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Linda Page has been saying it for years: "Good food is good medicine."
Browse through these delicious recipes or check out Dr. Page's Books.


New England Cranberry-Honey Compote

from Diets for Healthy Healing

  • 4 cups apple juice
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1 pound dried mixed fruit
  • 1 cup cranberry-apple juice
  • 1/2 cup raisins
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • 6 thin lemon slices
  • 6 thin orange slices
  • 1/2 cup cranberries (fresh or frozen)
  • walnuts, chopped and toasted

In a saucepan over medium-low heat, combine: apple juice, honey, dried fruit, cranberry-apple juice, raisins, cinnamon sticks, lemon slices and orange slices. Simmer until tender, about 25 minutes. Add cranberries, simmer for another 5 minutes and remove from heat. Cover, chill; top with toasted chopped walnuts. Makes about 6 cups.


Autumn Sweet Potato Spread for Pita Chips

from Diets for Healthy Healing

  • 2 sweet potatoes
  • 2 tsp. grapeseed oil
  • 1 yellow onion, minced
  • 1 tbsp. maple syrup
  • 2 tbsp. sesame tahini
  • 1/2 tsp. lemon-pepper seasoning
  • baked pita chips

Bake sweet potatoes at 350 degrees until soft, 40-60 minutes. Let cool. Peel potatoes and drop into a blender. Heat grapeseed oil in a saucepan, add the onion and sautee until dark gold, about 20 minutes. Add onions to the blender. Add maple syrup, tahini and lemon-pepper. Blend until smooth. Serve warm or chilled with a big bowl of baked pita chips. Makes about 12 servings.


Double Ginger Molasses Cookies

from Diets for Healthy Healing

  • 1/2 cup granulated maple sugar
  • 4 tbsp. butter
  • 4 tbsp. grapeseed oil
  • 1/2 cup molasses
  • 2 tbsp. lemon juice
  • 2 tbsp. honey crystallized ginger
  • 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
  • 1 tsp. ground ginger
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. allspice
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1 tsp. ground cloves
  • 1/2 tsp. sea salt.
  • raisins
  • chopped nuts
  • nutmeg

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine the following ingredients in a saucepan until melted: the maple sugar, butter, grapeseed oil, molasses, lemon juice and crystallized ginger. In a separate bowl, stir together the flour, ground ginger, baking powder, baking soda, allspice, cinnamon, cloves and sea salt. Combine mixtures together and roll out into a dough; decorate with raisins, chopped nuts and sprinkles of nutmeg. Cover with plastic wrap and chill. Then cut with a cookie cutter, saving and reworking in scraps. Use a grapeseed oil-sprayed baking sheet. Bake for 15 minutes and cool on racks. Makes 24 cookies.

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