Sauteed Chipotle & Cumin Okra Over Butternut Squash |
| 2 tbsp | |
| 1/4 c | |
| 4 c | |
| 2 clove | |
| 2 c | |
| 1 tsp | |
| 1/2 tsp | |
| 1/2 tsp | |
| 1/2 tsp | |
| 2 pinch |
Saut onion in oil. Add garlic and saut another 30 seconds. Add 2c water, along with the salt, sugar, black pepper, chipotle, and chopped butternut squash. Bring to a rolling boil and steam, covered, until tender. Pour off the broth into a small pot and reduce to 1/4c, sweetening it. Add reduced broth back to butternut squash.
Meanwhile, slice okra in half lengthwise and roast, face down on a dry frying pan until they begin to brown. Turn over and cook other side. Sprinkle with cumin, a few pinches of salt, and chipotle chili.
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Active Ingredients: Garlic, Butternut Squash, Okra, Black Pepper, Cumin, Yellow Onion, Chipotle Chili
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Salt (Mineral Salt), Cumin, Chipotle Chili
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Salt (Mineral Salt), Garlic, Cumin, Chipotle Chili
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
Active Ingredients: Garlic, Yellow Onion, Raw Sugar
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: Butternut Squash
MILD SATISFIES-STOMACH Provides a sense of gratification and fullness in the stomach.
Active Ingredients: Butternut Squash
STRONG NUTRITIVE An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.
Active Ingredients: Okra, Butternut Squash, Sunflower Oil, Raw Sugar
Active Ingredients: Butternut Squash, Sunflower Oil
STRONG DIAPHORETIC An herb that induces sweating, often by dilating blood vessels close to the skin.
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Garlic
Active Ingredients: Okra, Raw Sugar
STRONG IRRITATES-THROAT Creates abrasive feeling in the back of the mouth. May stimulate coughing.
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Garlic
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Salt (Mineral Salt)
STRONG DECONGESTANT An herb that reduces mucus production often by restricting blood flow to mucus membranes.
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Cumin, Chipotle Chili
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Chipotle Chili
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: Garlic, Cumin, Butternut Squash
MILD LIVOTONIC An herb that strengthens the liver. It is helpful for people with a history of substance abuse, chronic liver issues from hepatitis and hemolytic anemias. Generally, liver tonics are oily, cool, sweet, mildly sour, or contain beta-carotene.
Active Ingredients: Butternut Squash
MILD POLYSACCHARIDES Active Ingredients: Garlic, Yellow Onion
MILD NITRIC-OXIDE Improves circulation by dilating blood vessels. Protects blood vessels from damage. Improves athletic performance, libido, immunity, and brain health.
Active Ingredients: Garlic
MILD SULFATED-POLYSACCHARIDES Active Ingredients: Garlic, Yellow Onion
MILD SULPHUR Active Ingredients: Garlic, Yellow Onion
MILD SAPONINS Can be used to make soap. Saponins stimulate mucus membrane secretion, liquefying mucus for easy removal (expectorant).
Active Ingredients: Garlic, Yellow Onion
MILD VITAMIN-K Active Ingredients: Okra
MILD VITAMIN-C Active Ingredients: Okra
MILD SODIUM Active Ingredients: Salt (Mineral Salt)
MILD VITAMIN-A Active Ingredients: Okra
MILD CALCIUM Calcium nourishes bones and muscles. A muscle cell is activated when calcium enters the cell. It relaxes when the calcium is secreted.
Active Ingredients: Okra
MILD INSOLUBLE-FIBER Active Ingredients: Okra
MILD MAGNESIUM Helps muscles relax. Laxative.
Active Ingredients: Okra
MILD IRON Iron is necessary for the transport of oxygen in red blood cells.
Active Ingredients: Okra
MILD PHOSPHOROUS Active Ingredients: Garlic
Sauteed Chipotle & Cumin Okra over Butternut Squash may temper these symptoms. The suitability of any recipe for a condition is highly dependent on the individual and constitution. Please see your doctor before using this recipe to treat a medical condition.
Sauteed Chipotle & Cumin Okra over Butternut Squash may be harmful or contraindicated for these symptoms. Note this is not a complete list of all possible contraindications. Please see your doctor before using this recipe to treat a medical condition.
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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