This fourth week draws to close with 10 of us cooking for the lungs and large intestine (colon). The lungs can be associated with the feelings of sadness or sorrow, the colour white and a spicy flavour! We're not very used to eating white foods, and we all used our imagination to bring some great dishes to the table! I think the star of the show this week is the cauliflower, which is a wonderful food for the lungs and overall health. It also happens to taste amazing, especially when combined with just the right ingredients or cooked in a certain way. So thank you to all who took part this week, I will be trying a few of these out, starting with @lenasveganliving's scrumptious looking breaded and baked cauliflower. I don't actually have an oven so let's see how I improvise!

If this is your first time here then this collective is
focused around the Chinese 5 element theory. We can treat and improve certain organs of the body by eating certain foods. According to this theory the five elements of Fire (火) Metal (金) Wood (木) Water (水) Earth (土) represent the five major organs - The kidneys, the Liver, the Heart, the Spleen/Stomach/Pancreas and the Lungs. It is very useful to have an awareness of what foods are good for what organs, as we can focus a bit on them when we are out of balance or in bad health. If we are feeling sorrow for example, we can benefit from eating foods that resonate with the Metal Element.

The medicinal ingredients that we could have used include:

All savoury foods, pungent foods and white foods, many herbs and spices and prepared condiments. mushrooms, white rice, rice noodles, vegan milks, bamboo shoots, raw onion, garlic, chives, radish , cauliflower, turnip, tofu, lotus root, pears, bananas, kohlrabi, cinnamon, mint, tarragon, marjoram, rosemary, thyme, scallions, cloves, fennel seed and bulb, cilantro and coriander seeds, parsley, anise, dill, mustard greens, wasabi, almonds, sesame, horseradish, mustard, basil, and nutmeg are all considered metal foods.

I really hope you enjoy checking out these great recipe posts, and please be sure to let us know if you try any of them out!

Lungs / Large Intestine - Metal Element Photo Pile

Week 4: White / Lungs / Large Intestine Recipes

@lenasveganliving

CRISPY CAULIFLOWER WINGS

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@andabout

Baked White Rice, Fresh Basil Pesto, The Salad

@shielashraf

Saffron Milk

@sherylneil

1. The Fried Rice

2. Beans Salad

@porters

Healing Vegetable Stock - 3 in 1

@walkerland

Spiced Coconut Rice Pudding

@ecxiquia04

White rice, with basil and caramelized onions with cauliflower puree

@eco-alex

Cauliflower Soup with Sesame & Chilli Oil

@artemislives

Thai Tom Kha Cauliflower Mushroom

Come back tomorrow for the guidelines for next weeks final medicinal gourmet collective challenge!

You can view previous weeks recipe collections here

The Medicinal Cooking Collective Recipe Book #3: The Stomach & Spleen / Earth Element

The Medicinal Cooking Collective Recipe Book #2: The Liver / Wood Element

The Medicinal Cooking Collective: The Heart / Fire Element - Recipe Collection #1

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