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Pumpkin Waffles With Pecan Maple Syrup


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How to Make Pumpkin Waffles with Pecan Maple Syrup

INGREDIENTS


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

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

Note about Pumpkin: You may use canned pumpkin or simply bake a pumpkin for 45 minutes at 375 degrees and scoop out the squash.

1. Melt the ghee and beat the eggs before hand, so that they are well-aerated.

2. Combine the dry ingredients together in a bowl, except for the maple syrup and pecans.

3. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour in the wet ingredients. Whisk.

4. Grease a waffle griddle and pour in the batter.

5. Allow the waffles to cook. Remove from griddle.

6. Dry toast pecans in a hot frying pan for 2 minutes. Coarsely chop & mix with maple syrup. Add a pinch of salt. Drizzle atop a piping hot stack of Pumpkin Waffles.

How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?

CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW

Treat yourself to the sticky-satisfying sweetness of Pumpkin Waffles drizzled with crunchy Pecans & Maple Syrup this weekend. Autumn-harvested pumpkin softens your mood and offers the rustic coziness you naturally crave as fall sets in. Topped with the rich aromas of fresh maple syrup and nutty pecans, this recipe will entice your senses and nourish your sweet tooth on chilly Autumn mornings. Sleepy eyes open wide as the scent of fresh waffles wafts through the house, beckoning loved ones to the breakfast table. A hearty stack of fluffy waffles drizzled with Maple Syrup is a richly nostalgic treat that might just take you to childhood.

A Breakfast Treat that's Safe & Healthy - The Kids will Love It

The ingredients in this recipe offer the comfort of Saturday morning waffles & syrup without the deleterious side effects to conventional waffle mixes and syrups. Light-as-a-feather spelt flour is a happy alternative to heavy wheat flour used in traditional waffle recipes, and won't leave you feeling bogged down and tired. Ghee is lighter than butter and less cholesterol-forming. Almond milk won't provoke mucus in the same way that cow's milk does. Rustic, hearty, yet light for delicate digestion, Pumpkin Waffles are a guilt-free choice. Pumpkin Waffles with Pecan Maple Syrup will give you sustained energy without the heaviness, so you can productively go about your day.

Feel Cozy with Grounding Pumpkin

Pumpkin's gentle sedative effect encourages the body to relax into a state of welcome calm. You will feel relaxed in body and mind after a hearty breakfast of Pumpkin Waffles. Pumpkin comes into season just as your body starts to crave hearty foods and warmth. The bright orange gourd is a symbol of fall comfort. Pumpkin has a diuretic action, meaning it removes water weight for Kapha. This recipe cools down the fiery emotions of hot pitta with its luxurious sweetness, and is extremely nourishing for fatigue-stricken Vata. Crunchy and decadent, pecans are high in proteins and unsaturated fats, contributing to this recipe's strengthening quality. They even help to lower cholesterol.

Maple's Rich Sweetness without the Sugar Crash

Maple Syrup's rich aroma transports you back to nature, to the calm and cool serenity of the forest. Earthy impurities add a rustic component that indicates its richness in minerals. This full-bodied taste let's you know this is a whole food. Maple syrup literally comes from the sap of maple trees, juice that is the very nutritional lifeline of the tree. Consuming it nourishes your body as it does the tree. Maple syrup digests more slowly than other sweeteners, making it a favorite choice in Ayurveda for those avoiding a sugar buzz. When combined with the decadent oils and nourishing proteins of pecans, the sugary syrup becomes even more balancing and stabilizing. A pinch of salt adds a final burst of flavor, while aiding your easy digestion of this rich dish.

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 Pumpkin Waffles with Pecan Maple Syrup Good for My Ayurvedic Diet?

Find out by taking this free, easy quiz. You'll learn your body type, and whether 'Pumpkin Waffles with Pecan Maple Syrup' is a good fit. Complete the basic quiz in 1 minute, or go deeper with additional quizzes at your own leisure to learn more about your body.

Metabolic Nature of Pumpkin Waffles with Pecan Maple Syrup

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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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HEAVY

ABOUT HEAVY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

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GOOEY

ABOUT GOOEY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Gooey is identified by anything gelatinous (such as oatmeal), or by mucus congestion.

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EASY

ABOUT EASY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

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MOBILE

ABOUT MOBILE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

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COLD

ABOUT COLD BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Cold refers to anything that reduces body temperature, metabolism, and blood flow.

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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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SWEET

ABOUT SWEET BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Sweet refers to anything builds tissue, including macronutrients such as carbohydrates, proteins and fats.

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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
Pitta pacifying Vata pacifying
AGGRAVATES
Kapha 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
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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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
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 Pumpkin Waffles with Pecan Maple Syrup
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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Relieves Burning

RELIEVES-BURNING

Herbs that soothe a burn or reduce an internal burning sensation, such as aloe vera.

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Makes You Tired

MAKES-YOU-TIRED

Induces drowsiness and promotes sound sleep.

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, Makes Jittery,
Wakes You Up

WAKES-YOU-UP

Invigorates the body and nervous system, increases energy.

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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.

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Satisfies Stomach

SATISFIES-STOMACH

Provides a sense of gratification and fullness in the stomach.

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Builds Stamina

BUILDS-STAMINA

Promotes strength, endurance and resistance in the body. Rebuilds weak tissues after a time of depletion.

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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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Demulcent

DEMULCENT

Herbs that coat or form a soothing film over a mucous membrane, relieving minor pain and inflammation of the membrane.

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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.'

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Constituents:
Fats, Carbohydrate,
Inositol

INOSITOL

Inositol is an alcohol sugar made naturally in the human body from glucose. It is lipotropic (aiding fat metabilism in the liver). It affects a variety of hormones, neurotransmitters, steroid, growth factors and water.

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, Protein, Phosphorous

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    Calms-heart, Nutritive, Tonic, Demulcent, Satisfies-stomach, Builds-stamina, Makes-you-tired, Sedative

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  • Whole Wheat Flour

    Whole Wheat Flour has these Actions in Common

    Builds-stamina, Makes-you-tired, Sedative, Calms-heart, Nutritive, Tonic, Demulcent, Satisfies-stomach

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  • Spelt Flour

    Spelt Flour has these Actions in Common

    Demulcent, Satisfies-stomach, Makes-you-tired, Sedative, Calms-heart, Nutritive, Tonic

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  • White Flour (wheat)

    White Flour (wheat) has these Actions in Common

    Sedative, Calms-heart, Nutritive, Tonic, Demulcent, Satisfies-stomach, Makes-you-tired

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  • Oats / Oatmeal

    Oats / Oatmeal has these Actions in Common

    Makes-you-tired, Satisfies-stomach, Builds-stamina, Nutritive, Sedative, Demulcent, Relieves-burning

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  • Oat Flour

    Oat Flour has these Actions in Common

    Builds-stamina, Nutritive, Demulcent, Satisfies-stomach, Makes-you-tired, Sedative

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  • Buffalo Milk

    Buffalo Milk has these Actions in Common

    Makes-you-tired, Tonic, Builds-stamina, Nutritive, Demulcent, Satisfies-stomach

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  • Hemp Seed

    Hemp Seed has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Tonic, Builds-stamina, Satisfies-stomach, Makes-you-tired, Sedative

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  • Jackfruit

    Jackfruit has these Actions in Common

    Demulcent, Satisfies-stomach, Nutritive, Tonic, Relieves-burning, Wakes-you-up

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  • Raw Sugar

    Raw Sugar has these Actions in Common

    Makes-you-tired, Demulcent, Nutritive, Makes-jittery, Wakes-you-up

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  • Salmon

    Salmon has these Actions in Common

    Makes-you-tired, Wakes-you-up, Nutritive, Calms-heart, Satisfies-stomach

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Nature to Pumpkin Waffles with Pecan Maple Syrup

  • Shatavari

    Shatavari has these Actions in Common

    Calms-heart, Demulcent, Nutritive, Relieves-burning, Tonic

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  • Shatavari Ghee

    Shatavari Ghee has these Actions in Common

    Calms-heart, Nutritive, Relieves-burning, Tonic

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  • Vata Shirodhara Oil

    Vata Shirodhara Oil has these Actions in Common

    Tonic, Calms-heart, Demulcent, Nutritive

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  • Bala

    Bala has these Actions in Common

    Builds-stamina, Demulcent, Nutritive, Tonic

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  • Oats, Fresh Milky Seed

    Oats, Fresh Milky Seed has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Relieves-burning, Sedative, Tonic

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  • Gokshura

    Gokshura has these Actions in Common

    Demulcent, Nutritive, Sedative, Tonic

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  • Vidari

    Vidari has these Actions in Common

    Tonic, Calms-heart, Demulcent, Nutritive

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  • Ashwagandha

    Ashwagandha has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Sedative, Tonic, Builds-stamina

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  • Solomon's Seal

    Solomon's Seal has these Actions in Common

    Demulcent, Nutritive, Tonic

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  • Shirodhara Treatment

    Shirodhara Treatment has these Actions in Common

    Calms-heart, Nutritive, Sedative

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  • Vata Massage Oil

    Vata Massage Oil has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Sedative, Tonic

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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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kp Ranchos de taos, NM
2014-09-26
“These look AMAMZING! Perfect for a fall weekend. Would you recommend an egg sub(Ener-G, applesauce?) to make it vegan and more sattvic? Thanks!! "
Donna Woodbridge, CT
2014-09-26
“Where are the instructions for making the waffles? I only see directions for making the topping."
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