Advice from a rainbow – ‘Live a colorful life. Be an inspiration. Bring unexpected joy. See beauty in the curves. Be someone to look up to. Live in the moment. Reflect your true nature.’ It is always a great idea to have a variety of colours in your meal, as every color represents a different …
‘God puts rainbows in the clouds so that each of us, in the dreariest and most dreaded moments, can see the possibility of hope’ – Maya Angelou Whilst in quarantine, Mr B and I have been trying to focus on what the quarantine has brought us versus what it has taken away. One of the …
With the changing weather and the fluid situation, I decided it would be a good idea to create something grounding and nourishing. This is consistent with the Ayurvedic principle of balancing your mind and environment using food and herbs. To ground yourself use warming heavier foods like squash, pumpkin and root vegetables and warming spices …
‘Without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive and moribund’ – Anthony Bourdain I really wanted to find a high protein substitute for eggs and so started experimenting at the beginning of the year. This was my first attempt and it was so successful that Mr. …
‘Do you have a kinder, more adaptable friend in food, than soup? Who soothes you when you are ill? Who refuses to leave you when you are impoverished and stretches its resources to give hearty sustenance and cheer. Yet is also capable of doing honour at your richest table. Who warms you in winter and …
‘Fill your plate with all the colors of the rainbow. What pleases the eye, pleases the body’ I love making food that us aesthetically pleasing as well as tasty. As the saying goes, you eat with your eyes as well as your stomach. Ayurveda goes one step further a says you need to take all …
‘I have 99 problems, but protein isn’t one’ This is a great protein dense vegan recipe from the blog cooking for peanuts. This is an amazing blog dedicated to plant-based recipes for this amazing woman’s three children. I just added a few extra medicinal spices to adapt to my taste. Plant based foods are rich …
‘When diet is wrong, medicine is of no use, when diet is correct, medicine is of no need’. Ayurvedic proverb Here is another recipe for those who are interested in learning about some new vegetables with powerful healing properties. I promised my classmates in Ayurvedic School that I would post a few of these to …
‘The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease’. Thomas Edison, 1903 Bottle Gourd, also known as Lauki, Doodhi, Long Melon or Calabash is a vegetable high in water and rich in vitamin …
