Healing Autmn Soup

As we begin to enter the winter months and the weather is cooling down, the wife, myself and two of our cats find ourselves with a terrible dose of flu and kitty sniffles. All of this became worse when our poor little Gem, who was sick for the very first time in her almost 7 years in this life, suffered an extreme allergic reaction to a very common, considered safe antibiotic. In fact the reaction is so rare that I now have proof that she's definitely a one-in-a-million type of cat!

Our darling Gem having a hard time with an extreme allergic reaction

So while struggling with illness ourselves, we had very little sleep as we constantly had to keep an eye on Gem who's mouth, tongue and throat were so swollen that she could barely breathe. A few days later and her allergic reaction is cleared up, and now the vet has her on a new, safer antibiotic to help her recover from a very bad case of the sniffles.

A bit of chicken broth (with minimal salt, if any at all) is always a perfect healing meal for our sick kitties, however us mom's being vegetarian, have been having other soup options instead, because there's nothing quite like a bowl of warm soup to help you feel better when you are feeling horrid. Today I wanted to share with you my Healing Autumn Soup

What you need: 
1 x chopped onion
1 x teaspoon garlic
1/4 x teaspoon salt
1/4 x teaspoon mild curry powder (curry powder usually contains tumeric, which is anti-inflammatory, chiilies which are high in vitamin c, and the heat helps you to sweat more and release toxins from the body) - You can always add an additional teaspoon of tumeric, it's a wonderful healing herb
2 x grated potatoes
1/2 x cup of chopped celery
1/4 x cup of fresh cut parsley
2 x grated turnips
2 x grated carrots
1/2 x cup fresh cream

Place all your ingredients, except the cream, in a large pot, with enough water to cover the ingredients, plus an additional 2 cups. Bring to the boil and leave to simmer for about 30 minutes to make sure all the nutrients are released into the water. - Check from time to time to make sure there is enough water in your pot.

Just before serving the soup, pour in half a cup of fresh cream, and leave the soup to simmer for another 5 minutes,

When it is ready, enjoy. This is packed with vitamins and herbs and veggies to give your body an immune boost. 

While your veggies are cooking, from time to time stir the pot and visualize healing light pouring in from the universal and enriching your soup. I also usually visualize whoever is feeling ill, beginning to feel well again while they are eating the soup - I do this while preparing the ingredients and whenever I stir the soup during the cooking process.

You can also use a blessing to bless your soup before serving it to friends and family, I really like this one, which I picked up from Kristen's Page on PaganSpace.net

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Reading for the Week

This week's card is taken from  The Rider Waite Tarot 

Page of Pentacles

A lot of things may be appearing boring, or even tedious at the moment. Don't be tempted to shake things up, rather let this cycle continue to flow. 

Sometimes we need to work our way through the grey boring parts of life to reach the bright and exciting times.

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