This recipe was adapted from one of my favorite books, Eat to Live by Joel Fuhrman, M.D. His concept is all about living a nutritarian lifestyle based on consuming nutrient-dense, natural plant foods, eating few, if any animal products, and eating no foods that are completely empty of nutrients or
Here is a fresh tasty coconut pesto pasta made from herbs right in your garden. You can make different pesto variations by using herbs and greens like chard, spinach, and kale. Use what you have available. Great for homemade pizzas too!
A staple of an Ayurvedic diet, Kitchadi, meaning mixture, combines savory basmati rice, nutritious mung beans, healing spices, and seasonal vegetables for a light and flavorful dish. Mung beans are a staple legume in an ayurvedic diet and the essential ingredient in kitchadi. Mung beans contain about 14 grams of
Quinoa was once called “the gold of the Incas,” who saw its value in increasing the stamina of their warriors. It should be a staple in kitchens today with its amino acid-rich (protein) seed that makes for a complete protein as it includes all nine essential amino acids. This is
Mung beans are one of the most cherished foods in Ayurveda. They are tridoshic, wholesome for everyone, vata, pitta and kapha. They can be eaten to balance all three doshas (energetic forces), especially when cooked with spices appropriate for each dosha. They are very nourishing while being easy to digest
Summer is a time for cooling, sweet fruits, and fresh flowers all of which pacify the excess heat and the pitta dosha. Cucumber is good summer food and is thirst-relieving. Cucumber is sweet, astringent, cool, and decreases the Pitta dosha. It is a diuretic and good for urinary tract infections.
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