Ayurvedic Recipes
Chia, Flax & Hemp
Protein Fiber Bars
My students are always looking for healthy ways to increase fiber, protein and healthy fats (like Omegas!) into their daily food routine. This Chia, Flax & Hemp Seed Protein Bar is kind of like a healthy granola bar…
Ayurveda Home Kitchen
Create ease in in your kitchen and food preparation spaces by setting up the essentials. Ayurveda is an ancient science of self-healing that includes the use of food as medicine. It is not a diet. It is not a rigorous plan. It is not about perfectionism…
Ayurveda Tridoshic Food List
Ayurveda is a powerful healing medicine. It can help us so much! And, it can seem complicated. You might wonder what is your dosha and how are you going to eat according to your dosha? What if you are more than one dosha? What if you have a dosha imbalance?..
Spring Cleansing With Food
Eating seasonally is the most intuitive diet you can practice because it puts us into a direct relationship with nature and ourselves. This leads to a more intimate and intuitive relationship with our body and food…
Ayurvedic Veggie Soup
Food and spices are medicinal. They have an influence on our digestive and immune systems. For example, asparagus has a diuretic function that helps the cleansing process by activating the functions of the liver and kidneys that eliminate the toxins…
Ayurvedic Recipe: Spicy Okra
In Ayurveda we say that okra is “OJAS” building like most plants in the mallow family. It is considered a tri-doshic food which means it is good for all 3 doshas.
Okra is Sattvic in nature, therefore, light and vitalizing. It is also an alkalizing vegetable…
Simple Spring Beet Salad
This is a simple and improvisational salad. Don’t let yourself get overwhelmed or stressed about eating well. Using simple recipes to get started can yield success as your confidence and consistency grow. You can make this salad with 2 Ingredients! Or with 3. Or more…
Healthy Chocolate Mousse
My students frequently experience a battle with sweets. While they’re trying to overcome sugar cravings and habitual comfort foods that bring on their version of a food coma, going cold turkey or 100% abstinence from foods that have a sweet flavor or that bring comfort…
Overnight Almond Milk
With so many processed foods available, our bodies are being influenced in ways we may not realize. For example, when these boxed forms of alternative milks include thickening agents (ie. guar gum) or added sugars. Making your own almond milk is not only clean and easy…
Beetroot Palya
Beets are a wonderful food for cleansing the liver as well as being a good source of folate. They have been said to help with high blood pressure, reducing inflammation, improving digestion, and supporting cognitive function.
I enjoy this version of Beet Palya, which is based on a South Indian dish, because of its ease in making it and its combination of flavors. It had never occurred to me to use coconut with beets!
