Recipe Development

Phase 1 cooking is the foundation for your kitchen practice for years to come. Phase 1 recipes are simple, basic recipes, which evolve, by adding or replacing ingredients with foods introduced in later stages of the program. If your food tolerance permits, additional foods and cooking ideas allow increasingly varied and interesting menus as you progress through the program. For example, in Phase 1 a salad might consist of cooked carrots, green beans, and peas tossed in oil and water dressing.

You could modify this basic recipe by adding or substituting cubed cooked zucchini, diced canned peaches, shredded cooked poultry, or chopped parsley to the salad, and salt to the dressing.

In Phase 2, you could use boiled diced turnip instead of the beans, diced avocado instead of the peaches, and cubed cooked beef instead of the poultry, and add other herbs to the dressing.

In Phase 3, you could modify the basic recipe using foods from all three phases. You could add cooked chickpeas, substitute the fruit with sunflower seeds and the beef with cubed tofu, add minced dill weed, or use oil and vinegar dressing.

Modifying the salad in Phase 3 might mean using sautéed mushrooms, raisins, or shrimp in the salad, or garlic powder in the dressing. The options are yours to discover!

Although the recipes in Phase 1 may seem limited, give your imagination free reign to create tasty, healthy meals and snacks. Keep experimenting and modifying the following spreads, seasonings, desserts and beverages until you develop your own favorite recipes.