Butternut Squash Salad With Pine Nuts & Arugula |
| 2 tbsp | |
| 1/4 c | |
| 1/4 c | |
| 1/4 lbs | |
| 2 c | |
| 1 tsp | |
| 1 tsp | |
| 1/2 tsp | |
| 1/4 tsp | |
| 1/4 lbs |
1) Preheat oven to 425.
2) Skin and chop butternut squash into 1/2 inch cubes. Coarsely chop red onion. Halve dried cranberries to make sure their flavor is released.
3) Toss in pine nuts, whole cumin seed, ground coriander, coarsely ground black pepper, salt and olive oil. Mix gently.
4) Roast, mixing gently every 15 minutes, for one hour or until squash is tender.
5) Serve over bed of fresh arugula tossed in a dash of olive oil.
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Active Ingredients: Cranberry, Black Pepper, Red Onion (raw), Cumin, Coriander Seed, Salt (Mineral Salt), Arugula
Active Ingredients: Pine Nuts, Black Pepper, Cumin, Coriander Seed, Olive Oil, Arugula, Salt (Mineral Salt)
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Cumin, Butternut Squash, Arugula
Active Ingredients: Cumin, Cranberry, Coriander Seed, Arugula
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Cumin, Red Onion (raw), Coriander Seed, Salt (Mineral Salt)
Active Ingredients: Cumin, Coriander Seed, Olive Oil, Arugula
Each dosha reflects a distinct metabolic nature and describes strengths & weaknesses in bodily function, and how these affect energy levels, digestion, susceptibility to disease, and many other tendencies.
Your metabolic nature not only affects your physical characteristics, but also influences your mental thought patterns, confidence, and enthusiasm.
Ayurveda balances these metabolic strengths & weaknesses to support your body's vitality and prevent recurrent disease cycles. This support is a critical aid, especially in chronic or incurable disease conditions.
The 3 metabolic body types (doshas), are Catabolic (Vata), Metabolic (Pitta), and Anabolic (Kapha).
Through dosha, Ayurveda empowers people to identify metabolic imbalances early, break repetitive patterns of disease, and cultivate habits that support long-term vitality and well-being.
Ultimately, these metabolic patterns also provide a framework for understanding yourself, including body, mind, and spiritual tendencies.
Active Ingredients: Cumin, Coriander Seed
Active Ingredients: Pine Nuts
MILD NERVE-RELAXANT-GROUNDING Encourages feelings of stability and heaviness. Makes you feel settled, mentally relaxed. Mildly sedates the nervous system to ease stress. Can bring a spacey or anxious person back to earth. Reduces agitation, irritation, stress and racing thoughts.
Active Ingredients: Butternut Squash
STRONG SATISFIES-STOMACH Provides a sense of gratification and fullness in the stomach.
Active Ingredients: Pine Nuts, Butternut Squash
Active Ingredients: Pine Nuts
Active Ingredients: Pine Nuts
STRONG NUTRITIVE An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.
Active Ingredients: Pine Nuts, Olive Oil, Butternut Squash
STRONG DIAPHORETIC An herb that induces sweating, often by dilating blood vessels close to the skin.
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Red Onion (raw), Coriander Seed
STRONG FLUSHES-SINUSES An herb that relieves sinus congestion by flushing out mucus.
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Red Onion (raw), Salt (Mineral Salt)
STRONG IRRITATES-THROAT Creates abrasive feeling in the back of the mouth. May stimulate coughing.
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper
STRONG CARDIAC-STIMULANT Herbs that increase the heart rate. Useful in cardiovascular health, blood stagnation, and subjective feeling of heaviness in the chest area.
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper
STRONG ALTERATIVE Restores the proper function of the body by cleansing the blood and balancing blood chemistry. In Ayurveda terms, they pacify Pitta in rakta. They were traditionally used to revitalize and detoxify after a long winter.
Active Ingredients: Cranberry, Coriander Seed, Butternut Squash
STRONG DIURETIC Herbs that promote urine formation, thereby flushing the kidneys and urinary tract while eliminating any excess water retention. As diuretics reduce water retention, they are often used to reduce blood pressure.
Active Ingredients: Cumin, Cranberry, Coriander Seed, Butternut Squash
STRONG CATECHINS Antioxidant that reduces cancer and blood clots, dilates blood vessels, and is antimicrobial.
Active Ingredients: Cranberry
STRONG TANNINS Active Ingredients: Cranberry
STRONG NITRIC-OXIDE Improves circulation by dilating blood vessels. Protects blood vessels from damage. Improves athletic performance, libido, immunity, and brain health.
Active Ingredients: Red Onion (raw), Arugula
Active Ingredients: Cranberry, Arugula
Active Ingredients: Cranberry
Active Ingredients: Red Onion (raw)
Active Ingredients: Cranberry
Active Ingredients: Pine Nuts
Active Ingredients: Cranberry
MILD BETA-CAROTENE Active Ingredients: Butternut Squash
MILD SODIUM Active Ingredients: Salt (Mineral Salt)
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John's hobbies & specialties include advanced digestive disorders, virtue psychology through classical & Christian philosophy, languages, cooking & botany. He holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Harvard University. John, his wife Natalie, and their 8 kids live in Asheville, NC.
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