Do you feel ready for a Detox? Try these four simple steps from Dr. Alexandro Junger, cardiologist and featured expert on Hungry for Change, to lighten up… Continue reading
4 Simple Steps to Detox
Category Archives: All Recipes
Barley Asparagus Bowl
“Spring soups are best enjoyed soon after they’re made… Much like the season they honor, their beauty is fleeting. But that, of course, is part of the appeal…” Continue reading
How to Make Ghee
Ayurveda, the ancient medical science of India, recognizes ghee as an essential part of a balanced diet, celebrated for its taste, nutritional benefits, and medicinal qualities, and it is easy to make. This video shows you how. Continue reading
Healing Apple Sauce
Apples are great for a cleanse. With so much pectin, they help clean out the intestinal tract, while fortifying your body with phytonutrients, and a cooling action that reduces any lingering Pitta from the heat of the summer. If you … Continue reading
Spring Detox Challenge begins April 22nd
Awakening to Spring, sensing all of nature come alive, and feeling yourself one with that renewal ~ isn’t a joy? Our upcoming Spring Clean 21 Day Challenge captures that joy… Continue reading
Spring Clean: The 21 Day Challenge
Spring Detox ~ What would your life look like if you had boundless energy, acrobatic mental acuity, inspiring creativity, radiant skin, that youthful glow that describes fantastic health in mind and body? Continue reading
To Russia, with Love: Shchi Cabbage Soup
I thought I’d start Six Tasting the World with an Ayurvedically aligned meal from France, or Italy, or Switzerland even, given that we begin in winter. I dreamt of “visiting” (in my kitchen, of course) places that call to us … Continue reading
Six Reasons to Celebrate with Chocolate
How do you feel about Valentine’s Day? Best day of the year, or commercial imposition? Invention of the Hallmark industry, or a wonderful reminder to love, love, love? However you see it, most of us seem to agree ~ the … Continue reading
Winter Wellness Formula
Are there children in your home, or colleagues at your office coughing, wheezing, sniffling and sneezing? Or maybe it is you? It seems like everywhere I turn someone is sick. Whether it is because a son or daughter is home from … Continue reading
Fresh Ideas for 2012
Happy New Year! I wonder, how can I serve you best this year? There are ideas hatching and plans underway, but I am always keen to get your feedback. After all, I write because you eat! So, please let me know … Continue reading
Dressing Up with Cardamom
What do you feel like eating these days? After all the cake, cookies, bread, rich foods and sweet drinks? I don’t know about you, but in between the holiday celebrations I want plain and simple: simple to make, simple to eat and, … Continue reading
Cardamom’s Divine Delight
Calling all foodies, bloggers, wizards and mermaids, adventurers, lovers, dreamers and inventors, Buddhas, Sages, Sadhakas and Yogis! Inside of you is something eternal and infinite; something as great as a mountain, as vast as an ocean, as beautiful as a star, … Continue reading
Tis the Season: Yam Fries
It is what we call Ymas Season around here. Ymas as in Yams spelled dyslexically. Which I am, so I can. Yam I am. Ymas stands for Yam Mass. As in celebrating the divinity of Yams. As in Yam Heaven! So … Continue reading
Happy Thanksgiving + Roasted Vegetables
Have you ever been asked, “How do you prepare a Vegetarian meal? What do you make? Isn’t it hard?” We get that question a lot. I love it. Because if you stand to the side a bit and take a … Continue reading
Tuscan White Bean Soup for Sophia
In Yoga, as our revered Dr. Frawley teaches, the feminine divine possesses three primary aspects: power, beauty, knowledge. Through the worship of these energies as Mahakali, Mahalakshmi and Mahasaraswati we worship Shakti in her cosmic dance of transformation, prosperity and … Continue reading
4 Ways to Manage Peri-Menopause with Food
Heard of perimenopausal rage? So many women have been asking me lately for help with this issue that when I saw this article from Kate Geagan, author of Go Green: Get Lean, I had to repost it. Her suggestions are not only … Continue reading
Sesame Bliss: Energy Balls
Last night we had dinner at home with four wonderful, conscious friends. One of them, Ninh-ji, who began his life in Vietnam, brought the dessert. It looked at first like a delightfully simple silken tofu warmed in an electric pot. Indeed, … Continue reading
5 for Fall
My list of Five Best Practices for Fall 1. Rest & Nest ~ Do less. Breathe deep. Turn inward. Come evening, let yourself go gently into the night: Gaze at the Moon. Gaze at a candle. Gaze at the darkness. … Continue reading