Spring recipes

Dinner
Barley Spinach Pesto

Barley is a fav! grains during this time of year as it’s light, dry and a diuretic – helping to clear fluids from the body and improves sluggish digestion. I’ve been playing around with different ways to incorporate it this season.

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Dinner
Asparagus Kitchadi

Enjoy this dish regularly as a healthy, healing meal for all body types. If during the summer, or experiencing a pitta imbalance, you can omit the garlic. It is especially beneficial during times when you need a digestive rest, are experiencing digestive or elimination challenges, detoxification, weight loss, illness, post-cleansing,

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Breakfast
Kitchadi Breakfast

Enjoy this dish regularly as a healthy, healing breakfast for all body types and all seasons. It is especially beneficial during times when you need a digestive rest, are experiencing digestive or elimination challenges, detoxification, weight loss, illness, post-cleansing, and general weakness. This is also one of my favorite recipes

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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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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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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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Breakfast
Breakfast Rice Cereal

Cooking time : 15 Min Preparation time : 20 Min Serves : 2 Difficulty : Easy Breakfast is an important meal of the day and is a BREAK-from-the-FAST. For many of us, we rush, run and either skip this meal or we choose to eat foods that are “quick”, which

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Overnight Spiced Oats
Breakfast
Overnight Spiced Oats

Breakfast is an important meal of the day. For many of us, we either skip this meal or we choose to eat foods that are dry, (breakfast bars), light (dry cereal), or cold (cold milk with cereal). All of which can increase Vata qualities. It is essential to begin your

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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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