College of Ayurvedic Diet & Digestion

College of Ayurvedic Diet & Digestion

 

AYURVEDIC RECIPES

Orange Zest Vinaigrette


How to Make Orange Zest Vinaigrette

  • SERVINGS: 4
  • PREP TIME: 5 MINUTES
  • COOK TIME: 0 MINUTES
  • SKILL LEVEL:
    EASY
  • MEAL: LUNCH-DINNER
  • STYLE: WESTERN
  • PREPARATION: RAW

INGREDIENTS


SKILL LEVEL: EASY
1/4 c
1 tbsp
1 tbsp
1 whole
1 tsp
1/2 tsp
1 pinch

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

1. Finely grate orange zest.

2. Juice orange.

3. Add all ingredients to a jar and shake vigorously to combine.

4. Drizzle over your salad of choice just before serving.

How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?

CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW

Salad dressings are a wonderful way to incorporate a wider variety of tastes into a meal. 'Orange Zest Vinaigrette' is sweet, salty and has a pungent, peppery pop. Its bright bitterness is thanks to orange zest, and the sour kick comes from a dash of white vinegar. This dressing stimulates digestion while olive oil gently coats the digestive tract, helping everything move smoothly and efficiently.

AYURVEDA'S GUIDE TO VITALITY & WHOLESOME NOURISHMENT

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.

Is Orange Zest Vinaigrette Good for My Ayurvedic Diet?

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Metabolic Nature of Orange Zest Vinaigrette

See a complete list of all biocharacteristics.

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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LIGHT

ABOUT LIGHT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Lightness is identified by reduced weight.

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MOBILE

ABOUT MOBILE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Mobile refers to anything that stimulates the nervous system, muscles, or activity.

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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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HOT

ABOUT HOT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Hot is identified by increased body temperature, metabolism, or inflammation.

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CLEAR

ABOUT CLEAR BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Clear refers to anything that cleanses or flushes out wastes, or that digests ama.

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EASY

ABOUT EASY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

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TASTES

The 6 Tastes

Taste is used to sense the most basic properties and effects of food. Each taste has a specific medicinal effect on your body. Cravings for food with certain tastes indicate your body is craving specific medicinal results from food. Taste is experienced on the tongue and represents your body's reaction to foods. Sweet taste causes physical satisfaction and attraction whereas bitter taste causes discomfort and aversion. Kapha should use less sweet taste while Vata and Pitta would benefit from using more sweet taste. One of the first signs of illness is that your taste and appetite for food changes. The six tastes are sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter, and astringent. Do you crave foods with any of the tastes below?

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SOUR

ABOUT SOUR BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Sour refers to anything fermented or acidic.

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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
Kapha pacifying Vata pacifying
AGGRAVATES
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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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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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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Other

Outward

OUTWARD

Outward-moving substances stimulate circulation, push heat towards the skin, or are stimulating.

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Fat

FAT

Fat tissue (Meda Dhatu) includes adipose tissue and sebum (skin oil).

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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Orange Zest Vinaigrette
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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Appetite Suppressant

APPETITE-SUPPRESSANT

Suppresses hunger without causing weight gain.

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Digestive

DIGESTIVE

Herbs that encourage healthy digestion.

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Wakes You Up

WAKES-YOU-UP

Invigorates the body and nervous system, increases energy.

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Strengthens Resolve

STRENGTHENS-RESOLVE

Increases determination and courage by reducing stress and building strength.

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Stimulates Energy

STIMULATES-ENERGY

This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.

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Refreshing

REFRESHING

Stimulates and wakes up the body, leaving it feeling cool, fresh, and energized.

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Diaphoretic

DIAPHORETIC

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

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Soothes Throat

SOOTHES-THROAT

Soothes throat discomfort, including from a sore or ticklish throat.

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Flushes Sinuses

FLUSHES-SINUSES

An herb that relieves sinus congestion by flushing out mucus.

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Constituents:
Polyphenols

POLYPHENOLS

Polyphenols are powerful antioxidants seen in many fruits and vegetables. There are more than 8,000 types.

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, Sodium,
Aromatase Inhibitor

AROMATASE-INHIBITOR

Blocks estrogen synthesis by inhibiting conversion of progesterone and testosterone into estrogen.

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Coumarin

COUMARIN

Moderately toxic, vascular tonic, hypotensive, and anti-inflammatory.

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, Fats

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    Mustard Seed has these Actions in Common

    Flushes-sinuses, Wakes-you-up, Diaphoretic, Stimulates-energy, Digestive, Strengthens-resolve

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    Mustard Powder has these Actions in Common

    Digestive, Strengthens-resolve, Flushes-sinuses, Wakes-you-up, Diaphoretic, Stimulates-energy

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  • Mustard

    Mustard has these Actions in Common

    Flushes-sinuses, Wakes-you-up, Diaphoretic, Stimulates-energy, Digestive, Strengthens-resolve

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  • Horseradish

    Horseradish has these Actions in Common

    Digestive, Wakes-you-up, Flushes-sinuses, Diaphoretic, Refreshing

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  • Wasabi

    Wasabi has these Actions in Common

    Digestive, Wakes-you-up, Flushes-sinuses, Diaphoretic, Refreshing

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  • Daikon Radish

    Daikon Radish has these Actions in Common

    Flushes-sinuses, Diaphoretic, Refreshing, Digestive, Stimulates-energy

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  • Mint

    Mint has these Actions in Common

    Digestive, Wakes-you-up, Refreshing, Diaphoretic, Stimulates-energy

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  • Orange Zest

    Orange Zest has these Actions in Common

    Stimulates-energy, Digestive, Wakes-you-up, Refreshing

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  • Pineapple

    Pineapple has these Actions in Common

    Wakes-you-up, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Digestive

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  • Ajwain

    Ajwain has these Actions in Common

    Wakes-you-up, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Digestive

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  • Salt (Mineral Salt)

    Salt (Mineral Salt) has these Actions in Common

    Soothes-throat, Digestive, Strengthens-resolve, Flushes-sinuses

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Nature to Orange Zest Vinaigrette

  • Regular exercise

    Regular exercise has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Strengthens-resolve, Wakes-you-up

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  • Prickly Ash

    Prickly Ash has these Actions in Common

    Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Diaphoretic, Digestive

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  • Sniff raw onions, chopped

    Sniff raw onions, chopped has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Flushes-sinuses, Refreshing, Wakes-you-up

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  • Nasya Oil

    Nasya Oil has these Actions in Common

    Flushes-sinuses, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up

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  • External Breath (Bahya Pranayama)

    External Breath (Bahya Pranayama) has these Actions in Common

    Digestive, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up

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  • Bitter Orange Peel

    Bitter Orange Peel has these Actions in Common

    Digestive, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up

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  • Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru)

    Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru) has these Actions in Common

    Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Digestive

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  • Breathing Exercises

    Breathing Exercises has these Actions in Common

    Digestive, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up

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  • Bellows Breath (Bhastrika Pranayama)

    Bellows Breath (Bhastrika Pranayama) has these Actions in Common

    Digestive, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up

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  • Breath of Fire / Shining Skull (Kapalbhati Pranayama)

    Breath of Fire / Shining Skull (Kapalbhati Pranayama) has these Actions in Common

    Digestive, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up

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  • Amalaki

    Amalaki has these Actions in Common

    Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Digestive

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About the Author

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.

John's hobbies & specialties include advanced digestive disorders, medieval Catholic philosophy, & botany. He holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Harvard University. John, his wife Natalie and their 7 kids live in Asheville, NC

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