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Baked Kitchari Loaf

Baked Kitchari is a great revelation. I tried it as an experiment during CoVid season, when it seemed everyone was baking and I wondered what it would be to bake a loaf of rice and beans! Turns out it is indescribably wonderful – truly comfort and love in a loaf. Continue reading

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Spring Loaded Kitchari + Immune Enhancing Tips

“Stay home. Cook your own meals.” Immune up. The ideal immune-boosting, detoxifying, warm and comforting meal, is Kitchari, and this one is loaded with Spring’s vibrant beauty. Continue reading

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Kitchari Pt 2: Crunchy Kitchari Bites & Dumplings

In a playful effort to make Ayurveda cooking tasty and accessible, I give you Kitchari Dumplings and Coconut Crusted Kitchari Bites, made from the everyday cleansing Kitchari with broccoli, celery and leafy greens featured in the last post. Continue reading

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Everyday Cleanse: Kitchari & Greens, Pt 1

Ayurveda’s most purifying, everyday staple, boosted with the detox power of cruciferous and greens. Continue reading

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Kitchari Burger

2 outrageous and uncommonly wonderful ways to dress up kichari for family and fussy eaters. Continue reading

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Food Therapy: Healing Kitchari

This past weekend we taught the first of three Intensives in our long-awaited ~ at least long-awaited by us ~ 100-hour Vedic Yoga Therapy Training. I say “long-awaited” because Yoga-as-therapy is what we do. Both my husband and I enjoy … Continue reading

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Is that an OM I hear? The resonance of Kitchari

At this time of year, between the holiday feasts, plain and simple has special appeal, when I love nothing more than a warm bowl of Kitchari. Kitchari, sometimes spelled Kichidi, is split mung bean and rice cooked long and slow, often with … Continue reading

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Buckwheat Mung Winter Veg Stew + Chai Giveaway

Buckwheat & mung bean star in a stew that delivers warmth and comfort while helping to dispel the stagnation of late winter. Continue reading

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Mix Veg Thoran + Ayurveda Giveaway!

Thoran is typical in Kerala, where we have it daily. It is a “dry” vegetable dish combined with grated coconut, often served with rice, vegetable curry, and dal. Traditionally made of finely chopped vegetables such as cabbage, long beans, gourd, yam, red spinach, moringa leaves, or even edible flowers, sautéed with grated coconut, it has a really unique flavor, and a host of health benefits. Continue reading

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