and only buy it from companies that sustainably harvest this amazing medicinal plant. Use the Winter-Melon Soup Recipe in the following excerpt for your next big meal.

I like to serve this soup with rice cracklings ... Remove the seeds and pith from the winter melon and cut away the skin. Cut the winter melon flesh into 8mm (⅜in) dice. Remove and discard ...

Heat butter and sauté the chopped almonds till lightly fried. Add flour and sauté till lightly fried. Add water gradually stirring all the time till no lumps remain, then bring to a boil. Add milk ...