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Butternut Squash Soup With Rosemary & Thyme


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"Delicious! Easy to make, tasty, and instantly pacifies me, a vata, and gratifies me, inside and out, throughout!..."
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How to Make Butternut Squash Soup with Rosemary & Thyme

INGREDIENTS


SKILL LEVEL: EASY
1/2 c
2 tbsp
4 c
2 clove
1/4 tsp
1/4 tsp
1/4 tsp
1/4 tsp

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

Begin by sauteing the onions in the olive oil. When the onions begin to brown, add the garlic. Allow the garlic to cook with the onions for another few minutes. Next, add all of the remaining ingredients, cover with water, and bring to a boil. Cook until the butternut squash is tender - about 20 minutes. Allow the soup to cool a bit before transferring it to a blender. Blend at medium speed in intervals, venting any steam that accrues during the process. Blend until creamy and smooth. Serve and garnish with a sprinkle of fresh thyme and cracked black pepper.

For an additional skin tonifying quality, add a pinch of turmeric.

How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?

CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW

Something shifts in the late summer to early autumn air, and you find yourself craving more grounding and heavy foods. Pumpkin pie spices begin appearing on end caps at your local grocery store and in creamy lattes in your hometown coffee shops. You feel a need to combat the movement of the season, and changes in the air, with warm drinks and soups that make you feel held and cozy, nourished and rooted within yourself as the world around you rapidly transforms before your eyes.

This naturally creamy Butternut Squash Soup With Rosemary & Thyme grounds and nourishes your body and soul alike. The soft orange color is reminiscent of the fall leaves that are beginning to appear in treetops as the days shorten, while reminding us of the warm rays of the late summer sun that now feels like a far away dream, dropping from mind with the humidity.

The addition of mineral salt and sweetly cooked, caramelized garlic and onion further grounds the shifting energies of the mind with a sleepy, satisfying, tamasic, effect. Black pepper, rosemary and thyme further enhance the warming qualities of this recipe, rounding out the heaviness with the high notes of aromatic spices, while the rosemary lends a rustic feel to the sweet, orange butternut squash. Add enough black pepper and rosemary to give the butternut squash a warm feel that will help drive the sweet nourishing ojas of the squash to the whole body.

If you experience dry skin this time of year, the pairing of turmeric with the nourishing butternut squash can make for a great skin tonic.

With the nutritive squash blending with the warming, lung penetrating, and antimicrobial actions of the herbs and spices, this recipe comes just in the nick of time. It will build up your reserves to prevent respiratory viruses that awaken during this time of year.

WHAT IS BUTTERNUT SQUASH SOUP WITH ROSEMARY & THYME?

Rosemary lends a rustic feel to the sweet, orange butternut squash.

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Your Ayurvedic diet is tailored to your individual body and your specific imbalances. With an Ayurvedic diet you feel joy and satisfaction because what you are eating truly nourishes and balances you. Disease results from diets and lifestyles that are incompatible with your nature. By eating a personalized diet matched to your body, you experience optimal health. See How it Works.

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Metabolic Nature of Butternut Squash Soup with Rosemary & Thyme

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METABOLIC NATURE

Metabolic Nature

Ayurveda assesses metabolic imbalances through 20 main biocharacteristics (gunas). Aggravating them weakens your body and causes imbalance. By knowing which biocharacteristics are habitually imbalanced in your body, you will be able to identify and correct metabolic imbalances before you get sick. Every biocharacteristic has an opposite which balances it (i.e. hot balances cold). You restore balance by favoring diet and lifestyle choices that increase the opposite biocharacteristic.

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EASY

ABOUT EASY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Easy refers to anything easy to digest, or digests quickly.

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LIQUEFIED

ABOUT LIQUEFIED BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Substances that thin fluids (lower viscosity of blood plasma). These may include blood thinners or mucolytic herbs.

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HEAVY

ABOUT HEAVY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Heavy is identified by sedation, sluggishness, or increased weight.

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DOSHAS

The Three Doshas / Body Types

Ayurveda is a metabolic theory of medicine that explains individual health, tendencies, and disease patterns through the concept of doshas, which can be understood as your metabolic patterns and tendencies.

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.

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PACIFIES
Vata pacifying
AGGRAVATES
Kapha aggravating Pitta aggravating

GREEK MEDICINE / TEMPERAMENTS

The Four Temperaments / Humors

Ayurveda & Greek Medicine were the dominant form of medicine along the Silk Road from England to China and South Asia. They work by assessing your metabolic type, patterns, and nature. Greek medicine recognizes 4 metabolic temperaments, Melancholic, Choleric, Sanguine, and Phlegmatic.

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PACIFIES
MELANCHOLIC

ABOUT MELANCHOLIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Cold and dry with a slow, variable or erratic metabolism. Colicky, tense. Withdrawn, pensive, anxious, and hesitant. Analytical, intelligent, detail oriented and creative. Prone to ojas depletion, dehydration, an overactive nervous system, and depression.

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AGGRAVATES
CHOLERIC

ABOUT CHOLERIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Has a hot and dry metabolic nature. Enthusiastic, vibrant and bright. In excess burns up fluids and ojas, irritable. Corresponds to high bilirubin in the blood that irritates and heats up the body and liver.

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PHLEGMATIC

ABOUT PHLEGMATIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

A Phlegmatic has a cold and wet metabolic nature. The coldness implies a slow metabolism, the moisture that you are well-nourished. Phlegmatics tend towards sluggishness and thickened fluids, including mucus.

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SANGUINE

ABOUT SANGUINE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

A hot and oily nature with a moderate metabolism and a well nourished body makes Sanguine individuals vigorous, vivacious, outgoing and generous, and prone to impulsivity and self indulgence. Bullish and intense when out of balance.

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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Butternut Squash Soup with Rosemary & Thyme
Experiences are Personal
Experiences vary according to the person and constitution. Individual results may vary. The list of herbal-actions below has not be approved by the FDA and should not be used to treat a medical condition.

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Stomachic

STOMACHIC

An herb that increases appetite or settles a nauseas or nervous stomach. These generally increase the digestive fire, therefore relieving symptoms of sluggish or difficult digestion.

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Digestive

DIGESTIVE

Herbs that encourage healthy digestion.

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Burns Toxins

BURNS-TOXINS

An herb that detoxifies by helping your body metabolize toxins, as opposed to eliminating them.

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Makes You Tired

MAKES-YOU-TIRED

Induces drowsiness and promotes sound sleep.

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Nerve Relaxant Grounding

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.

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Satisfies Stomach

SATISFIES-STOMACH

Provides a sense of gratification and fullness in the stomach.

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Tonic

TONIC

A tonic herb restores function through strengthening tissue. This can happen through a combination of nourishing the tissue, and invigorating tissue metabolism. The tonic should not be withering, as in caffeine.

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Nutritive

NUTRITIVE

An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.

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Diaphoretic

DIAPHORETIC

An herb that induces sweating, often by dilating blood vessels close to the skin.

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Flushes Sinuses

FLUSHES-SINUSES

An herb that relieves sinus congestion by flushing out mucus.

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Irritates Throat

IRRITATES-THROAT

Creates abrasive feeling in the back of the mouth. May stimulate coughing.

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Decongestant

DECONGESTANT

An herb that reduces mucus production often by restricting blood flow to mucus membranes.

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Expectorant

EXPECTORANT

Expectorants help you eliminate mucus from the lungs. These herbs often work by increasing the quantity of mucus, or thinning the mucus. Expectorants are indicated when phlegm congests the lower respiratory tract.

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Cardiac Stimulant

CARDIAC-STIMULANT

Herbs that increase the heart rate. Useful in cardiovascular health, blood stagnation, and subjective feeling of heaviness in the chest area.

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Vasodilator

VASODILATOR

A vasodilator is an herb that widens the blood vessels by the relaxation of smooth muscle cells within the vessel walls, thereby increasing circulation systemically or to a local area.

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Alterative

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.

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Diuretic

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.

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Cholagogue

CHOLAGOGUE

Cholagogues stimulate the production & release of bile from the liver & gallbladder. This refreshes and cleanses these organs, as well as increases bile in the small intestines.

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Galactagogue

GALACTAGOGUE

Increases production of breast milk, often by raising prolactin and diaphoresis.

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Antispasmodic

ANTISPASMODIC

Herbs that reduce or inhibit muscle spasms or cramping, such as in asthma, menstruation, heart palpitations, migraine, or IBS.

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Constituents:
Polysaccharides,
Saponins

SAPONINS

Can be used to make soap. Saponins stimulate mucus membrane secretion, liquefying mucus for easy removal (expectorant).

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, Sulfated Polysaccharides, Sulphur,
Nitric Oxide

NITRIC-OXIDE

Improves circulation by dilating blood vessels. Protects blood vessels from damage. Improves athletic performance, libido, immunity, and brain health.

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, Beta Carotene, Phosphorous

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  • Mustard Seed

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  • Mustard

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    Expectorant, Vasodilator, Cardiac-stimulant, Digestive, Flushes-sinuses, Antispasmodic, Decongestant, Diuretic, Irritates-throat, Burns-toxins, Diaphoretic

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  • Fennel Seeds

    Fennel Seeds has these Actions in Common

    Cardiac-stimulant, Diuretic, Stomachic, Antispasmodic, Decongestant, Expectorant, Burns-toxins, Digestive, Galactagogue

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  • Wasabi

    Wasabi has these Actions in Common

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    Diaphoretic, Expectorant, Vasodilator, Cardiac-stimulant, Digestive, Flushes-sinuses, Cholagogue, Diuretic, Irritates-throat

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    Fenugreek has these Actions in Common

    Burns-toxins, Digestive, Galactagogue, Cholagogue, Diuretic, Nutritive, Diaphoretic, Expectorant, Stomachic

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    Pennyroyal has these Actions in Common

    Antispasmodic, Cardiac-stimulant, Cholagogue, Diaphoretic, Digestive, Diuretic, Expectorant, Vasodilator

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    Stomachic, Vasodilator, Antispasmodic, Cardiac-stimulant, Decongestant, Diaphoretic, Digestive, Expectorant

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    Antispasmodic, Burns-toxins, Decongestant, Diaphoretic, Digestive, Expectorant, Vasodilator

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John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, teaches people how to have a healthy diet and lifestyle with Ayurveda. His approach to Ayurveda is clinical, yet exudes an ease which many find enjoyable and insightful. John also directs the Joyful Belly College of Ayurveda, offering professional clinical training in Ayurveda for over 15 years.

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Garima Thockchom Fremont, CA
2010-02-11
“I cook squash with hing and ajwain. A recipe used in eastern India involves basil and mustard seeds with squash. I have no clue about the dosha implications of these combinations but I love the taste!"
Katherine Los angeles, CA
2014-03-02
“There are no instructions on how much water or what to do after it comes to a boil? Im assuming you blend in."
David McKaig Swannanoa, NC
2014-03-03
“Katherine...Cover the surface with water and cook down."
LeAnn 15759 deedon rd la pine, 97739 , OR
2018-09-29
“Loved this soup!Will it make again."
freda blackerby St louis, MO
2018-11-15
“Delicious! Easy to make, tasty, and instantly pacifies me, a vata, and gratifies me, inside and out, throughout! Thankful for this recipe!"
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