Holistic Path

Grow your own herbs: parsley, oregano, mint, sage, rosemary, basil

• put them out in the rain, though not when windy
• allow room in pots for roots to spread
• cover holes of pot with broken bits of plates
• get compost and plant the herb 5cm deep
• press soil around so that it's secure, water immediately
  

Joey Grey's Potatoes
Ingredients:

• 2 slices of back bacon, chopped
• oil for frying
• 3 large onions, thinly sliced
• 5 large white potatoes, thinly sliced
• fat/juices from roast joint
• salt, freshly ground pepper
• 1 tsp chopped fresh rosemary

Method:

• fry bacon briefly in little oil
• add onions and cook till soft and golden
• add potatoes and fat juices, stir potatoes until coated
• cover with hot water, season with salt and pepper, add rosemary
• cover pan and simmer till potatoes are tender, 25 mins, stirring occasionally to prevent browning

Vegetable Soup with Bay

Ingredients:

• 1 large onion, chopped
• a little butter, olive oil
• turnips, carrots, potatoes or other root vegetables, chopped into bitesize
• 900ml vegetable stock (use stock cube or save the water you cook veges in)
• 2 bay leaves

Method

• fry onion in butter/oil until soft
• add vegetables and brown a little, keep moving so that don't burn
• add stock and bay leaves, bring to boil and then simmer until vegetables tender

Homemade Tomato Sauce
Ingredients:

• 450g tomatoes
• 1 onion chopped
• a little oil
• 1 flowering head of dill, chopped
• salt, freshly ground pepper

Method:

• plunge tomatoes in boiling water, leave for 1 min, plunge in cold water, will make it possible to peel of skin
• chop them and set aside
• gently fry onion till soft
• add dill, chopped tomatoes, stock, season with salt and pepper.
• pour into jar when cool, shake and chill. use as required

Maddison's Mint Chutney
Ingredients

• 900ml wine vinegar
• 450g brown sugar
• 350g seedless raisins
• 1 dried red chilli pepper
• 2 tsp dry mustard powder
• 2tsp salt
• 225 g tomatoes chopped
• 450g apples, cored and chopped
• 6 small onions, chopped
• 1 mug shopped fresh mint
• 3 peppercorns, crushed

Method:

• put vinegar in saucepan. bring almost to boil
• add brown sugar, raisins, chilli, mustard, salt, stir well till sugar dissolve
• take off heat
• add tomatoes, apples, onions, mint, peppercorns and mix together
• put in clean jars and seal, store in fridge
• chutney is ready to use after 1 month. chutney improves and matures with age.

Face Massage:
relieve stress, prevent lines appearing on face

• start at base of throat, apply lotion with both hands, stroking upwards towards edge of jaw. Use swift stroking motion. May find it easier using back of hand, performing swift rolling motion of one finger after another
• now at edge of jaw bone, just below ear, use thumb and forefinger to pinch skin, working towards centre of chin. Do 6x. Prevents double chin
• massage lotion onto face, using upward motion.
• face exercise: pinch eyebrows to release tension from straining eyes
• take bag of frozen vegetables as "ice pack" on eyes

Root mask
carrots are rich in Vit A, good for skin. Turnip good cleanser for all signs.
Ingredients: 2 carrots, peeled and chopped;
2 turnips, peeled and chopped
Method: boil carrots and turnips together, drain, mash into paste
when cool, apply to face, smooth all over, relax for 10 mins. rince off with milk, then with water

Tomato mask (good for blackheads)
peel and mash tomato and strain through sieve. Stir in some oatmeal. Use as facemask

Food for healthy skin

• Onions
• Watercress- contains iron, sulpur, cleanse inside of body. eat raw in salads
• Celery- organic sulphur, essential salts, treat rheumatism
  raw celery + cheese
• Radish - purify blood, complexion. Boil and eat as vegetable or add raw to salad
• Boiled turnip tops- cleanse blood, complexion
• Potato- scrub skin instead of peeling. Minerals and vitamins directly under skin.
  help keep skin and hair in prime condition