I find it peaceful to write and so was relieved to finally have the time to write on Ayurveda & the Summer Season and get it published to my Blog. It is full of tips for maintaining balance in what … Continue reading
Summer Beans & Greens
Author Archives: Laura Plumb
Cucumber Cool
It was that perfect summer day: sunny, clear and hot enough to urge you to the beach, windy enough to get you offshore fast on a Hobie Cat soaring across breezy waters toward the promise of endless horizon. The sailboat had … Continue reading
Summer
SUMMER Have you ever wondered why it is hotter in August than June when the sun was closer and the days were longest? There is a simple principle in Ayurveda that states: “Heat accumulates.” Wherever there is fire, and water … Continue reading
Sally’s “Fish,” Chips and Vegan Tacos
My friend Sally has a beautiful blog called Home Sweet Orange where she writes about the beautiful things she loves, especially her love for the sweet, simple life she and her husband share. Her post on Vegan “Fish,” Chips and Tacos was … Continue reading
For Fathers I Am Grateful
In our household, the World’s Best Dad Award goes to my husband whose devotion to his son proves that dads can do just about anything. He loves coconut, so we are making him this Live Coconut Cream Pie for tonight’s … Continue reading
On Suzie’s Farm
A week ago, we took our Yoga Teacher Training to Suzie’s Organic Farm. Some 20 of us descended upon their 70 acres in the Tijuana River Valley where we were like bees to honey ~ Yogis abuzz in fields of bliss, … Continue reading
An Apple Today
A client recently mentioned that she wants to do another cleanse. Grew up on junk food was the reason she gave. Makes sense, I thought. Every now and then a deep clearing of the digestive tract is good practice, especially … Continue reading
In Praise of MA
I am dreaming of being with my mother today. We would sit amongst the “darling buds of May” in her garden, the one designed and created by my sister Julia, who would be there, too, with her children. My extraordinary 96-year-old … Continue reading
Tapioca Tribute
Yesterday I made a Tapioca Treat for my Father’s birthday, which I have to share with you because it is one of those “too good to be true” desserts. I can’t say my father loved it. It has been a … Continue reading
Easter Eggs & Spinach Strata
A really gorgeous, spring green, easy to prep, oven bake, Sunday brunch for friends and family, from Heidi Swanson. Continue reading
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
Spring: Season of Fiery Spice & Wild Greens
Spring is a time for healing and growth, bringing life to its fullest blossom while sloughing off accumulations that weigh and slow us down. This, therefore, is the prime season for detoxification, when we want to do what nature is doing: … Continue reading
The 21 Day Challenge
We had our annual Spring Detox Workshop on Sunday, the day of the Spring Equinox, which is always a joyful way to begin the season. It is like a celebration of emergence ~ from the darkness of winter, from the … Continue reading
Welcome Home & Palak Paneer
We have just returned from India where we taught at the International Yoga Festival in Rishikesh, a delight nearly impossible to express. I brought back two souvenirs for you ~ a refined recipe for Palak Paneer, below, and a few words to … Continue reading
Edible Beauty: 3 Ayurvedic Recipes for Natural Radiance
That same beauty that makes a flower so elegant, that makes a sunset so magical, a sunrise so refreshing, a Grand Canyon so potent, the whole of the natural world so inspiring, is in you. Continue reading
The Taste of Love: Chocolate Pâté
Think about something you love for a moment. How does that thought make you feel? If you could taste it, what would be its flavor? Sitting in an Emergency Room earlier this week waiting for my husband to be wheeled … Continue reading
A Super Bowl of Beans
How about a super healthy way to feed your super friends this Super Bowl Sunday? I fell in love with these beans the minute I first laid eyes on them many years ago. The beauty of the beans sparkling with … Continue reading
C is for Cranberry
Uh oh. Woke up with a headache, the threat of a sore throat, eyes glued shut. Bones ached as I went to stand. A hot shower didn’t melt the congestion, and the fog ’round the brain just got thicker. Stumbling … Continue reading