Summer recipes

Breakfast
Summer Spiced Blueberry Flaxseed Muffins

It’s been a while since I’ve felt the inspiration to create new recipes, but with the warmth of early summer mornings returning and all the fresh fruit available, the inspiration is retuning. While the house was asleep this morning, I whipped these up and wanted to share! These Blueberry Flaxseed

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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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Dinner
Nightshade-Free Red “Marinara” Sauce

Do nightshades upset your digestion? Red tomato sauce is one of the first things I eliminated 15 years ago when I began my ayurvedic journey. It was pretty much a staple food in my 20-something-year-old diet. What a big difference I noticed in my skin when I gave it up!

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Beverage
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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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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Summertime Condiments
Condiment
Summertime Condiments

If you don’t have a garden, these recipes will inspire you to start one! Start with a basic, small porch garden. You don’t need a big space to get the many benefits of your favorite herbs! Start with a large garden pot and add 3-4 of your favorite herbs!

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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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