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Chestnut Porcini Soup
Chestnut Porcini Soup I found this recipe in Edible San Diego, a wonderful new magazine about local farms, markets and restaurants. It is featured in a profile of Patrick Ponsaty, Chef de Cuisine at...
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A Few Ideas for Breakfast
Buckwheat Cakes I have a client who loves Quinoa and spinach for breakfast. It sounds good to me, especially with a light touch of cinnamon, cardamom, turmeric and ghee or coconut oil. She adds a...
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Summer’s Garden Soup
Two weeks ago I posted summer ideas for breakfast, and last week, it was a fresh summer salad for lunch. So it seems in the natural order of things to offer you now a bit of dinner inspiration for...
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Channa Masala
My husband Bhava and I are going to India in February/March to teach at the International Yoga Festival in Rishikesh. A group of wonderful, heart-centered Yogis are coming with us for a twelve-day...
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Food Love: Return to India
Have you ever wondered what it is like behind the scenes of one of your favorite cooking shows? Last Spring I was treated to the joys of food television production. The hours were grueling, the work...
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4 for Fall: Avoid Autumn Burnout
In the northern hemisphere, where it is Autumn, it is the season when Vata dominates. (If you are in the southern hemisphere, enjoying the warming of spring, look for the tag Kapha here on my site to...
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Healthy Holidays: Sumptuous Stuffing
It’s a healthy stove top stuffing designed to win over your traditional and your picky eaters. Full of protein, high in fiber, with all kinds of macro and micro nutrients, gluten-free,...
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Ayurveda Cooking For Beginners is Here!
I am excited, and still a little incredulous, that my book Ayurveda Cooking For Beginners is here! You can get it now: http://bit.ly/AyurvedaCookingForBeginners The book has 108 recipes for every...
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Healthy Breakfast Crepes
By far, the most popular posts on my blog are either recipes for better sleep, or recipes for a better reason to wake up from that sleep. It is not much of a surprise then, that when I asked friends...
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Winter Kitchari + Giveaway
When it comes to Kitchari, people often ask me if there is a replacement for the rice in the recipe. Usually I just say quinoa, or omit. But there’s another option I’ve long wanted to try. Broccoli...
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Three For Spring + Amadea’s New Book Giveaway
It’s been a long time since I’ve shared a collection of the Ayurvedic food writers who are inspiring me these days, but having recently returned from the National Ayurvedic Medicine Association (NAMA)...
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Six Star-Spangled Salads For Summer
It’s the season of hot, playful days and warm, starry nights with picnics, parties and parades abounding. It’s also the season of salads. Here are six of the most celebrated from my blog. Each is like...
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Sahara Rose’s Shepherd’s Pie
A year ago I made, noted and photographed a Vegan version of Shepherd’s Pie, that old British Pub comfort food staple, thinking it would be gorgeous to share in the Autumn, when the golden russet of...
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Apple Beet Fennel Salad
Salad is sort of a no-no in Ayurveda, given that raw vegetables are light, rough, dry and cooling in nature and therefore not so easy to digest. Having said that, if you have a strong digestion, if...
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Rescue Remedy for Digestion
I am hosting a retreat right now at the most serene place nestled high in the Himalayas above Rishikesh where the sun is shining, the air is clear, and all you can hear is a jungle full of bird song,...
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Video: Make Your Own Roti + Book Giveaway
I have been in the forests of the baby Himalayas, near Dehradun, in north India, working with The Ayurveda Experience on a new rollout for their Ayurvedic skincare line Ajara. It was a beautiful...
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In Brodo: Making Autumn Meals Sing
This time of year, I want all my meals served in brodo, the way the Italians do it, serving tortellini, for instance, in hot, steaming broth. But it could be anything from gnocchi to ravioli, tofu...
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Holiday Mendiants
December, with its holidays and end of the year buzz, asks so much of us, and yet slow and easy is the call of the season. So if you are looking for a holiday treat that answers that call for ease,...
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Winter’s Warm Harvest Soup
As John Joseph Immel of Joyful Belly says, “January can make you feel frozen. The chilly, dark days seem to freeze your body’s workings, causing stagnation and congestion just when you need a...
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Fruity Baked Oatmeal + New Dosha Quiz
When breakfast could be a healthy snack, or dessert, you know you’ve found a warm and delicious way to maintain balance in the Autumn season of Vata. When Vata is high we often don’t have time or the...
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