Greens and strawberries contrast color and complement flavor like jewels from a farmer’s market in this recipe for a gorgeous summer salad from my friend, neighbor, and former journalist Kathy Renner. Continue reading
Author Archives: Laura Plumb
Sweet & Meaty #3: The Grill
With a crispy, salty crunch, this is sink-your-teeth-in sweet heaven. Continue reading
Meaty Matters: #2
Ayurveda considers meat to be a sweet taste, and sweet beats the heat. There are many ways to get meaty for summer, and stay cool with plant based meals. Continue reading
Want It Meaty?
Eat your heart out with these hearty, meaty, fresh and sumptuous summertime meals, made easy for days when you just want to play. Continue reading
A Floral Garden Party Spread
Whether it is a birthday, a picnic, or an intimate tête-à-tête in the garden, this is a relaxed way to slip into the sweet elegance of summer. Continue reading
Curried Cashews
Spicy, salty crunch for a snack, or a topping to dress up anything. Continue reading
OJ + Castor Oil Cleanse
Light your fire and illuminate the world. Continue reading
Spice the Season: Spice Your Dosha
When it’s time for chili and when it’s time to chill. Continue reading
How to Travel Sumptuously
7 Best Tips + Ayurvedic Tools: Over the years I’ve picked up tips for travel from friends and from Ayurveda. These are my 7 musts for globe-trotting with ease, energy and wellness. Continue reading
Three {Rosy} Ways to Love
The Ayurveda of Love: With Three Rosy Recipes: Rose Petal Truffles, Jamaican Rose Elixir, and a Rose Petal Bath Soak + Scrub Continue reading
Gentle Winter Detox: Mung Beans & Greens
A current sampling of my daily meals. With the right intent and a little prep, it becomes a Winter Cleanse to reap the nourishing, nurturing, purifying, re-balancing joys of this season’s sumptuous, edible love. Continue reading
2 Winter Tonics + 10 Tips for a #Ten Year
2.0.1.7. Add the numbers and you get 10. With that as its promise, this year is out of the gates with gusto. We have big dreams, big ideas, big projects and big missions this year, which means we need to re-dedicate ourselves to self-care. Continue reading
Brazilian Cheese Bread
Healthy, light, loving, these gf bread rolls take you to heaven. Continue reading
The Best Pakoras Ever {Vegan + GF}
Offering the very essence of Kichari, Ayurveda’s staple meal, that dances on your tongue.
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4 for Fall: Avoid Autumn Burnout
In the northern hemisphere, where it is Autumn, it is the season when Vata dominates. (If you are in the southern hemisphere, enjoying the warming of spring, look for the tag Kapha here on my site to learn more about Spring’s seasonal tendencies … Continue reading Continue reading
How to Make Ayurvedic Buttermilk
Fresh, home-made buttermilk is not only tasty, it is Ayurveda’s number one secret tool to high-powered digestive strength. Continue reading
Coconut Rice Dal Dumplings
A healthy Ayurvedic treat from Kerala, India Continue reading
Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Healthy, hearty, tasty and *teen-approved* – these cookies are perfect for school lunches, after-school snacks, and off-to-college care packages. Continue reading