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Hibiscus Sun Kissed Cooler Tea + Popsicle Infuser

Hibiscus is so refreshing and infused into a tea or a popsicle; it has become one of my all-time favorite herbal summer recipes to counter pittas’ natural expression. If you’re feeling challenged by the excess heat or experiencing inflammation or irritability, I highly recommend using this easy herbal infusion with

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Golden Milk
Beverage
Golden Milk

Golden Milk is all the rage and you can find almost every juice bar selling shots of turmeric, the “yellow” spice that gives golden milk its name. Indian haldi doodh, or turmeric milk has been used traditionally in Ayurvedic medicine for centuries. Turmeric or Curcuma has many benefits and can

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Turmeric Tea
Beverage
Creamy Turmeric Tea

What is Turmeric? Turmeric is super herb filled with antioxidant compounds that boosts the immune system. It is used in traditional Indian cooking and is what makes most Indian dishes, yellow. It a perennial plant in the same family as ginger. Most herbal traditions use turmeric to “invigorate the blood.”

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Rasa Tea
Kapha
Essential Rasa Tea

Amadea Morningstar’s seasonal beverage cookbook: Easy Healing Drinks from the Wisdom of Ayurveda and offers many nourishing recipes to help support the rasa dhatu. With her permission, here’s one of my favorites from her book and will replenish the rasa dhatu as we move into the vata season: effects: balances

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Kapha
Marshmallow Treats

Make your children a naturally sweet treat without all the chemicals, coloring, and preservatives that make our children hyperactive. My herbal studies were back in 2008 and we didn’t take pictures of our food like we do today, so I don’t have an image of these treats. However, this post

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Cardamom Oatmeal Cookies
Sweet
Cardamom Rose Oatmeal Cookies

I have to thank my wonderful friend Sica for this recipe. It was originally her grandmother’s and she adapted it to make it more of an Ayurvedic recipe. How about replacing Crisco with Ghee. These are delicious cookies. They have been a winner in my house and they’ve been a

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Kichadi
Dinner
Kichadi Burgers

You could also call these sliders, and serve them at parties, or over salad for an elegant lunch. You could pick the shape, and put them in a tortilla and call it a wrap! Green mung beans exhibit powerful antioxidant properties that can help fight disease as well as protect

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Christina Vargas

Ayurvedic Health Practitioner, Educator, Herbalist, Certified Yoga & iRest Instructor, Marma Therapist, and Ayurvedic Postpartum Caregiver, APC

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