This recipe was adapted from one of my favorite cookbooks: Heaven’s Banquet by Miriam Kasin Hospodar. Traditional Western rice puddings are prepared with short or medium grain rice, which is stickier and starchier than long-grain varieties and produces a more amalgamated result. Basmati rice produces a sumptuous, light pudding, and
If your agni (digestive fire) is low in the morning, don’t skip breakfast. Try this spiced milk instead. Taking dinner by 7:00pm will also help to strengthen your agni for the next morning.
Quinoa is a delicious protein-rich grain that dates back to the time of the Incas. Combined here with pungent spices that will increase your agni, (digestive fire) this warming dish will be sure to satisfy and give you endurance to being your day!
Ayurveda considers stewed fruit a golden food. Apples and pears are easy to digest and help to create ojas or radiance. Most sweet juicy fruits are excellent cleansers; in fact, they help you empty out those piled-up toxins within the system. A great way to start your day! I like
Carrots have many ayurvedic qualities – sweet, bitter, pungent, heating, light, sharp. You won’t regret adding them regularly to your meals as they are beneficial for your immune system, lower your risk of cancer, help to balance body weight, regulate blood pressure, and are known to reduce heart disease. Because
Making homemade almond milk is simple and more satisfying than the store-bought kind. Most store-bought almond milk contains additives such as carrageenan which can cause inflammation and ama or toxins in the body. Almonds are high in protein, about 30 grams for 1 cup of whole almonds. They are sattvic
Chia or “strength” as it is called in the ancient Mayan culture has amazing benefits in our modern world. As a busy mom, I’m all about simple recipes that don’t take a lot of time but that has a powerful nutritional impact! This is one of my favorite breakfast recipes,
As a child, weekend mornings were my favorite, especially when my mom or grandma made pancakes! I’d love to help mix and flip the batter. Not much has changed, except the ingredients we use! We love to get our kiddos in the kitchen as often as possible, they love to
Roses are tri-doshic, meaning they are great for vatas, pittas, and kaphas. They are bitter, pungent, astringent, and sweet. They have cooling energy and support our plasma, blood, marrow, nerve, and reproductive tissue. They don’t stop there! They make a great decongestant, carminative, anti-inflammatory, laxative and they are antioxidants, rich
Ayurvedic Health Practitioner, Educator, Herbalist, Certified Yoga & iRest Instructor, Marma Therapist, and Ayurvedic Postpartum Caregiver, APC
