Sweet Potato With Kale & Ginger

How to Make Sweet Potato with Kale & Ginger

• SERVINGS: 2
• PREP TIME: 15 MINUTES
• COOK TIME: 25 MINUTES
• SKILL LEVEL:

  EASY
• MEAL: LUNCH-DINNER
• STYLE: WESTERN
• PREPARATION: BOILED
• EAT IN: SPRING, AUTUMN-WINTER
• FOR OCCASION: THANKSGIVING, ON-THE-MEND, BACKYARD-PICNIC-BBQ, CLEANSE, DINNER-PARTY

CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW

Orange like the rising sun, wrapped in bitter green crispness, sweet potatoes with kale make you feel brightly alive. Sweet potatoes give this meal substance, while kale's lightness bring this dish into a perfect balance. Ginger adds its pungent sweetness to spark your digestion and strengthen your fire! Altogether Sweet Potatoes with Kale and Ginger creates the perfect healthy recipe for balance year round.

Light yet Sustaining

This Ayurvedic recipe highlights sweet potatoes which are rich in complex carbohydrates, meaning these roots can satisfy the appetite for long stretches of time. Unlike white potatoes, sweet potatoes are light on your stomach, and recommended for weight loss while still being nourishing. Sweet potatoes won't make you feel tired like white potatoes either. The addition of healthy fats in the form of sunflower oil adds strength and vigor to this dish.

Easy to Digest

Sweet potato is unique among comfort foods because it is extremely easy to digest. This tuber is a helpful Ayurvedic remedy for those with heavy digestive symptoms. Despite the name "sweet," it may be a beneficial food for diabetics as preliminary studies revealed it helps to stabilize blood sugar levels. Sweet potatoes contain ample fiber to encourage good elimination. Ginger increases your ability to digest food with comfort by stimulating the release of digestive juices in your stomach. Cooling kale adds roughage, further supporting easy, regular bowel movements. This Ayurvedic sweet potato recipe is the perfect healthy recipe to include in your menu this week.

Gentle Cleansing

As spring warms up, your body enters a natural detox cycle. As your body starts to cleanse, you'll crave crunchy, refreshing foods like kale, celery, and raw fennel bulb. These bright, bitter greens cleanse your liver and blood. They work by purging bile from your liver and gall bladder, cooling down the heat of Pitta and lightening up the heaviness of Kapha. The dark green color of kale is also a sign of kale's rich nutrient profile. After a winter of sleepy comfort foods, fresh greens energize and revitalize you.

As a staple in the Ayurvedic diet, ginger's pungent sweetness enlivens your digestion and strengthens your fire. Fresh ginger is unique as both a pungent and a natural anti-inflammatory. It cleanses by burning toxins that have been lodged in your body. Thanks to its anti-inflammatory properties, it relieves symptoms of inflammation in the gut. Due to the sweet potato base, this Ayurvedic meal is gentle enough for cleansing even a delicate Vata constitution.

Spring Congestion

On warm days in Spring, your heart feels heavy and your respiratory tract congested. This is natural as your body is metabolizing stored winter fats to prepare for summer. As they are released, these fats congest your blood. Ginger is the perfect Ayurvedic food to give your circulatory and respiratory system a kick, restoring your pep. It reduces heaviness in the heart, brightens your mood, and makes you feel light on your feet.

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