Pumpkin is a power food – full of fiber and rich with antioxidants to keep you young and vibrant. If made properly, pumpkin pie can be a healthy dessert, a great snack, and even a delicious breakfast. Continue reading
Pumpkin Love: Poetry in a Pie
Tag Archives: vegetarian
How to Make a Dosa
Dosas are a delicious gluten-free wrap, much like the French crepe. Learn how to make this fermented treat and serve it up with my own Sweet Potato Masala and Coconut Chutney. High in protein, potassium, fiber and flavor, this is where “street food” meets super food. Continue reading
Cucumber Quinoa Green Beans & Greens Salad
A light but hearty, crunchy and comforting, refreshingly cool summer salad. Continue reading
Nadya’s Happy Belly Kale + Book
5 great reasons to love September, and one great way to enjoy Kale ~ Continue reading
Sophia’s Sandwich Wraps
A guest post by Sophia Camper Emma Frattasio, with our recipe for Napa Cabbage Avocado Veggie Wraps. Continue reading
Chocolate Pasta
With chocolate in the sauce, this pasta is comfort food seductively saying “I love you.” Continue reading
Healing Foods: Keeping Cancer at Bay & Warrior Pose Giveaway
I didn’t know Bhava when he had cancer. We met one year after his recovery. Continue reading
Vegetable Kofta
Vegetable Kofta is like a Vegan Meatball ~ no meat, no wheat, no eggs ~ just pure delight in a creamy curry sauce. Continue reading
Pumpkin Smoothie
I declared one of the days earlier this week a Day of Bed Rest, and spent my waking hours in the comfort of Continue reading
Spring Detox Smoothie
At first look, this Breakfast Smoothie is a blush-colored beauty! But at first taste, it is a bit of a surprise: the kind of surprise that yanks you by the collar, alerts… 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
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
Food as Medicine
Ayurveda recognizes that the key to optimal health is a strong digestive fire. In this coldest and darkest time of the year, we need to be vigilant about strengthening that Agni, our inner fire of digestion and metabolism, to maintain the … Continue reading
Channa Masala
My husband Bhava and I are going to India in February/March to teach at the International Yoga Festival in Rishikesh. A group of wonderful, heart-centered Yogis are coming with us for a twelve-day Retreat, including 4 days of Ayurvedic treatments on … Continue reading
Stoking the Fires
Remember when Grandma would make a home remedy of hot lemon and honey whenever someone was sick? Some grandmothers might have added ginger, others a dash of cinnamon, some a pinch of black pepper, and the bold even added a … Continue reading
A Vegetarian Christmas
I wanted to share with you our Christmas Dinner Menu, in case you are still looking for ideas. Feel free to print out this menu – just double click on it for print version. I have attached links below to … Continue reading
Are you Vegan?
In our own home we are “Ayurvedis” and Yogis, if we are anything. This means that we eat mostly a vegetarian diet with the emphasis on locally grown, seasonal, organic, whole foods, and balanced in terms of the six tastes and … Continue reading