Toasted Tahini and Almond Butter Sandwich with Pears and Apples
Categories: Lung Fluid Xu, Lung Phlegm Cold, Lung Phlegm Heat, Lung Yin Vacuity
Metal-lung dryness/phlegm
Frances Norris
Toasted Tahini and Almond Butter Sandwich with Pears and Apples
Adapted from recipe on Food52.com
Serves 1
Ingredients
2 slices Ezekiel bread (wheat, barley, millet, lentils, soybeans, spelt-all sprouted)-sweet, cool, sl. Salty, harmonize/strengthen MJ, drain damp, moisten dryness
Tahini-sl. warming, tonifying, moistening
Almond butter-neutral, sweet, ventilates lung, relieves cough and asthma, transforms phlegm
Sliced apple-cool, sweet, slightly sour, lubricates lung, resolves mucus
Sliced pear-cold, sweet, lubricates lung, lubricates throat, stops cough, dissolves mucus
Butter for browning- sweet, neutral, supplements qi
1. Spread the tahini on one side of the bread, put a bit of honey on top of the tahini. Spread the
almond butter on the other piece of bread.
2. In a sauté pan, brown the butter and add the apple and pear slices and sauté them for about a
minute, so they’re still crisp. Remove them from the pan and let cool before adding them to the sandwich.
3. Once the sandwich is assembled, grill it in a pan.
