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Category Archives: Healthy Treats
Rose Rasayana: Tea, Truffles & Face Masque
Because Rose pacifies, tonifies and soothes Continue reading
Healthy Holiday Guide + Free Solstice Class
A curated healthy holiday guide with homemade recipes, Ayurvedic self-care products, handcrafted gifts + discounts and a free Winter Solstice class to inspire serenity all season. Continue reading
Smooth Move Overnight Oats
Start the day smooth, and sweet, with this quick and easy, Smooth Move Overnight Oats Bowl Continue reading
Oatmeal Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bars
These incredibly healthy, vegan bars by Lisa Tabea of Soulfood Bakery are so good that each time I serve them, everyone asks for more! Continue reading
Maple Pecan Ojas Cups + 3 Giveaways
Wildly enchanting, these little amber bites are a healthy, immune supporting, brain fueling, joint loving, sense delighting, taste celebration of nature’s edible Ojas. Continue reading
Vegan Popcorn + Book Giveaway
Brought to you by the inspiring Katie Farina, who teaches plant-based cooking in San Diego, and has just come out with a book full of her gorgeous, extraordinary recipes – Katie’s Healing Kitchen. Continue reading
3 Ingredient, No Bake Coco Nut Butter Cups
With just three simple ingredients, Coconut, Nut Butter, Honey, you can have an immune-boosting, tissue strengthening, melt-in-your-mouth delicious treat! Continue reading
Coco Almond Butter Cups: No Bake Ojas
“Optimum ojas is the key to perfect health, balanced and blissful emotions, and even the unfolding of inner spiritual development. Ojas promotes longevity and is an internally generated antidote to aging…” Continue reading
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
Moon Milk + Foods to Help You Sleep
In the womb of the night we reset, recover and repair. Unfortunately, electric lights, technology and piped entertainment keep us from going gently into that dark night, from listening to its rich silence, and enjoying its deep stillness. We pay for … Continue reading Continue reading
Holiday Mendiants
Sumptuous, gorgeous, and so easy to make! Continue reading
Fruity Baked Oatmeal + New Dosha Quiz
When Vata is high we often don’t have time or the inclination to cook. But that is when we need it most, and this recipe amkes it easy. Its sweet nourishment gives you warm energy – and it bakes while you get started with your day! Continue reading
Shatavari Rose Petal Lassi
With rose and Shatavari, this is a drink for the Devis – a tonic of feminine power, beauty and grace. Continue reading
Healthy Breakfast: Kitchari Crepes
Kichari in a pancake? Fermented mung bean and rice make a delicious breakfast Continue reading
Snowball Truffles + Gifts of Mindfulness & Beauty Balm Giveaway
A holiday play on an Ayurvedic classic, these treats are full of rejuvenative, Ojas-building, Vata-pacifying, and Agni-stimulating ingredients that, like any Ayurvedic formula, is more than the sum of its parts. Continue reading
Katie’s Sweet Potato Waffles with Almond Butter Caramel Drizzle
Once a month Katie Farina, of Katie’s Healing Kitchen, hosts a healthy brunch at her parent’s restaurant in support of a local charity. One recent Sunday she served up Sweet Potato Waffles and made devotees of us all. This is her recipe, generously shared. 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