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Spring Clean | Cilantro Detox Pesto

Imagine sunflowers floating on rafts on a pond. Then imagine that there are many ponds ~ sunflower rafts as far as your eye can see. Then imagine these sunflowers are growing on rafts in ponds that surround the Chernobyl nuclear site … Continue reading

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Cucumber Mint Summer Chill Salad

A liver-loving, heat-reducing salad, this is a straight-up cooling spin on a classic summer salad. A Pitta-reducing recipe for the dog days of summer.

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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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In Brodo: Making Autumn Meals Sing

Replacing sauce with broth in late autumn and winter dishes demonstrates the artful way Italians have lived so beautifully in harmony with the seasons and with nature, and from that living wisdom have cultivated an art… Continue reading

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Six Star-Spangled Salads For Summer

It’s the season of hot, playful days and warm, starry nights with picnics, parties and parades abounding. It’s also the season of salads. Here are six of the most celebrated from my blog. Each is like the taste of stars spangling or nature sparkling, and health rising. Continue reading

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Miracles of Green: 7 Emerald Recipes

Traditional cultures instinctively knew the benefits of Spring’s bitter-tasting bounty, cultivating nourishing, home-cooked savory pies and tartes with a variety of free, foraged greens. From France, Italy, Greece, and my own garden, here are 7 delicious ways to go green this Spring. Continue reading

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