Pumpkin & Kale With Roasted Chestnut, Mushrooms & Chipotle |
| 1/2 lbs | |
| 2 tbsp | |
| 3 clove | |
| 2 c | |
| 1 tsp | |
| 1 tsp | |
| 1/2 c | |
| 1/4 tsp | |
| 1/4 tsp | |
| 1/4 tsp | |
| 1/4 lbs |
1. Slice a cross hair on the top of each chestnut. Dry roast them in an oven baking pan at 350 degrees. Once the chestnuts start to brown, remove from heat. Watch carefully because the chestnuts will burn easily.
2. Meanwhile, mince and sautee garlic in oil with cumin. Chop pumpkin, and slice the mushrooms. Steam with all spices in 1c water, covered, until pumpkin begins to soften. Then, add the chopped kale and cook for 5 more minutes. Toss in the chestnuts.
3. Remove from heat and serve hot!
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Active Ingredients: Cumin, Garlic, Chestnuts, Black Pepper, Thyme (fresh), Olive Oil, Chipotle Chili, Salt (Mineral Salt)
Active Ingredients: Garlic, Cumin, Black Pepper, Thyme (fresh), Chipotle Chili, Kale
Active Ingredients: Garlic, Kale
Active Ingredients: Cumin, Black Pepper, Chipotle Chili, Salt (Mineral Salt), Kale
Active Ingredients: Cumin, Thyme (fresh), Pumpkin, Kale
Active Ingredients: Thyme (fresh), Chipotle Chili, Kale
Active Ingredients: Cumin, Garlic, Olive Oil, Kale
Active Ingredients: Cumin, Garlic, Thyme (fresh), Black Pepper, Salt (Mineral Salt), Chipotle Chili
Active Ingredients: Chestnuts, Thyme (fresh), Kale
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, Thyme (fresh)
Active Ingredients: Chestnuts
MILD APPETITE-SUPPRESSANT Suppresses hunger without causing weight gain.
Active Ingredients: Pumpkin, Kale
MILD 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.
Active Ingredients: Garlic
MILD RELIEVES-BURNING Herbs that soothe a burn or reduce an internal burning sensation, such as aloe vera.
Active Ingredients: Pumpkin
MILD STIMULANT-LAXATIVE Stimulant laxatives induce bowel movements by stimulating peristaltic movement (the contraction of smooth muscle in the intestines). They are effective when used on a short-term basis. On a long-term basis, they can create dependency. Aka irritant laxativ
Active Ingredients: Garlic
Active Ingredients: Garlic, Pumpkin
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: Pumpkin, Crimini & Button Mushrooms
MILD RELAXES-EYES Eases tension in eye muscles, so the eyes feel less strained, often by supporting the liver.
Active Ingredients: Pumpkin
Active Ingredients: Garlic, Pumpkin
Active Ingredients: Garlic, Crimini & Button Mushrooms
Active Ingredients: Chestnuts, Pumpkin, Crimini & Button Mushrooms
MILD STIMULATES-ENERGY This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.
Active Ingredients: Thyme (fresh), Kale
MILD BUILDS-STAMINA Promotes strength, endurance and resistance in the body. Rebuilds weak tissues after a time of depletion.
Active Ingredients: Chestnuts
STRONG NUTRITIVE An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.
Active Ingredients: Pumpkin, Chestnuts, Olive Oil
STRONG DIAPHORETIC An herb that induces sweating, often by dilating blood vessels close to the skin.
Active Ingredients: Garlic, Black Pepper, Thyme (fresh)
Active Ingredients: Garlic, Black Pepper
MILD FLUSHES-SINUSES An herb that relieves sinus congestion by flushing out mucus.
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Salt (Mineral Salt)
STRONG ANTHELMINTHIC Kills parasitic worms (hookworms, tapeworms, roundworms, etc).
Active Ingredients: Cumin, Thyme (fresh)
MILD 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, Chipotle Chili
STRONG 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.
Active Ingredients: Garlic, Black Pepper, Thyme (fresh)
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: Garlic, Pumpkin, Kale
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, Garlic
STRONG 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.
Active Ingredients: Garlic, Olive Oil, Kale, Salt (Mineral Salt)
STRONG GALACTAGOGUE Increases production of breast milk, often by raising prolactin and diaphoresis.
Active Ingredients: Cumin, Garlic
MILD RELIEVES-TENSION An herb that releases tightness, constriction, and rigidity in a muscle.
Active Ingredients: Pumpkin
MILD MUSCLE-RELAXANT Herbs that relax muscles. Helpful for chronic pain or tension as well as healing from physical trauma.
Active Ingredients: Pumpkin
Active Ingredients: Garlic, Kale
Active Ingredients: Pumpkin, Thyme (fresh)
MILD SULPHUR Active Ingredients: Garlic
MILD PHOSPHOROUS Active Ingredients: Garlic
MILD POTASSIUM Active Ingredients: Pumpkin, Kale
MILD VITAMIN-A Active Ingredients: Pumpkin, Kale
MILD SAPONINS Can be used to make soap. Saponins stimulate mucus membrane secretion, liquefying mucus for easy removal (expectorant).
Active Ingredients: Garlic
MILD PROTEIN Active Ingredients: Chestnuts, Crimini & Button Mushrooms
MILD SALICYLATES Salicylates relieve inflammation, are anti-cancer, and antidiabetic, but some are allergic to it.
Active Ingredients: Thyme (fresh), Crimini & Button Mushrooms
MILD SODIUM Active Ingredients: Pumpkin, Salt (Mineral Salt)
MILD SULFATED-POLYSACCHARIDES Active Ingredients: Garlic
MILD AROMATASE-INHIBITOR Blocks estrogen synthesis by inhibiting conversion of progesterone and testosterone into estrogen.
Active Ingredients: Chipotle Chili, Crimini & Button Mushrooms, Kale
MILD FATS Active Ingredients: Chestnuts, Olive Oil
MILD POLYSACCHARIDES Active Ingredients: Garlic
MILD BETA-CAROTENE Active Ingredients: Pumpkin
MILD ROSMARINIC-ACID Inhibits autoantibodies from binding to TSH receptors in the thyroid.
Active Ingredients: Thyme (fresh)
MILD PHYTATES Phytates prevent absorption of nutrients. They are commonly found in all seeds, including nuts, grains, and beans. Sprouting greatly reduces phytate content, as well as long, slow cooking with vinegar.
Active Ingredients: Chestnuts
John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, teaches people personalized diet, lifestyle and herbs through Classical Metabolic Theory (Ayurveda & Greek Medicine). His approach is clinical, yet exudes an ease which many find enjoyable and insightful. John also directs the Joyful Belly College, offering professional clinical training for over 15 years.
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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