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Tahini & Honey Cereal
Warming, slightly pungent and sticky, making cereal into a kind of Rice Krispie(tm) treat or energy bar. Experiment with alternatives to milk in cereal. Great for a snack! Discovered by Rose in Albuquerque.ayurveda notes
Warming Tahini and honey make this a perfect early morning winter snack!
Apple Cider with Spices
Perfectly matched to the beauty of colorful autumn leaves, hot apple cider chases away colder temperatures with spicy cinnamon and nutmeg.ayurveda notes
Sour cooked apples promote secretions in the digestion tract. Malic acid in the apple gently cleanses the liver. Cinnamon warms the liver and nutmeg grounds agitated Vata. Cloves pushes heat out to the exterior warming the skin.
Sweet Potato with Pumpkin Spice & Mustard Seed
Hearty, golden, grounding 'pumpkin pie'. Discovered by Rose Ortiz, yoga instructor in Asheville, NC.ayurveda notes
Sweet potatoes generally provoke kapha but spices bring into balance: Cinnamon helps break up mucous.
Coconut, Turmeric & Tomato Sambar Soup
Sambar soup is essentially a red & yellow coconut soup with cumin. The red is tomato. The yellow is turmeric. Sambar soup is typically served with dosas (fermented daal crepes), idlys and mint chutney. Other optional flavors include mustard seed, garam masala, cinnamon, lime, garlic, etc.
Reported by Frank Cook, herbalist and world traveler from North Carolina (http://www.plantsandhealers.com).
ayurveda notes
Every South Indian mom has their own version of Sambar Soup, a popular dish from the heartland of Ayurveda with variations to suit any dosha. This variation, with sour limes and turmeric, invigorates the blood and liquefies secretions during Kapha season, helping relieve sinus congestion and release excess fat before the coming of spring.
Turmeric is a key ingredient for clearing kapha from the system. It thins the blood and dilates blood vessels, cleansing liver congestion and heating the blood. The heat of turmeric also pacifies vata and clears vata ama from the lymphatic system and joints. Sour limes encourage secretions in the digestive tract, release of bile from the liver, and also liquefies thick mucus for easy removal.
Tomato and potato are both nightshades. In general the nightshade plant family vitiates the blood. Consumption of nightshades should be limited to once every 3 days or less.