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Sweet Potatoes In Balsamic Vinegar & Herbs De Provence


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How to Make Sweet Potatoes in Balsamic Vinegar & Herbs De Provence

  • SERVINGS: 2
  • PREP TIME: 10 MINUTES
  • COOK TIME: 45 MINUTES
  • SKILL LEVEL:
    EASY
  • MEAL: LUNCH-DINNER
  • STYLE: WESTERN

INGREDIENTS


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

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

Make a tea with sage, thyme, rosemary and water. Mix in honey, vinegar and oil.

Cut sweet potatoes in half and bake until tender. Peel and mash with the tea.

How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?

CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW

Vinegar balances the Kapha provoking nature of sweet potato.

WHAT IS SWEET POTATOES IN BALSAMIC VINEGAR & HERBS DE PROVENCE?

The French are known for their salads. Every French person I've met knew how to make their own, homemade, salad dressing. Dressings are often made of sweet, savory, sour and pungent. There are many substitutes.

To experiment with your own salad dressings, replace sour vinegar with red or white wine, or white vinegar. Or replace sugar for honey. Or other fruits.

In this recipe, we'll use the salad dressing to garnish the sweet potatoes.

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 Sweet Potatoes in Balsamic Vinegar & Herbs De Provence Good for My Ayurvedic Diet?

Find out by taking this free, easy quiz. You'll learn your body type, and whether 'Sweet Potatoes in Balsamic Vinegar & Herbs De Provence' 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.

Health Virtues of Sweet Potatoes in Balsamic Vinegar & Herbs De Provence

Personalized medicine systems use biocharacteristics to classify the metabolic nature of food, hebs, lifestyle choices, indivdual constitutions, and disease.

METABOLIC NATURE / BIOCHARACTERISTICS

Metabolic Nature / Biocharacteristics

Ayurveda assesses metabolic imbalances through 20 main biocharacteristics (vital qualtiies). 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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EASY

ABOUT EASY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

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CLEAR

ABOUT CLEAR BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Clear refers to anything that cleanses or flushes out wastes, or that digests ama.

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MOBILE

ABOUT MOBILE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

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HOT

ABOUT HOT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Hot is identified by increased body temperature, metabolism, or inflammation.

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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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AYURVEDA BODY TYPES (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
Kapha pacifying Vata pacifying
AGGRAVATES
Pitta 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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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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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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Other Health Virtues

Aromatic

MILD 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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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Sweet Potatoes in Balsamic Vinegar & Herbs De Provence
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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General Laxative

GENERAL-LAXATIVE

Promotes a bowel movement. General laxative is an umbrella term that refers to several different types of laxatives.

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Burns Toxins

BURNS-TOXINS

An herb that detoxifies by helping your body metabolize toxins, as opposed to eliminating them.

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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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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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Nutritive

NUTRITIVE

An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.

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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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Diaphoretic

DIAPHORETIC

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

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Flushes Sinuses

FLUSHES-SINUSES

An herb that relieves sinus congestion by flushing out mucus.

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Soothes Throat

SOOTHES-THROAT

Soothes throat discomfort, including from a sore or ticklish throat.

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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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Opthalmic

OPTHALMIC

Benefits the eyes, vision tonic.

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Alterative

ALTERATIVE

Restores the proper function of the body by cleansing the blood and balancing blood chemistry. In Ayurveda terms, they pacify Pitta in rakta. They were traditionally used to revitalize and detoxify after a long winter.

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Blood Tonic

BLOOD-TONIC

An herb that produces more blood cells in the body, or otherwise improves blood cell quality or hemoglobin content. Helpful for anemia and other types of deficiency.

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Cholagogue

CHOLAGOGUE

Cholagogues stimulate the production & release of bile from the liver & gallbladder. This refreshes and cleanses these organs, as well as increases bile in the small intestines.

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Livotonic

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.

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Constituents:
Catechins

CATECHINS

Antioxidant that reduces cancer and blood clots, dilates blood vessels, and is antimicrobial.

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Betaine

BETAINE

Used to reduce homocysteine in the blood, which supports proper liver function and prevents fatigue and blood clots. Improves muscle stamina and weight loss.

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Coumarin

COUMARIN

Moderately toxic, vascular tonic, hypotensive, and anti-inflammatory.

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, Potassium, Beta Carotene, Vitamin A, Insoluble Fiber, Vitamin C, Carbohydrate,
Rosmarinic Acid

ROSMARINIC-ACID

Inhibits autoantibodies from binding to TSH receptors in the thyroid.

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Foods with a Similar Nature to Sweet Potatoes in Balsamic Vinegar & Herbs De Provence

  • Beets

    Beets has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Satisfies-stomach, Alterative, General-laxative, Nutritive, Stimulates-energy, Blood-tonic, Livotonic, Opthalmic, Cholagogue

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  • Carrot

    Carrot has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, General-laxative, Opthalmic, Blood-tonic, Livotonic, Tonic, Cholagogue, Nutritive

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  • Butternut Squash

    Butternut Squash has these Actions in Common

    Livotonic, Opthalmic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Satisfies-stomach, Alterative, Nutritive, Tonic

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  • Sesame Seeds

    Sesame Seeds has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Stimulates-energy, Blood-tonic, Nutritive, Tonic, General-laxative, Satisfies-stomach

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  • Dates (dried)

    Dates (dried) has these Actions in Common

    Blood-tonic, Nutritive, General-laxative, Opthalmic, Alterative, Livotonic, Tonic

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  • Tahini

    Tahini has these Actions in Common

    Tonic, General-laxative, Satisfies-stomach, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Stimulates-energy, Blood-tonic, Nutritive

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  • Almonds

    Almonds has these Actions in Common

    Blood-tonic, Nutritive, Tonic, General-laxative, Satisfies-stomach, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Stimulates-energy

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  • Grape

    Grape has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, General-laxative, Opthalmic, Alterative, Livotonic, Tonic, Blood-tonic

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  • Sweet Potato

    Sweet Potato has these Actions in Common

    Livotonic, Opthalmic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Satisfies-stomach, Alterative, Nutritive

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  • Pomegranate Molasses

    Pomegranate Molasses has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Alterative, General-laxative, Blood-tonic, Livotonic, Cholagogue

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  • Beef

    Beef has these Actions in Common

    Livotonic, Satisfies-stomach, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Tonic, Blood-tonic, Nutritive

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Nature to Sweet Potatoes in Balsamic Vinegar & Herbs De Provence

  • Chyavanprash Nutritive Jam

    Chyavanprash Nutritive Jam has these Actions in Common

    Blood-tonic, Cardiac-stimulant, General-laxative, Nutritive, Stimulates-energy, Tonic, Alterative

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  • Punarnava

    Punarnava has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Stimulates-energy, Tonic, Alterative, Blood-tonic, Cardiac-stimulant, Cholagogue

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  • Amalaki

    Amalaki has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, Blood-tonic, General-laxative, Nutritive, Opthalmic, Stimulates-energy, Tonic

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  • Vidari

    Vidari has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Soothes-throat, Tonic, Alterative, Livotonic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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  • Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi)

    Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi) has these Actions in Common

    Blood-tonic, Burns-toxins, Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Stimulates-energy

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  • Mahasudarshan

    Mahasudarshan has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Livotonic, Alterative, Burns-toxins, Cholagogue

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  • Anantamul

    Anantamul has these Actions in Common

    Tonic, Alterative, Blood-tonic, Diaphoretic, Livotonic

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  • Belly breathing

    Belly breathing has these Actions in Common

    Blood-tonic, Cardiac-stimulant, General-laxative, Stimulates-energy, Alterative

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  • Breathing Exercises

    Breathing Exercises has these Actions in Common

    General-laxative, Stimulates-energy, Alterative, Blood-tonic, Cardiac-stimulant

    LEARN MORE

  • Goldenseal

    Goldenseal has these Actions in Common

    Opthalmic, Alterative, Burns-toxins, Cholagogue, General-laxative

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  • Bellows Breath (Bhastrika Pranayama)

    Bellows Breath (Bhastrika Pranayama) has these Actions in Common

    Blood-tonic, Alterative, Cardiac-stimulant, General-laxative, Stimulates-energy

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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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