Cooking As God...And So IT is! (Introduction)

“A man should learn to detect that gleam of light that flashes across his mind from within more than the luster of the firmament of bards and sages.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

Dear Ones:
Cooking is one of my passions, and I have had the nudge to share this passion with you. This is my new blog and the beginning of a new cookbook called Cooking as God…And so IT is! (a Divinely Intuited Cookbook).

Although we will mince and chop lots of food within this blog, I do not choose to mince words.

So, first, I want to dispel any religious trepidation surrounding the word God, and instead infuse it with its spiritual meaning.  God, to me, is the Divine Presence that permeates all Creation. Ralph Waldo Emerson called it the “Oversoul.” George Lucas called it “The Force.” It has been called many names: Energy, Infinite Wisdom, Source, Power are a few. Ultimately, Its name is “Love!”

My granddaughter Jade using her Divine Taste Buds

God is the essence of who we are. When we are awakened to its Presence within us, It inspires us in magnificent ways. The purpose of my blog is to inspire you to infuse your cooking with this inspiration, to let your Divine Cook out. We will find It is the most integral ingredient to all recipes. It will lift the recipe off the page and turn it into a delicious celebration.

So, with this in mind, all my recipes are meant to be a jumping off point. They are meant to be contemplated, meditated upon, experimented with and infused with your own inspiration.

So, let’s start cooking.
Love and Light,
Rita

Once Upon a Chicken, during a dark night of the soul…
JJM’s Kick Ass Chicken Soup was created…

It is appropriate that JJM’s Kick Ass Chicken Soup should be the first recipe I am passing on, because it was most definitely divinely inspired.

I bless this chicken that gave its life

A friend of mine was ill. A Divine whisper within me urged me to start making him chicken soup. I started with the recipe I thought I knew, but the soup evolved into something quite extraordinary. Each time I made it, I was prompted from within to change the ingredients or do something different. I listened! I tasted! I knew! After the about the third batch, the recipe below was born…
Ingredients:

• one whole chicken
• sea salt (Don’t get stuck on this. You can use regular salt)
• Trader Joe’s 21 Season Salute (If you can’t find this seasoning, find a natural all purpose seasoning, or just use pepper or whatever seasoning you like. Let Spirit guide the way. It will. I know.)
• as many cloves of garlic as you like (I use 6.)
• celery …you intuit the the number of stalks (I use 5.)
• carrots …do you like carrots? (I use 3 large ones.)
• a little vegetable broth (It’s not necessary, but I use it)
• water
• 1/2 pound of your favorite noodles (I use Fettuccini noodles because that is what my friend liked.)

Now you’ll need about 1 1/2 hours for this recipe, but you can do other things while it is cooking. I usually take a 50 minute jog, which is another one of my passions.

Here is what to do with the ingredients:

• Chop up the celery, carrots and garlic and put them aside.

• Take the skin off the chicken (This really makes a better soup. It is not greasy and you don’t have to go through all that trouble of getting the fat out of the broth. I gently wrestle with the chicken to remove as much skin as I can.)

• Take out all those organs that are stuffed inside the chicken’s cavity. I bless them, but I don’t use them.

• Take the sea salt and massage the chicken inside and out.

• Give the chicken a good dose of the seasoning inside and out.

• Saute the chicken in a nice size cooking pot until it is light brown. It takes about 5 – 7 minutes to do this. Easy does it.

• Saute the garlic and all the vegetables with the chicken. Make sure that you put some of these inside the chicken’s cavity, too.

• Now if you are going to use the vegetable broth, add it to the mix.

• Saute for about another 5 minutes.

• Now add your water. The trick is not to add too much water. Leave the top of the chicken breast exposed.

• Cover the pot, and bring it to a boil.

• Turn the heat down to low, and cook for approximately 50 minutes or until the chicken is cooked.

• Remove the chicken from the broth, take it off the bones and throw the meat back in the broth. Do whatever you want with the bones. I bless them and throw them away.

• You are done.

• If you want noodles, cook them on the side and add them to the broth. Do not cook them in the broth or leave them in the broth. Guess why? Pasta soaks up all the broth. You’ll end up with a great pasta dish, but not chicken soup.  I usually just leave the noodles on the side and then put them in when I am serving the soup. You can also use rice the same way. It’s up to you.

All the mystics throughout the ages have taught , “It is done unto us as we believe.” Many people believe that chicken soup has a healing quality to it. And so it does!

I am grateful for all the chickens that have given their lives and continue to give their lives to nourish and strengthen our bodies. We are one!

That’s it… JJM’s Kick Ass Chicken Soup will kick whatever is ailing you to the curb. Just ask JJM. He KNOWS. You can see him live and kicking at www.nohonewthought.com

love,
Rita

PS: I’d love to hear from you. Let me know how this recipe worked for you, and if you found something new and exciting to add to it.

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