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Homemade Vegetable Broth

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People who follow the Gerson Therapy diet eat and juice large quantities of vegetables daily. For this reason, it’s easy to accumulate vegetable peels, healthy off cuts, stems and roots that are not used to make vegetable broth to be used in Gerson cooking. Since oils are not permitted and Dr. Gerson recommends waterless cooking methods, cooking some vegetables in a little broth or adding broth to dishes to get the right consistency is a great solution to enhance dishes and to put all the vegetable scraps to good use.

We recommend accumulating and saving your vegetable peels, cuts, and scraps in the fridge and cooking a fresh batch of vegetable broth every few days. That way you will always have homemade vegetable broth on hand for cooking or drinking.

recipe for homemade vegetable broth made from vegetable peels, scraps and cuts suitable for the Gerson diet
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Homemade Vegetable Broth

Accumulate and reserve vegetable peels and healthy vegetable cuts and scraps in a container in your fridge. Make a broth every few days with the scraps and peels to have on hand for cooking. Include the roots and stems of herbs like parsley, cilantro, and dill.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time2 hours
Cool Down Time1 hour
Total Time3 hours 10 minutes
Keyword: Broth, Gerson diet, Gerson Therapy, Soup, Vegetable broth

Equipment

  • Mason Jars or Recycled Glass Jars

Ingredients

  • Accumulated and reserved vegetable scraps and peels.
  • Filtered water, enough to cover the vegetables 2-3 times as much.
  • Fresh Gerson allowed herbs like parsley, parsley root, dill and cilantro.
  • 1 clove Garlic

Instructions

  • Save and accumulate all vegetable peels, scraps and cuts as you go along. Be sure to also save the stems and roots of herbs like parsley, dill and cilantro.
  • Once you have enough place the vegetable peels and scraps in a pot and cover with 2-3 times the amount of filtered water.
  • Make sure to add parley root and fresh parsley, cilantro and dill stems and a clove of garlic. Or, any Gerson approved herbs you like.
  • Bring to a boil then turn the heat down and place the lid on. Simmer gently for 2 hours.
  • Let the broth stand to cool down.
  • When cool, strain the broth into mason or recycled glass jars. Store in you fridge to use for cooking or drinking.
    recipe for homemade vegetable broth made from vegetable peels, scraps and cuts suitable for the Gerson diet

Creamy Potato and Parsnip Mash

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This recipe is a delicious variation on regular mashed potatoes. When following the Gerson Therapy diet potatoes are eaten with lunch and dinner since they are high in potassium and protein. Making different variations of traditional potato dishes like mashed potatoes will help to keep the diet interesting plus add more nutrients to the dish.

In this recipe parsnips are mashed together with potatoes. Essentially any other starchy vegetable can be used like the parsnips in this recipes, for example carrots or butternut squash.

We use a food mill in this recipe and it is a crucial kitchen item you will use over and over when following the Gerson diet.

Gerson diet recipe for creamy potato and parsnip mash
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Creamy Potato and Parsnip Mash

Delicious variation on mashed potato. This recipe is Gerson Therapy approved and written for people eating the Gerson diet. However, anybody can enjoy this nutritious mash made from potatoes and parsnips.
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time45 minutes
Course: Side Dish
Keyword: Gerson diet, Gerson Therapy, Mashed Potato
Servings: 2 people
Author: Dr. Nicole Baylac N.D.

Equipment

  • Food Mill
  • Vegetable Brush

Ingredients

  • 2 Parsnips
  • 2 Potatoes, Russet or Yukon gold
  • 1 clove Garlic
  • 2 TBSP Flax Seed Oil with lignans

Instructions

  • Wash and scrub parsnips and potatoes with a natural bristle vegetable brush.
  • Cut the parsnips and potatoes in cubes.
  • Crush the garlic clove with skin lightly with the flat of a knife and the heel of your hand.
  • Put the unpeeled vegetables and garlic clove in a thick bottom stainless steel pot.
  • Add enough filtered water to cover the vegetables.
  • Cover the pot with lid and bring to a boil on high heat.
  • Once water is boiling, turn the heat down and cook for 12-15 minutes (until soft through but not mushy).
  • Pass the vegetables through a food mill using the finest sieve to remove skins, into a serving bowl. Keep the cooking water. Add cooking water as needed to obtain a fluid puree.
  • Add cooking water as needed to obtain a fluid puree.
  • Incorporate 2 TBSP of flax seed oil with lignans into the puree.

Notes

Gerson diet recipes for the Gerson Therapy with potatoes. Mashed potato and butternut squash

You can replace the parsnip with butternut squash or carrots. In this picture there's cooked potato and butternut that's being milled together.

OXO Food Mill for mashing potatoes and other vegetables

OXO Good Grips Food Mill available on Amazon. Opt for a stainless steel food mill not plastic to avoid leaching of toxins into food.

Mashed Potato and Celeriac

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Another great recipe to vary regular mashed potatoes. In this recipe we use celeriac also called celery root which is a root vegetable harvested in the late fall. It has a mild, celery-like flavor with a starchy, rather potato-like texture which is why it combines well with potatoes for mashing. Celery root is rich in vitamins K, C, and the B’s. It is also a good source of minerals such as phosphorus, potassium, iron, calcium, and manganese.

In the Gerson diet celery root is also used in the special soup that Dr. Gerson prescribes cancer patients to have 8oz twice a day.

celeriac root also called celery root is a vegetable that's used in Dr Max Gerson's cancer therapy

Celeriac also called celery root.

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Mashed Potato and Celeriac

A great way to vary mash potato is to add another starchy vegetable to it. In this recipe we're going to use celeriac, also called celery root.
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time50 minutes
Course: Side Dish
Keyword: Gerson diet, Gerson Therapy, Mashed Potato, Potato

Equipment

  • Food Mill

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Wash and scrub the vegetables with a natural vegetable brush.
  • Remove the roots from the celeriac. Leave it whole.
  • Leave the potatoes whole as they are.
  • For best results, use two pots and cook the potatoes and celeriac root separately. Cover with enough filtered water. Bring to a boil, lower the heat and cook for about 30 minutes or until cooked through.
  • Once cooked, press the vegetables through the food mill using the finest sieve. Add vegetable stock as needed to get a creamy consistency.
  • Add the flax oil and stir through.

Notes

OPTIONAL: add Gerson diet approved herbs.
NOTE: This is a Gerson Therapy diet recipe that's why there is no salt added. If you are not following the Gerson diet, you can add a little pink Himalyan salt.
Serve with homemade Gerson veggie burgers and a mixed green salad.

Mashed Potato with Onions

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Adding cooked onions to mashed potato is another creative idea to vary your Gerson mashed potatoes recipes and add more antioxidants and power to your to your basic potato meals!

Onions contain the phytochemical or antioxidant, quercetin which is a powerful flavonoid with anti-cancer properties and boosts the immune system. Onions will also add delicious flavor to your potatoes.

Gerson Therapy recipe for mashed potato with onions
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Mashed Potato with Onions

Onions have shown to have anti-cancer properties. They are rich in antioxidants, specifically sulfur and quercetin. Use yellow or red onions instead of white onions to benefit from their high antioxidant content.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time45 minutes
Course: Side Dish
Keyword: Gerson diet, Gerson Therapy, Mashed Potato, Potato

Equipment

  • Food Mill
  • Vegetable Brush

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Wash and scrub the potatoes with a natural vegetable brush and peel the onions.
  • Bring filtered water to a boil in a pot. Add the potatoes with the jackets to the boiling water. Put the lid on. Turn the heat down and cook slowly for about 30 minutes or until the potatoes are cooked through.
  • While the potatoes are cooking, chop the onions and gently cook them in a pan with lid in 3-4 tablespoons of homemade vegetable stock. Keep adding vegetable stock as needed to make sure the onions don't burn.
  • When the potatoes are ready, process them through the food mill using the finest sieve. Add homemade vegetable stock to the potatoes to obtain a creamy puree.
  • Stir the flax oil and cooked onions into the puree.
  • Garnish with fresh parsley.

Irish Potato Puree

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This recipe is a Gerson Therapy version of the traditional Irish dish colcannon. Irish colcannon consist of mashed potato with green onions and either kale, savoy cabbage or green cabbage. In this recipe we use green cabbage. This lovely variation of regular mashed potatoes provides you with a refreshing option for a potato dish when following the Gerson diet.

The recipe is not complicated at all. You will need a food mill as well as some ready made vegetable stock to saute the cabbage and onion in. We recommend you save your vegetable peels as you go along and turn them into vegetable stock to be stored in glass containers in your fridge. Since the Gerson diet doesn’t permit cooking with oil, having vegetable stock on hand to cook with makes food prep easier and also ads extra nutrients to your meals. We have a recipe for making vegetable stock on the blog as well. Check that out and put every ounce of vegetable to use while following the Gerson Therapy.

A food mill is an essential kitchen equipment item you will need while following the Gerson Therapy. We recommend a stainless steel one so that chemicals don't leach into the food.

A food mill is an essential kitchen equipment item you will need while following the Gerson Therapy. We recommend a stainless steel one so that chemicals don’t leach into the food.

Gerson Therapy recipe for Irish potato puree with cabbage and green onion
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Irish Potato Puree

A Gerson Therapy version of the traditional Irish dish colcannon. Irish colcannon consist of mashed potato with green onions and either kale, savoy cabbage or green cabbage. In this recipe we use green cabbage.
Prep Time25 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time55 minutes
Course: Side Dish
Keyword: Gerson diet, Gerson Therapy, Mashed Potato, Potato

Equipment

  • Food Mill

Ingredients

  • 1 lb Potatoes, Russet or Yukon Gold
  • 3 Green Onions
  • 1/2 Green Cabbage
  • 1/4 cup Vegetable Broth, homemade
  • 2 TBSP Flax Oil
  • to taste chopped Parsley, fresh

Instructions

  • Wash and scrub potatoes with a natural vegetable brush. Don't peel them.
  • Place in a heavy saucepan with filtered water and bring to boil. Cover with a lid and turn the heat down. Cook slowly for about 30 minutes or until the potatoes are cooked through.
  • While the potatoes are cooking, wash and chop the cabbage, green onions and parsley.
  • Saute onions and cabbage in the vegetable broth for 15 minutes and set aside together with the chopped parsley.
  • Once the potatoes are cooked through, pass them through a food mill using the finest sieve. This will also remove the skins. Add a few tablespoons of homemade vegetable broth to the potatoes to get a nice soft, fluffy consistency.
  • Stir the chopped parsley, flax oil and cooked cabbage and green onion into the mashed potatoes. Keep some parsley to sprinkle over the dish once finished.

Notes

Vegetable broth can easily be made from all the vegetable peels and scraps you'll create from being on the Gerson diet. Get in the habit of keeping them in the fridge until you have enough to make a batch of broth. See the homemade vegetable broth recipe. Using broth to cook with will add extra nutrients to you food.
recipe for homemade vegetable broth made from vegetable peels, scraps and cuts suitable for the Gerson diet

Perfect Mashed Potato for the Gerson Diet

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Potatoes are one of the staple ingredients of Dr. Max Gerson’s cancer diet. In this recipe we are going to review general guidelines to obtain a nutrient dense and tasty mashed potato dish:

    1. We recommend using a food mill to obtain a fluffy and creamy potato puree. Do not use a food processor or blender that will turn the potatoes into a glue-like mixture. Potatoes must be processed through the food mill while they’re still hot.
      A food mill is an essential kitchen equipment item you will need while following the Gerson Therapy. We recommend a stainless steel one so that chemicals don't leach into the food.

      Use a food mill with the finest sieve to mash potatoes.

    2. Use starchy potato varieties like Russet or Yukon gold potatoes to make mash.
    3. Cook the potatoes in their skins, do not peel. Simply wash and scrub potatoes with a vegetable brush.
    4. When you mill the potatoes add in some cold water or vegetable broth or the cooking water from the potatoes to get a creamy, fluffy consistency.
    5. Add flax oil at the end by stirring the oil into the finished mashed product. Always use flax oil on moderate temperature ingredients to avoid creating free radicals from the very delicate omega-3 essential fatty acids in flax oil.

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