Plant power: Tofu with a healthy, easy-to-make hoisin sauce that is not the typical commercial sugary bomb, but rather a sweet digestive aid. Continue reading
Asian BBQ Tofu with Homemade Hoisin
Tag Archives: Vata
3 Favorite Winter Soups + A New Year Reset
Let’s not call it a cleanse… Rather a delicious approach to self care. 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
Green Beans w/Cranberry, Coconut & Pistachio + Next Day Noodles
From sacred lands, carried in sacred hands, green beans are a reminder how sacred food is, and how blessed we are. 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
Upside Down Apple Pie
Rich caramels contrast with the tart of the apple Continue reading
A Spread For All Seasons + A *Super* Giveaway
If you have carrots, miso and a bit of broth, you can make this right now. You can serve it as your mash instead of white potatoes, you can serve it as a party dip, you can smear it on toast and you can spread it on a sandwich instead of mayo. You can add rice vinegar and sesame oil and it’s a terrific dressing, or add more broth and a drizzle of olive oil and it’s a sauce. Continue reading
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
Apple Beet Fennel Salad
Can salad ever be Ayurvedically approved and Autumn friendly? Yes, if you follow these simple guidelines. Continue reading
Sahara Rose’s Shepherd’s Pie
Sweet Potato Lentil Shepherd’s Pie from Sahara Rose’s new book, Eat Feel Fresh is easy, Vegan, Ayurvedic comfort food. 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
Make Your Own Bath Fizzies
Homemade is always the best gift, and these Rose Beauty Bath Balms are a beautiful gift of love, ease, comfort. Continue reading
Coconut Almond Overnight Oats
Oats are easy on digestion. Almond butter adds a protein and a healthy fat bump, while the chia keeps things moving. I love this with blueberries, but you could also add mango or grapes. Continue reading
Make Your Own Roti {Video} + Book Giveaway
I have been in the forests of the baby Himalayas, near Dehradun, in north India, working with The Ayurveda Experience on a new rollout for their Ayurvedic skincare line Ajara. It was a beautiful experience, especially because we all lodged … Continue reading Continue reading
Rescue Remedy for Digestion
3 everyday ingredients to burn up ugly and restore beauty 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