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Rosemary Mushroom Gravy


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How to Make Rosemary Mushroom Gravy

INGREDIENTS


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

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

1. Remove stems from mushrooms. Feel free to use any kind of mushroom combination you like! Shitakes and portabellos add depth and richness to this gravy.


2. Bring veggie stock to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add stems of all the mushrooms, rosemary, bay leaf, and thyme. Reduce heat. Simmer for 30 minutes. Strain and keep the liquid for later.


3. Slice mushrooms and shallots nice and thin. Heat ghee in a saucepan and add the shallots. Sautee over medium heat until the become translucent and soft. Toss in the mushrooms, and cook until soft. Add red wine vinegar. And sautee until all the liquid is gone. Remove from heat, and set aside.


4. In a medium saucepan, melt ghee over medium heat. Add the spelt flour. Mix thoroughly and let cook for just a few mintues until the mixture is brown and aromatic. Now, pour in the mushroom stock from step one. Bring to a boil and whisk until the gravy thickens. Pour in sauteed mushrooms. Serve piping hot over Mashed Cauliflower, Sweet Potatoes or Mushroom Mashed Potatoes.

How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?

CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW

Rosemary Mushroom Gravy is the finishing touch you always dreamed of. Deep, earthy, and smooth, this gravy is a grounding addition to any meal. This vegetarian recipe is full of flavor.

What no gravy?! This phrase was exclaimed at a family Thanksgiving at my Grandpa's house over 20 years ago. Someone forgot to make gravy. This has become a running joke in my family and all these years later, someone inevitably cracks the joke. It's a testament to the importance of gravy to pour over mashed potatoes! Or anything for that matter!

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.

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Metabolic Nature of Rosemary Mushroom Gravy

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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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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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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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PUNGENT

ABOUT PUNGENT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Pungency is characterized by irritation, or sharp, spicy foods that irritate the mouth such as black pepper.

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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
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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Other

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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Musky

MUSKY

Have an earthy smell to them, such as mushrooms.

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Resinous

RESINOUS

Resinous substances often contain sap in them, such as rosemary, or herbs such as cedar, frankincense, and guggulu.

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, Bland Negative Calorie
Downward

DOWNWARD

Downward-moving (Adho Gati Marga) substances move food downward in the GI tract, settle the nervous system, and relax muscles.

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Blood Plasma Lymph

BLOOD-PLASMA-LYMPH

Plasma (Rasa Dhatu) includes plasma, white blood cells, and lymph.

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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Rosemary Mushroom Gravy
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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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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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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Stimulates Energy

STIMULATES-ENERGY

This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.

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Satisfies Stomach

SATISFIES-STOMACH

Provides a sense of gratification and fullness in the stomach.

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Diaphoretic

DIAPHORETIC

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

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Warms Chest

WARMS-CHEST

Warms the chest and lungs, clearing mucus and allowing for clear breathing. Often these herbs are hot, aromatic, and pungent.

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Immune Stimulant

IMMUNE-STIMULANT

Stimulates and strengthens the immune system. Helpful when fighting off a cold or flu.

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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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Muscle Relaxant

MUSCLE-RELAXANT

Herbs that relax muscles. Helpful for chronic pain or tension as well as healing from physical trauma.

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Constituents:
Salicylates

SALICYLATES

Salicylates relieve inflammation, are anti-cancer, and antidiabetic, but some are allergic to it.

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Rosmarinic Acid

ROSMARINIC-ACID

Inhibits autoantibodies from binding to TSH receptors in the thyroid.

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, Protein,
Aromatase Inhibitor

AROMATASE-INHIBITOR

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

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, Melatonin, Fats,
Iron

IRON

Iron is necessary for the transport of oxygen in red blood cells.

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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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Foods with a Similar Nature to Rosemary Mushroom Gravy

  • Rosemary

    Rosemary has these Actions in Common

    Muscle-relaxant, Warms-chest, Cardiac-stimulant, Stimulates-energy, Diaphoretic, Vasodilator

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  • Mustard Seed

    Mustard Seed has these Actions in Common

    Muscle-relaxant, Warms-chest, Cardiac-stimulant, Stimulates-energy, Diaphoretic, Vasodilator

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  • Mustard Powder

    Mustard Powder has these Actions in Common

    Muscle-relaxant, Warms-chest, Cardiac-stimulant, Stimulates-energy, Diaphoretic, Vasodilator

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  • Mustard

    Mustard has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Vasodilator, Muscle-relaxant, Warms-chest, Cardiac-stimulant, Stimulates-energy

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  • Pumpkin

    Pumpkin has these Actions in Common

    Relieves-burning, Muscle-relaxant, Satisfies-stomach, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Sedative

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  • Crystallized Ginger

    Crystallized Ginger has these Actions in Common

    Cardiac-stimulant, Vasodilator, Diaphoretic, Warms-chest, Stimulates-energy

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  • Nigella (black cumin)

    Nigella (black cumin) has these Actions in Common

    Immune-stimulant, Cardiac-stimulant, Stimulates-energy, Diaphoretic, Vasodilator

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  • Ginger (Dried)

    Ginger (Dried) has these Actions in Common

    Cardiac-stimulant, Vasodilator, Diaphoretic, Warms-chest, Stimulates-energy

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  • Daikon Radish

    Daikon Radish has these Actions in Common

    Immune-stimulant, Cardiac-stimulant, Stimulates-energy, Diaphoretic, Warms-chest

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  • Beets

    Beets has these Actions in Common

    Satisfies-stomach, Muscle-relaxant, Stimulates-energy, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Vasodilator

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  • Cloves

    Cloves has these Actions in Common

    Cardiac-stimulant, Vasodilator, Diaphoretic, Warms-chest, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Nature to Rosemary Mushroom Gravy

  • Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi)

    Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi) has these Actions in Common

    Vasodilator, Warms-chest, Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, Muscle-relaxant, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Sedative, Stimulates-energy

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  • Sit in the Sauna

    Sit in the Sauna has these Actions in Common

    Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, Immune-stimulant, Muscle-relaxant, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Vasodilator

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  • Encourage a Sweat / Sweat Therapy

    Encourage a Sweat / Sweat Therapy has these Actions in Common

    Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, Immune-stimulant, Muscle-relaxant, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Vasodilator

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  • Elecampane

    Elecampane has these Actions in Common

    Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, Immune-stimulant, Muscle-relaxant, Sedative, Stimulates-energy

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  • Hot Shower

    Hot Shower has these Actions in Common

    Warms-chest, Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, Muscle-relaxant, Vasodilator

    LEARN MORE

  • Hot Bath

    Hot Bath has these Actions in Common

    Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, Muscle-relaxant, Vasodilator, Warms-chest

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  • Epsom Salt Bath

    Epsom Salt Bath has these Actions in Common

    Warms-chest, Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, Muscle-relaxant, Vasodilator

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  • Wild Ginger

    Wild Ginger has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Stimulates-energy, Vasodilator, Warms-chest, Cardiac-stimulant

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  • Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru)

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

    Warms-chest, Cardiac-stimulant, Muscle-relaxant, Stimulates-energy, Vasodilator

    LEARN MORE

  • Lemon Balm

    Lemon Balm has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Muscle-relaxant, Sedative, Stimulates-energy, Vasodilator

    LEARN MORE

  • Angelica

    Angelica has these Actions in Common

    Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, Immune-stimulant, Stimulates-energy, Vasodilator

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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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