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How to Make Potatoes with Lemon & ThymeSERVINGS: 2 PREP TIME: 5 MINUTES COOK TIME: 20 MINUTES
INGREDIENTS
1 tbsp | |
2 whole | |
1 tsp | |
1 leaves | |
1/2 whole | |
2 pinch | |
2 pinch | |
PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE
Skin potatoes. Put potato, salt, bay leaf, & black pepper in a pot with 1 c water. Steam covered until potatoes are tender. Cut into bite sized chunks and sautee in sunflower oil. Chop thyme and sprinkle over just as potatoes begin to brown. Remove from heat, garnish with lemon juice and mix gently.
How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?
CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW
Lemon adds liquid quality to balance astringency of potatoes. Pungent herbs and spices add heat. WHAT IS POTATOES WITH LEMON & THYME?Warming lemon and pungent thyme with tender potatoes - slightly reminiscent of Provence.
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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.
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INCREASES
Increases These Biocharacteristics (Gunas)
Functional Ayurveda helps you assess imbalances through 20 main biocharacteristics
(gunas).
Aggravating these characteristics weakens your body and causes imbalance.
By knowing which characteristics are habitually imbalanced in your body, you will be able to identify and correct imbalances before you get sick.
Every characteristic has an opposite which balances it (i.e. hot balances cold).
You restore balance by favoring diet and lifestyle choices that increase the opposite characteristic.
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| DRY ABOUT DRY BIOCHARACTERISTIC
Dry is identified by lack of moisture, lack of fat, or anything that causes diuresis.
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Easy refers to anything easy to digest, or digests quickly.
LEARN MORE ABOUT EASY MOBILE ABOUT MOBILE BIOCHARACTERISTIC
Mobile refers to anything that stimulates the nervous system, muscles, or activity.
LEARN MORE ABOUT MOBILE CLEAR ABOUT CLEAR BIOCHARACTERISTIC
Clear refers to anything that cleanses or flushes out wastes, or that digests ama.
LEARN MORE ABOUT CLEAR LIQUEFIED ABOUT LIQUEFIED BIOCHARACTERISTIC
Substances that thin fluids (lower viscosity of blood plasma). These may include blood thinners or mucolytic herbs.
LEARN MORE ABOUT LIQUEFIED HOT ABOUT HOT BIOCHARACTERISTIC
Hot is identified by increased body temperature, metabolism, or inflammation.
LEARN MORE ABOUT HOT | 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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| ASTRINGENT ABOUT ASTRINGENT BIOCHARACTERISTIC
Astringency is characterized by constriction, drawing together, or drying.
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The Three Doshas / Body Types
According to the biocharacteristic theory of medicine,
people tend to get sick, over and over again, due to habitual causes and imbalances that are unique to the person.
Your body type summarizes this tendency, showing you the 'type' of conditions and imbalances that frequently challenge your health & wellness.
Using body type, you can also identify remedies likely to improve your strength and resiliency.
Your body type identifies physical and mental characteristics as well as your personal strengths and weaknesses.
The calculation of your body type is based on your medical history.
The 3 functional body types
(doshas),
are Catabolic (Vata), Metabolic (Pitta), and Anabolic (Kapha).
Catabolic individuals tend to break down body mass into energy. They are easily stimulated, hyperactive, underweight and dry.
Metabolic individuals tend to burn or use energy. They tend to be rosy-cheeked, easily irritated, focused, driven, and easily inflamed.
Anabolic individuals tend to store energy as body mass. If they store too much energy, they could gain weight easily and have congestion. Anabolic people tend to be stable and grounded.
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Aromatic AROMATIC
Herbs or spices with volatile essential oils that present strong aromas. Aromatic oils shock, refresh and numb tissue, with the end result of relaxing, opening and clearing stagnant fluids in tissues.
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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Potatoes with Lemon & 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.
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.
SEE ALL 'NERVE-RELAXANT-GROUNDING' FOODS / HERBS , , , , Sedative SEDATIVE
Sedative herbs create a sense of calm in the mind and body by specifically calming or quieting the nervous system. Excellent for anxiety, stress and chronic pain.
SEE ALL 'SEDATIVE' FOODS / HERBS , , , , 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.
SEE ALL 'TONIC' FOODS / HERBS Calms Heart CALMS-HEART
An herb that literally calms the heart. These herbs are helpful in the treatment of anxiety, sadness, depression, or other emotional imbalances in the heart. Related to the Chinese Herbal Category 'calms spirit.'
SEE ALL 'CALMS-HEART' FOODS / HERBS , 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.
SEE ALL 'CARDIAC-STIMULANT' FOODS / HERBS , Antioxidant ANTIOXIDANT
An antioxidant is a molecule that inhibits oxidation. Oxidation is a chemical reaction that can produce free radicals that lead to a chain reaction causing damage or death to cells. Antioxidants terminate these oxidation reactions.
SEE ALL 'ANTIOXIDANT' FOODS / HERBS 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.
SEE ALL 'CHOLAGOGUE' FOODS / HERBS Constituents: Carbohydrate, Vitamin C, , Soluble Fiber, , Potassium, Rutin RUTIN
Rutin is a flavonoid with anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties. Commonly used to treat conditions such as varicose veins, hemorrhoids, and high blood pressure.
SEE ALL 'RUTIN' FOODS / HERBS , , Flavonoids FLAVONOIDS
Flavonoids are a colorful type of polyphenol. As all polyphenols, they have a strong antioxidant effect. Many flavonoids have an anti-inflammatory, and/or antiallergen effect.
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Foods with a Similar Nature to Potatoes with Lemon & Thyme
Lemon
Lemon has these Actions in Common
Calms-heart, Diaphoretic, Refreshing, Cholagogue, Quenches-thirst, Relaxes-eyes, Decongestant, Refreshes-skin, Wakes-you-up
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Acai
Acai has these Actions in Common
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Daikon Radish
Daikon Radish has these Actions in Common
Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, Stimulates-energy, Cholagogue, Flushes-sinuses, Decongestant, Refreshing
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Spelt Flour
Spelt Flour has these Actions in Common
Nutritive, Tonic, Calms-heart, Satisfies-stomach, Makes-you-tired, Sedative
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White Flour (wheat) has these Actions in Common
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Potato
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Satisfies-stomach, Makes-you-tired, Sedative, Nutritive, Tonic, Calms-heart
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Salmon
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Amalaki
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Tonic, Wakes-you-up, Antioxidant, Nutritive, Quenches-thirst, Refreshing, Relaxes-eyes, Stimulates-energy
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Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi)
Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi) has these Actions in Common
Diaphoretic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Refreshing, Sedative, Stimulates-energy, Cardiac-stimulant, Decongestant
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Regular exercise
Regular exercise has these Actions in Common
Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, Refreshes-skin
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Punarnava
Punarnava has these Actions in Common
Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Stimulates-energy, Tonic, Antioxidant, Cardiac-stimulant, Cholagogue
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Nasya Oil
Nasya Oil has these Actions in Common
Decongestant, Flushes-sinuses, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up
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Sniff raw onions, chopped
Sniff raw onions, chopped has these Actions in Common
Refreshing, Wakes-you-up, Decongestant, Diaphoretic, Flushes-sinuses
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Self Massage
Self Massage has these Actions in Common
Calms-heart, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive, Relaxes-eyes, Sedative
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Vata Shirodhara Oil
Vata Shirodhara Oil has these Actions in Common
Calms-heart, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive, Relaxes-eyes, Tonic
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California Poppy
California Poppy has these Actions in Common
Antioxidant, Calms-heart, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Relaxes-eyes, Sedative
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Bitter Orange Peel has these Actions in Common
Cardiac-stimulant, Decongestant, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up
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Bibhitaki
Bibhitaki has these Actions in Common
Decongestant, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Relaxes-eyes, Stimulates-energy, Tonic
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His approach to Ayurveda is clinical, yet exudes an ease which many find enjoyable and insightful.
John also directs Joyful Belly's School of Ayurveda,
offering professional clinical training in Ayurveda for over 15 years.
John's interest in Ayurveda and specialization in digestive tract pathology was inspired by a complex digestive disorder acquired from years of international travel,
as well as public service work in South Asia.
John's commitment to the detailed study of digestive disorders reflects his zeal to get down to the roots of the problem.
His hope and belief in the capacity of each & every client to improve their quality of life is nothing short of a personal passion.
John's creativity in the kitchen and delight in cooking for others comes from his family oriented upbringing.
In addition to his certification in Ayurveda, John holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Harvard University.
John enjoys sharing Ayurveda within the context of his Catholic roots,
and finds Ayurveda gives him an opportunity to participate in the healing mission of the Church.
Jesus expressed God's love by feeding and healing the sick.
That kindness is the fundamental ministry of Ayurveda as well.
Outside of work, John enjoys spending time with his wife and 7 kids, and pursuing his love of theology, philosophy, and language.
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Is this a side dish or a meal of just potatoes?
- Lila, Southampton , 02-19-17 ( Reply)
Your choice!
- Kimberly Kubicke, Asbury park, NJ , 02-20-17 ( Reply)
I really enjoyed this dish and I added some cooked fresh spinach to the mix that was prepared with tumeric, ginger,black pepper and a little bit of onions and sauteed it. The combination of the potatoes with the spinach balanced it out perfectly for me and was very satisfying! I needed more substance for my lunch and the cooked spinach did the trick! Yum!!
- Rachel Rawles-Abernathy, OH , 02-08-22 ( Reply)
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