PKD Recipes

Ingredients
1 C. soaked brown rice
8 C. water
¼ tsp Himalayan salt
1 tsp vanilla (can omit)
2 Tbsp tupelo honey (can omit)

Preparation
Soak rice to diminish phytates as well as any arsenic that may be present from the water flooding during rice growth.
In a saucepan, bring rice and 3 cups of water to a boil. Reduce to a simmer, and cook for 45 minutes, adding water if the pan dries out. When rice is soft, remove from heat and add 4 1/2 more cups of water, vanilla, salt. Stir, then let sit for an additional 45 minutes. Taste. Add tupelo honey if desired. Transfer soaking rice to a blender or food processor to blend for 3-4 minutes. Strain through a fine mesh sieve or cheese cloth into a mason jar or pitcher, and enjoy for 4-5 days. Chill before serving.

Ingredients
3 medium oranges, peeled
½ C. almond milk
½ tsp vanilla powder
1 ½ Tbsp Tupelo honey
1 C. leafy greens, loosely packed
2 C. ice cubes

Preparation
Add all ingredients to a high speed blender like the BlendTec using the WildSide+ or FourSide jar in order listed and secure the lid. Blend on Smoothie cycle or on a Medium speed for 40-50 seconds.

Ingredients
½ C raw cashews
24 oz. water
5 Medjool dates, pitted
1 tsp vanilla powder
? tsp ground cinnamon
Dash Himalayan salt
2 ½ Tbsp carob powder

Preparation
Put all ingredients in a high speed blender like a Blendtec. Use the FourSide or WildSide+ jar. Place ingredients in order listed and secure lid. Blend on Smoothie cycle or on a Medium speed for 40-50 seconds and serve.

Ingredients
1 C orange juice
½ C almond vanilla yogurt
½ tsp vanilla powder (extract)
1 C fresh or frozen berries

Preparation
All liquids first to blender then frozen solids last. Blend on high for two minutes until smooth. Serve and enjoy.

Ingredients
6 oz unsweetened almond milk
½ banana
1 Tbsp soaked almonds
2 Medjool dates, pitted
1 ¼ C frozen blackberries
Preparation
Add ingredients to Blendtec FourSide or WildSide+ jar in order listed and secure lid. Select “Smoothie” or blend on a Medium speed for 40 seconds

Ingredients
1 C almond milk
¼ avocado
½ frozen banana
½ C ice cubes

Preparation
Blend in a high speed blender. Add 2 dates if not sweet enough.

This is tart, sweet and low in calories.

Ingredients
2 C fresh berries
3 Tbsp lime juice, freshly squeezed
4 pitted chopped dates
3 C ice cubes

Preparation
Add ingredients to a high speed blender like the Blendtec. Place ingredients in a FourSide or WildSide jar in order listed and secure lid. Select Ice Cream or high speed and enjoy.

Ingredients
2 oranges
2 carrots

Preparation
When juiced in a masticating juicer, this juice comes out thick and creamy. Try the Angel® stainless steel juicer. It is very quiet with easy clean up.

Ingredients
2 apples seeded, cored and quartered
2 Tbsp tupelo honey
¼ orange peel with pith
1 ½ tsp ground cinnamon
¼ tsp ground cloves
2 C warm water
Preparation
Put all in a high speed blender (Blendtec), enjoy this hot. This makes quite a bit. Cut it in half and it serves two with a wee bit leftover for seconds.

The origin of wassail.
In the year 800, England was invaded by Danish Vikings who, for a brief period, took over all of England. Eventually they were pushed all the way back up into the northernmost portion of England, a place called The Danelaw because up there the Danes had autonomy and made their own laws and spoke Danish. The Danegeld was a tax collected from all the English citizens, and this money was paid to the Danes in exchange for them not invading England further. The Danelaw consisted of three counties: County Durham, Westmoreland, and Northumberland.

These Danish Vikings had a favorite wintertime drink consisting of mulled hot apple cider, and when they drank a cupful, they gave a salute,
“was heil! ( or to your health!).”
Over the centuries this drink became popular throughout England. Eventually the term
Ves Heil! changed to Was Hail! (to which someone replied Drink Hail!). And the drink became known as wassail.

Ingredients
¾ C water
2 C fresh pineapple chunks
½ avocado, peeled and pitted
2 C leafy greens
½ C ice cubes

Preparation
Add ingredients to high speed blender (or if you have a Blendtec use the WildSide jar) in order listed and secure lid. Select Smoothie and enjoy.

Ingredients
½ C water
1 orange
2 C fresh pineapple chunks
1 carrot cut in half
½ beet cut into pieces
½ C ice cubes

Preparation
Carefully use a paring knife to peel a few pieces of zest from the orange. Peel and halve the orange. Add the ingredients in order listed, including the zest, to high speed blender. If you have a Blendtec use the WildSide jar and secure lid. Select Whole Juice or blend on a Medium High speed for 50-60 seconds. Serve over ice.

Caution with kale, it is high in oxalates. A quick dip in boiling water for a few seconds will decrease oxalates. Toss the water which contains oxalates.
Ingredients
½ C water
2 C organic leafy greens
1 large organic kale leaf
1 organic pitted date
1 organic apple, cored and quartered
1 organic banana
1 C organic fresh pineapple chunks
½ C ice cubes
Preparation
Add ingredients to a high speed blender (like a Blendtec) in order listed; secure lid. Select Whole Juice or blend on a Medium High speed for 50-60 seconds.

Ingredients
6 oz coconut water or
6 oz almond milk
½ banana
1 Tbsp raw soaked almonds
2 Medjool dates, pitted
1 ¼ C frozen blackberries

Preparation
Add ingredients to a high speed blender. Blend and enjoy.

Ingredients
6 oz almond milk
1 apple
1 banana
½ C fresh pineapple or a slice skinned
1 tsp almond butter
2 dates, pitted
1 tsp ground cinnamon
2 C leafy greens
1 C ice cubes

Preparation
Add ingredients to high speed blender in order listed and secure lid. Select Smoothies. For a smoother drink put it through twice. The cinnamon, greens make this a maximum weight loss smoothie.

Ingredients
2 C raw soaked almonds

Preparation
2 cups of raw almonds soaked 10 – 12 hours in 3 cups of mineral, filtered, or tap water allowed to sit overnight to dissipate any residual chlorine.
Pour 3 cups of water over 2 cups of raw almonds soaking overnight to rid of phytic acid. Rinse the almonds under running water in a sieve. Place these pre-soaked almonds with  3 cups of fresh water in a high speed blend [like a vita mixer]. Blend until it resembles a thick cream. Line a large sieve or colander with a double thickness cheesecloth or unbleached muslin, single thickness. Place this over a wide bowl and allow it to drain. Grab the corners of the cloth; hold together securely and squeeze to extract all of the almond milk, much like squeezing a tea bag. The remaining pulp can be used in raw candies, cookies or as a filler to give desserts a cookie like consistency. Transfer the almond milk to a container and refrigerate up to 3 days.

This makes a delicious almond milk. The almond milk will keep refrigerated for 3 days. If you wish to use a machine to make a grain, seed, or nut milks, the soy milk maker machine heats the grain beverage milk product slightly. It requires  overnight pre-soaking of  the nuts, grains or almonds. One can produce fresh almond milk  for a fraction of the cost of commercial varieties and the taste is far superior. Use the left over almond pulp  for cooking, baking, or even as a luxurious facial or body scrub.  Hard nuts, like almonds, are better when soaked for approximately 4 hours and rinsed; this makes the milk easier to digest. You can use both blanched and un-blanched almonds along with almond pieces, slivered almonds or even mix and match with your other favorite nuts. Un-blanched almonds produce a darker, nuttier milk, whereas blanched almonds produce a whiter, creamier milk. The total amount of almonds used is approximately 1 cup; this will fill the filter cup about 2/3 full. Some people prefer unheated almond milk.  Automatic soy  milk Maker is a machine useful for making almond, barley, or rice milk. It gives you the choice – simply push the start button to produce cooked milk, or use the motor button to grind the nuts, producing an unheated almond milk.

BlenTec blender (high speed blender) has another recipe for almond milk. Soak the almonds overnight. Here is a youtube video.
Ingredients
1 C almonds soaked

Preparation
After soaking 1 cup of almonds overnight, strain and rinse the almonds. Add 4 cups of water and 1 tsp tupelo honey. Blend on high whole fruit. Press blend again until mixture is totally smooth. No need to strain this almond milk recipe.

A few more almond milk recipes:
almond cheese
almond yogurt
almond dill cheese

Ingredients

1½ C water
½ cucumber
1 banana
1 C pineapple chunks
¼ bunch Cilantro or Chinese parsley
1 C ice cubes

Preparation
Add ingredients to high speed blender in order listed. If available select Whole Juice. Cilantro Chinese parsley helps with kidney disease.

Kale may require a quick dip in hot water to diminish oxalates.
Ingredients
2 C almond milk
2 Tbsp tupelo honey
1 banana
1 orange peeled halved
1 C fresh raspberries
3 C kale or leafy greens
2 C ice cubes

Preparation
Add all ingredients to high speed blender (like Blendtec) in order listed; secure lid. Select Smoothie.

Ingredients
1 C almond milk
1 oz soaked almonds
1 apple cored quartered
½ banana
1 C ice cubes
Preparations
Add ingredients to high speed blender in order listed and secure lid. Select Whole Juice or Liquify.

Ingredients
Half an avocado
Half an apple seeded
¼ C coconut milk or plant milk
1 C ice
Tupelo honey 2 Tbsp
Squeeze lime juice

Preparation
Place all ingredients in a high speed blender (like Blendtec) and blend until smooth. Top with an extra swirl of tupelo and a squeeze of lime juice.

Ingredients
2 kiwis
1 banana
2 C leafy greens
¼ avocado
½ C ice
2 Tbsp tupelo honey
¼ C water

Preparation
Put all in high speed blender (like Blendtec) and serve.

Ingredients
2 kiwis
1 apple
2 C fresh leafy green
1 whole carrot
½ C water
2 Tbsp tupelo honey
½ C ice cubes
Preparation
Put tupelo, then carrot, leafy greens, apple, peeled kiwis, top with ice in high speed blender.

Ingredients
2 C cut up honeydew melon

Preparation
Place in a high speed blender on whole fruit juice setting. Serve and drink. All melon juices are strong alkalizes, loaded with vitamin C, and beneficial to kidney health.

Ingredients
1 C almond yogurt Ø carrageenan
1 C fresh cut pineapple
1 apple banana peeled
1 C frozen mango
½ C almond milk Ø carrageenan

Preparation
Blend in a high speed blender (like a Blendtec) and serve.

Ingredients
3 C frozen mango
2 Tbsp lime juice
2 Tbsp tupelo honey
1 C vanilla almond yogurt
without carrageenan

Preparation
Blend in a high speed blender (like a Blendtec) and serve.

Ingredients
3 C frozen mango
2 Tbsp fresh lime juice
2 Tbsp Tupelo Honey
1 tray ice cubes

Preparation
Blend in a high speed blender (like a Blendtec) and serve.

Ingredients
1 C almond milk
2 C frozen mangoes
1 peeled lime
2 tsp almonds
2 Tbsp tupelo honey

Preparation
Blend together in a high speed blender (like Blendtec). Pour into two wide stemmed glasses. For added sweetness, drizzle a little tupelo honey over the top but do not stir in.

Ingredients:
½ C water
1 sweet limes peeled
2 Tbsp tupelo honey
1 ½ C frozen green grapes

Preparation
In a high speed blender (like Blendtec). Add ingredients in order listed and secure lid. Select Whole Juice and serve. If you don’t have frozen grapes on hand or do not care for a slight grape flavor, substitute ice cubes for the frozen grapes.

Serves 2
Serving Size 8 fl oz
Calories 130
Fat 0 g
Saturated Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium < 5 mg Carbohydrates 35 g Fiber 2 g Sugar 29 g Protein 1 g

Ingredients
1 C grapes
¼ skinned lemon
½ skinned pineapple cut in chunks
¼ C leafy greens
½ C ice

Preparation
Blend in a high speed blender (like a Blendtec) and serve.

Ingredients
2 C leafy greens
2 C grapes
1 slice pineapple

Preparation
Put all in a high speed blender (like Blendtec) with some ice cubes. Serve in tall chilled glasses. Enough for 2 plus people.

Consider that if you keep adding salt to a glass of water you’ll get to a point where the water becomes super-salty or saturated with salt. Once the water becomes saturated with salt the salt will just sit on the bottom of the glass without dissolving any further. This is what happens with Himalayan Crystal Salt Solé. It is, super mineralized salty water.

Preparation
Place 1 inch of Himalayan Pink Crystal Salt stones in a glass jar, preferably one with a lid. Add 2 to 3 inches of good quality artesian or spring water above the stones, completely covering the crystals with water. Allow this to sit overnight.

Once all the salt crystals have dissolved, add a few more salt crystals to the water. Your Himalayan Crystal Salt™ Solé is ready when the water becomes fully saturated with salt and cannot hold any more. The salt will no longer dissolve at this stage but sink toward the bottom.

Each morning, before eating or drinking anything, add a teaspoon (or use a few drops) of the Himalayan Crystal Salt Solé to a glass of artesian or spring water. Or if you prefer, prepare the glass of water the night before, leave it at your bedside and drink it in the morning. Your body will receive the energetic vibration pattern of the Original Himalayan Crystal Salt™ and hold it for 24 hours. Keep the container covered to prevent the water from evaporating. Otherwise, no special storage is needed. The fully saturated Original Himalayan Crystal Salt™ Solé will keep forever. Salt is a natural anti-bacterial and natural fungicide. It simply cannot spoil or go bad.

Just a drop or two in a full glass of water will give you a homeopathic dose of solé daily. We have been told to restrict salt with elevated blood pressure. Solé made with Himalayan pink crystal salt is different. It contains all the minerals in the exact same proportions as the human body. By diluting a glass of spring water with a few drops of solé crystal salt solution, one succeeds in making their own inexpensive mineral water. This particular salt does not raise some PKD’rs blood pressure. Use of Himalayan pink salt is also known as halite. Continue to limit the amount of salt to ⅛ teaspoon for the entire day.

Saffron tea ingredients
¼ tsp saffron threads
1 C water

Preparation
Simmer on the stove top in a glass or stainless steel or ceramic pot (approximately 7 – 15 minutes) until it is reduced to a half cup of liquid. Strain, cool and sip it.

What does Saffron do?
Saffron eases the pain from cystic organs. It helps to maintain the integrity of the walls of the blood vessels so they do not burst as easily. Saffron stimulates the body to lay down blood vessels around any blockage or bursting. Cysts will bleed if blood pressure is elevated; or if the kidneys or the liver is enlarged with numerous cysts; or if there is some trauma to cystic organs. Diminish episodes of bleeding into a cyst and the associated pain by keeping blood pressure well controlled 100/70 -110/70 – 120/80; by keeping cystic kidneys and cystic liver small (sometimes this is not possible); and by minimizing trauma. I would think if we could do one more thing, this too might help diminish bursting cysts and that is to maintain the blood vessel wall intact; to maintain the integrity of the blood vessel walls. This is another thing that saffron can help accomplish. Saffron helps to:
1. Ease the pain from a cystic liver or cystic kidneys.
2. Lowers blood pressure
3. Diminishes spontaneous bursting of tiny capillaries
4. Helps diminish bursting cysts
5. Stimulates the body to lay down new blood vessels
6. Protects the integrity of DNA
7. Helps a cystic liver by increasing the metabolism of estrogen through the liver
8. Aphrodisiac effect
Medical articles on saffron’s uses:
Saffron effects Uterus and estrus cycle 1964
Saffron both platelet aggregation inducer and inhibitor 1990
Saffron anti-tumor activity
Saffron lowers rat blood pressure. 2003
Curcurmin (saffron) coupled with garlic has an increased anti cancer activity 2004
Saffron protect platelets from aggregation 2005
Crocetin (saffron) protects Parkinson’s in rat model 2005

Ingredients
1 grapefruit

Preparation
Slice a grapefruit in half and juice with a reamer. Caution grapefruit significantly increases the production and activity of liver detoxification enzymes responsible for preparing toxic compounds for elimination from the body. A list of grapefruit nutrients are listed here. This can be helpful in eliminating estrogen like compounds from the liver and preventing future liver cysts from forming. Grapefruit also interferes with many medications.

Ingredients
5 kale leaves
1 bunch seedless green grapes
¼ apple
¼ lemon

Preparation
Squeeze the lemon juice over the kale leaves. Slice the kale so it will fit through the juicer hopper. Juice the kale leaves followed by the grapes and then the lemon.

Ingredients
Cut and skin melon

Preparation
Juice any smoothed skinned melon, either watermelon or honeydew both make refreshing drinks and both are very alkaline forming helping ailing kidneys. If you do not have a juicer, try a blender, and blend the melon fruit to liquify it. If you are lucky enough to find local canteloupe, musk melon or a local melon with ridges, be sure of its local source. Distance with ridged melons gives the skin a bit of fungus and this is passed onto the eater through a knife piercing the fungus skin. A refreshing drink comes from the tropics is made by mixing young coconut water with local cantaloupe juice, a refreshing delight.

Ingredients
2 fuji or
2 sweet gala apples cored, cut
1 small beet scrubbed, cut
1 Tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
⅛ inch round slice fresh galangai (Thai ginger) or
⅛ inch round slice fresh turmeric root

Preparation
Put the apples, beets, (turmeric root) through a juicer. Squeeze fresh lemon juice over all.

Ingredients
½ pineapple cut into long strips
To fit into a juicer
1 lime juiced

Preparation
Pineapple is high in bromelain, diminishes joint pain and muscle aches and it aids in the digestion of protein. Take an alkaline fruit about twenty minutes before each meal to gain the benefit of the digestive enzymes of the raw fruit.

Naringenin found in citrus fruits is said to help diminish cyst growth.
Ingredients
2 oranges

Preparation
Usually about 2 oranges is enough to make fresh orange juice for one individual. One of the sweetest varieties I have ever tasted is the Valencia orange. It has a very short growing season, lasting only about a month. Slice the orange in two and twirl the orange against a cone to obtain the juice. Orange juice is high in citrate, potassium citrate. Citrate is utilized by the kidneys for energy.

Commercially Prepared Juices
Individuals have asked about bottled juices or commercially prepared juices. My feeling is that freshly squeezed is always better, and best if drunk within twenty minutes of preparing it to obtain more of the nutrients. I personally received the biggest growth of my cystic liver while undergoing an organic juice fast. I mistakenly drank bottled organic juice that had been slightly pasteurized. In addition to a ferment beginning also the methanol is highest in bottled juices. It was like alcohol to my polycystic liver body, the slight ferment was so strong. Try a side by side taste comparison test for yourself. Drink 1 ounce of freshly squeezed orange juice prepared by you and drink 1 ounce of commercial orange juice. The difference to my taste is astounding and says it all.

Caution leafy greens can be high in oxalates. A quick dip in boiling water for a few seconds will decrease oxalates. Toss the water which contains the oxalates.
Ingredients
2 sweet apples cored
Leave skin on
1 thin lemon slice
2 C. raw kale

Preparation
Juice these in the order listed. Stick close to home after drinking this juice. It acts like little brillo pads ridding the body of old toxins. The lemon slice aides in digesting nutrients from kale.

Ingredients
2 cucumbers

Preparation
Juice 2 cucumbers. Chill for about ten minutes. It is very refreshing juice, especially on a hot summer’s day.

Ingredients
1 apple
¼ beet
thin slice of lemon
slice galangal
small slice turmeric root

Preparation
Juice the apple, ¼ of a beet, and galangal (Thai ginger) or turmeric through the juicer. Squeeze lemon juice over all and serve with a twist.