in a different dish) 1 small head of fennel (thinly
1 lb of carrots (peeled & shaved; cut off the stalks and
ends trimmed) use in a different dish)
2½ Tbs avocado oil (divided ½-1 Tbs of chopped fennel
between the beets & maple fronds for garnish
mixture)
1½ Tbs of maple syrup
Directions
Note: You will likely have extra dukkah. Store in a glass jar in
the fridge for up to one month. Use it to garnish soups and
salads or mix with olive oil and enjoy as a dip.
Alia Khan-Elhady
Biocidin.com
This drink is delicious and light. It’s not a thick, sticky, complicated
smoothie! It does not require a fancy blender.
Blend thoroughly.
Ingredients
1 tablespoon matcha green
tea powder
1 cup unsweetened vanilla-
flavored almond milk, chilled
1 cup unsweetened vanilla-
flavored coconut milk,
chilled
4 dropperfuls vanilla-
flavored liquid stevia
3 drops spearmint essential
oil
Directions
1. Pour the matcha, almond
and coconut milks, stevia,
and essential oil into a
blender.
2. Blend for 30 seconds, until
frothy.
3. Pour the mixture into a 32-
ounce glass bottle.
4. Fill to the top with ice. Serve
immediately or refrigerate,
shaking before use.
Directions
Drain and chop artichokes until they resemble chopped crab meat.
Set aside. In a bowl, mix together slaw ingredients and refrigerate
until ready to serve. In a large bowl, add chopped artichoke hearts,
diced bell pepper, scallions, parsley, flax egg, almond flour, sea salt,
and baking soda and mix to combine, Let sit for at least 15 minutes
to thicken.
Form into patties and heat a skillet over medium high, add in olive
oil and cook patties for 3-5 minutes, until golden. Flip and cook for
an additional 2-3 minutes on the opposite side. Serve garnished
with a scoop of slaw and enjoy!
Milk thistle has the ability to tonify your liver, and aid in its
regeneration, by strengthening the liver cell walls so that toxins
cannot enter as easily. Milk thistle also helps to prevent depletion of
glutathione, a potent antioxidant, which combats liver inflammation
and reduces elevated liver enzymes.
While milk thistle can be taken as an herbal remedy, in tincture or
pill form, my favorite way to take it is to grind up the seeds and
sprinkle on food. Thus, the birth of Liver Lover's Gomashio.
Ritamarie Loscalzo
DrRitaMarie.com
Directions
Using a mortar and pestle, a suribachi, or a small electric coffee
grinder, grind milk thistle and broccoli seeds.
Add extra salt to taste, but only if you aren't on a salt-restricted diet.
(Note: In the macrobiotic diet, gomashio is typically made with a
ratio of 18 parts sesame seeds to 1 part salt. In shorthand, that's a
ratio of 18:1 of sesame seeds to salt by volume.)
Serve this topping over a bed of dandelion greens, known for their
liver cleansing effects, grated burdock root, and your choice of
mixed greens. I drizzle flax oil and a hint of lemon juice, or apple
cider vinegar, over the veggies, sprinkle on the Liver Lover's
Gomashio, and enjoy.
Ingredients
4 cups filtered water
2 tbsp dandelion root loose tea, roasted
½ cup homemade nut milk (almond, coconut milk)
2 tsp raw honey
Optional: turmeric and/or ginger
Directions
Place dandelion root loose tea on a baking sheet and roast in the
oven at 200 degrees for 25 minutes. It will be light brown and smell
nice when it’s ready.
Make homemade nut milk or use fresh coconut milk while the
dandelion root tea is in the oven
Boil the dandelion root tea in a medium pan with filtered or spring
water for 25 minutes.
Pour through a fine mesh strainer. Mix the liquid with the nut milk
into the medium pan. Add honey and heat on low, stirring.
You can add sea salt, turmeric or ginger
Mix in a blender to create that latte foam on top.
Renee Jayne
ReneeJayne.com
Directions
Option 1: Add Schisandra berries and 4
cups of water to a pressure cooker. Set
to "manual" and "high pressure" for 7
minutes. Allow the pressure cooker to
release pressure on it's own.
Option 2: Add Schisandra berries and 6
cups of water to a stockpot and bring up
to a boil. Drop the heat and simmer
covered for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
Strain the mixture and refrigerate until
ready to consume. This syrup can be
consumed as-is or added to beverages
(below).
Elixir
8 ounces of structured water (Spring
Acqua or Wellness Enterprise)
1 tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
¼ inch of fresh ginger
Fresh squeezed lemon
(Optional) add 1 tsp of green powder
(Anima Mundi Liver Detox)
This mouthwatering vegan, Asian fusion uses beets as the star of the
recipe. Perfect for chilly nights, this recipe is sure to tickle the taste
buds of you and your family. Unlock the deep rich umami flavor with
a touch of sweetness and spice in this memorable dish. You will
come back to this unique recipe, time and time again.
Beets support liver health. Beets are naturally high in betalains and
other compounds that have been shown to reduce inflammation,
protect against oxidative stress, and reduce the risk of liver damage.
And of course, they are RED!
Ingredients
Stir Fry Sauce
2 tbsps of olive oil 2 tbsp soy sauce (make sure
3 beets it’s gluten-free!)
½ cup chopped beet stems 1 tbsp rice wine
½ cup beet greens 1 tsp sesame oil
½ cup red onion ½ tsp red pepper flakes
½ cup broccoli heads 1 tsp garlic powder
1 tbsp minced garlic 1 tbsp Shaoxing cooking wine
1/2 tbsp minced ginger
Ingredients
2 tbsps of olive oil ½ cup red onion
3 beets ½ cup broccoli heads
½ cup chopped beet stems 1 tbsp minced garlic
½ cup beet greens 1/2 tbsp minced ginger
Notes
Almond butter can be substituted with peanut butter, or any low
fodmap friendly nut butter. The oats can be substituted with quinoa
flakes as well. We recommend using certified gluten free oats, and
local clover honey.
Ingredients
1 lb Jerusalem artichokes, skin on, chopped into 1 inch pieces
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/4 teaspoon salt, or to taste
ground black pepper, to taste
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon fresh parsley leaves, finely minced
Directions
Preheat oven to 400F. olive oil, salt, pepper, and garlic
Spray or brush a baking pan with powder. Toss to coat all the pieces.
olive oil. Place the artichokes on a large baking
Brush the Jerusalem artichokes sheet, making sure not to crowd them.
with a vegetable brush under water Roast for 17-20 minutes, or until they
to clean them, leaving the skin on. are fork-tender. Garnish with fresh
Chop them into even, 1-inch pieces. parsley and enjoy!
In a large bowl, combine the
chopped Jerusalem artichokes, Dr. Tia Trivisonno
TransformationalHealing.me
Jerusalem artichokes are a prebiotic food and research shows they are
beneficial as a preventive for the development of liver disease and
diabetes.
Option 1
Baby Spinach Leaves
Broccoli Sprouts or broccoli
Celery
Kale Leaves
Mint Leaves
Parsley Leaves
Basil Leaves
Sage Leaves
Oregano Leaves
Ginger or ginger powder
Lime
Apple Cider Vinegar
Celtic Sea Salt or Himalayan Pink Salt
Turmeric (optional)
Cayenne pepper powder( optional)
Directions
Saute hijiki in oil 20-30 minutes or cook
in water. Allow to cool. Mix all
ingredients together and serve on
chopped greens
Healing Properties
Hijiki detoxifies the body, acts as a mild
diuretic, and benefits the thyroid. It is
an excellent source of calcium, iron,
iodine, B vitamins, helps normalize
blood sugar levels, builds bones and
teeth, soothes nerves, and supports
hormone function.
Watermelon
Lemon/Lime Smoothie
Watermelon - 3 cups chilled in refrigerator
Juice of 1-2 fresh lemons or limes
Pinch Himalayan salt
1/8 of a cayenne pepper
Avocado oil or olive oil or coconut oil - 1/2
tsp
1 handful of Ice cubes
Place in blender & serve
Watermelon Soup
4 cups seeded chopped watermelon
2 tbsp. fresh squeezed lemon or lime juice
1 tbsp. fresh chopped mint
1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp olive oil/avocado oil/coconut oil
Blend & refrigerate for 2 hours before
serving!