SWEET POTATO FRIES & RED PEPPER HUMMUS |
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How to Make Sweet Potato Fries & Red Pepper HummusSERVINGS: 4 PREP TIME: 20 MINUTES COOK TIME: 40 MINUTES
INGREDIENTS
| 1 pinch | |
| 1 c | |
| 1 tsp | |
| 1 clove | |
| 1 tbsp | |
| 1/2 whole | |
| 1/4 c | |
| 3/4 c | |
| 1 tsp | |
| 4 c | |
| 1/4 c | |
PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE
1. Preheat oven to 450F.
2. Peel sweet potatoes and cut lengthways to resemble a french fry.
3. In a small bowl, combine ghee and rosemary and coat sweet potato fries with this mixture. Then, spread evenly over a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
4. Bake for 20 minutes, turn and continue to cook for another 20 minutes or until starting to crisp.
5. At the same time on a separate oven tray, roast red bell peppers with 2 tbsp olive oil for 20 minutes until skin turns brown and soft.
6. Then, blend cooked chickpeas, tahini, cumin, garlic, lemon juice, remaining 2 tbsp olive oil, roasted red peppers and pinch cayenne to a smooth consistency.
7. Serve alongside freshly cooked sweet potato fries.
How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?
CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW
Add a splash of color to your homemade hummus with some warming roasted red bell pepper. Spice things up and create this smooth dip to serve along side freshly cooked sweet potato fries. Despite the rich and creamy texture of this hummus, it is supportive for Kapha types as the astringency of chickpeas dries excess Kapha water retention and congestion while the red pepper and cayenne and warmth and lightness to ease digestion.
Enjoy this dish as soothing snack after a long day at work, or serve alongside some fresh fish as a dinner option. Chickpeas contain high levels of tryptophan, an essential amino acid to promote sound sleep and balance emotions. This, teamed with the sweet and satisfying taste of sweet potato will help you relax and unwind. The complex carbohydrate of sweet potato and protein content of the hummus will keep you full and tummy satisfied.
It is ideal to cook the chickpeas yourself in this recipe. To do so, soak overnight, rinse and simmer in boiling water for about 1 hour and 30 minutes. However, if you are in a rush or want to whip up a quick evening snack, you can use pre-cooked chickpeas.
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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.
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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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| MOBILE ![Mobile]( "Mobile") ABOUT MOBILE BIOCHARACTERISTIC
Mobile refers to anything that stimulates the nervous system, muscles, or activity.
LEARN MORE ABOUT MOBILE LIQUEFIED ![Liquefied]( "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 ![Hot]( "Hot") ABOUT HOT BIOCHARACTERISTIC
Hot is identified by increased body temperature, metabolism, or inflammation.
LEARN MORE ABOUT HOT CLEAR ![Clear]( "Clear") ABOUT CLEAR BIOCHARACTERISTIC
Clear refers to anything that cleanses or flushes out wastes, or that digests ama.
LEARN MORE ABOUT CLEAR HEAVY ![Heavy]( "Heavy") ABOUT HEAVY BIOCHARACTERISTIC
Heavy is identified by sedation, sluggishness, or increased weight.
LEARN MORE ABOUT HEAVY DRY ![Dry]( "Dry") ABOUT DRY BIOCHARACTERISTIC
Dry is identified by lack of moisture, lack of fat, or anything that causes diuresis.
LEARN MORE ABOUT DRY | 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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| BITTER ![Bitter]( "Bitter") ABOUT BITTER BIOCHARACTERISTIC
Bitter is disagreeable and stimulates rejection. It is a strong taste often associated with black coffee, dark chocolate, and most salad greens.
LEARN MORE ABOUT BITTER ASTRINGENT ![Astringent]( "Astringent") ABOUT ASTRINGENT BIOCHARACTERISTIC
Astringency is characterized by constriction, drawing together, or drying.
LEARN MORE ABOUT ASTRINGENT PUNGENT ![Pungent]( "Pungent") ABOUT PUNGENT BIOCHARACTERISTIC
Pungency is characterized by irritation, or sharp, spicy foods that irritate the mouth such as black pepper.
LEARN MORE ABOUT PUNGENT | DOSHAS
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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| | HAS THE FOLLOWING | Subtaste:
Resinous RESINOUS
Resinous substances often contain sap in them, such as rosemary, or herbs such as cedar, frankincense, and guggulu.
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Moves Energy:
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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Sweet Potato Fries & Red Pepper Hummus 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 Warms Chest WARMS-CHEST
Warms the chest and lungs, clearing mucus and allowing for clear breathing. Often these herbs are hot, aromatic, and pungent.
SEE ALL 'WARMS-CHEST' FOODS / HERBS , Constituents: , , Insoluble Fiber, Manganese, Vitamin C, Vitamin A, Phosphorous, Potassium, Soluble Fiber, 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.
SEE ALL 'INOSITOL' FOODS / HERBS , Fats, Folate, Carbohydrate, Calcium CALCIUM
Calcium nourishes bones and muscles. A muscle cell is activated when calcium enters the cell. It relaxes when the calcium is secreted.
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John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, teaches people how to have a
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John also directs Joyful Belly's School of Ayurveda,
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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.
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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,
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Jesus expressed God's love by feeding and healing the sick.
That kindness is the fundamental ministry of Ayurveda as well.
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