Cilantro Chutney Cilantro Chutney is a staple in our home. It is a wonderful sauce to put on steamed vegetables as part of a “vitality bowl”, and it’s a perfect complement to a plant-based diet. It also adds an Ayurvedic staple to your food. This recipe is light and easy to make with ingredients that […]
Sharing today about an amazing phytochemical…. #purplepower in Anthocyanins Life-long learners have one thing in common, a desire to explore life in novel ways and creatively apply this knowledge. To do this optimally, we need our cognitive capacity to stay at peak functionality over time. And while we know that stress, sleep, and movement are all […]
Here’s an interesting fact – making crispy french fries is both an art and a science. It turns out that it’s the high starch contact in a potato that blocks the release of moisture. When this happens the potatoes become soggy and brown. So a great tip is to soak the potatoes in cool or […]
Interested in an Ayurvedic technique before you start eating to activate mindful eating ??? … consider this one that I learned from my studies in Ayurveda with Dr. Lad. I like to use pink Himalayan Salt. Grate a little ginger, add dash salt, and place onto a piece of lime. It will wake up your […]
Vegan “feta/chevre” cherry tomato bake! Share with a friend who has loved the feta tomato pasta challenge. When I saw how popular this was, I really wanted to jump in as well but from a plant-based perspective. It is so exciting to me to get creative and think about how to transform existing knowledge and […]
Masala Roast Vegetable Spice Blend Over the summer, I taught a course in Ayurveda to physicians. It was one of the most rewarding times of my professional career as I shared something I am enormously excited about. For instance, each week we did a cooking class exploring the flavors and principles found in Ayurvedic cooking. If […]
Plant-Based Calcium Sources for Bone Health Typically Halloween posts have skeletons or jack o’ lanterns… however keeping up with the fact that I need no additional respect for death in my life these days, I am sharing a different take on it this week. I am sharing about plant-based sources of calcium for bone health. […]
Doubling down on vegan mac-n-cheese Creating your own version of vegan mac-n-cheese will invariably take time. I have been plant-based in my diet for over 30 years and have tasted many many versions of vegan mac-n-cheese. There is much I could reflect on the making of this dish however at this point, I would encourage […]