Summer recipes

Ojas Building Shake
Beverage
Ojas Building Shake

Ojas is our “inner sap”, our vitality, consciousness, and immunity. It is the basis for physical and mental endurance, the internalized essence of digested food and thought. Ojas is responsible for protecting the body from physical harm and provides emotional stability. It grounds us and supports our mental, physical and

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Spiced Stuffed Dates
Pitta
Spiced Stuffed Dates

Ojas is our “inner sap”, our vitality, consciousness, and immunity. It is the basis for physical and mental endurance, the internalized essence of digested food and thought. Ojas is responsible for protecting the body from physical harm and provides emotional stability. It grounds us and supports our mental, physical and

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Mung Bean Pasta Recipe
Dinner
Mung Bean Pasta + Herb Pesto

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!

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Golden Milk
Beverage
Golden Milk Latte

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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Golden Spiced Chia Cereal
Breakfast
Overnight Golden Spiced Chia Cereal

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,

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Spiced Pancakes
Breakfast
Spiced Pancakes (vegan friendly)

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

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Spiced Rose Petal Granola
Breakfast
Spiced Rose Petal Granola

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

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Beet Salad
Dinner
Roasted Beet, Quinoa, and Arugula Salad

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

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Dinner
Sprouted Mung Bean Summer Salad

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

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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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