![Save this Recipe]( "Save this Recipe.") Save
How to Make Swiss Chard & Onion TacoSERVINGS: 4 PREP TIME: 10 MINUTES COOK TIME: 20 MINUTES SKILL LEVEL: EASY
INGREDIENTSSKILL LEVEL: EASY
| 1/2 c | |
| 1 tbsp | |
| 2 clove | |
| 1 lbs | |
| 1/2 tsp | |
| 1/2 c | |
| 2 pinch | |
PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE
Use the corn flour to make tortillas, or buy pre-made tortillas.
1. Slice 1 onion 1/8" thick. Chop garlic. Sautee onions on frying pan in coconut oil until they turn translucent. Add garlic and sautee an additional thirty seconds.
2. Chop swiss chard and add to frypan with 1/4c water, salt, & a pinch of red pepper flakes. Cover and bring to a boil. Boil fifteen minutes or until tender. Remove cover and boil off excess water to concentrate flavors.
3. Clean and lightly grease the frying pan with coconut oil. Toast 4 corn tortillas or medium heat until just beginning to brown.
4. Serve the veggie taco filling in the corn tortillas.
How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?
CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW
By late January, as temperatures reach a low point, the body is already preparing for spring. Corn should replace wheat as the primary grain this time of year. Here, corn tortillas not only warm up your senses this time of year, corn's mild diuretic properties help to flush excess spring water weight. Chard and other leafy greens help your body detox from the long winter, cleansing the liver.
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 Swiss Chard & Onion Taco Good for My Ayurvedic Diet?
Find out by taking this free, easy quiz.
You'll learn your body type, and whether 'Swiss Chard & Onion Taco' 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.
See a complete list of all biocharacteristics.
INCREASES![Guna Help]()
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.
Learn More
| 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 EASY ABOUT EASY BIOCHARACTERISTIC
Easy refers to anything easy to digest, or digests quickly.
LEARN MORE ABOUT EASY CLEAR ABOUT CLEAR BIOCHARACTERISTIC
Clear refers to anything that cleanses or flushes out wastes, or that digests ama.
LEARN MORE ABOUT CLEAR DRY ABOUT DRY BIOCHARACTERISTIC
Dry is identified by lack of moisture, lack of fat, or anything that causes diuresis.
LEARN MORE ABOUT DRY | DOSHAS![Dosha Help]()
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.
Learn More
| | HAS THE FOLLOWING | Subtaste:
Bland BLAND
Bland means doesn't have much taste. In Chinese medicine, bland taste refers to afood without little macronutrients, such as cabbage, radish or bok choy.
SEE ALL 'BLAND' FOODS / HERBS |
|
Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Swiss Chard & Onion Taco ![Help]() 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.
Diuretic 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.
SEE ALL 'DIURETIC' FOODS / HERBS 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.
SEE ALL 'CHOLAGOGUE' FOODS / HERBS Constituents: Nitric Oxide NITRIC-OXIDE
Improves circulation by dilating blood vessels. Protects blood vessels from damage. Improves athletic performance, libido, immunity, and brain health.
SEE ALL 'NITRIC-OXIDE' FOODS / HERBS , Saponins SAPONINS
Can be used to make soap. Saponins stimulate mucus membrane secretion, liquefying mucus for easy removal (expectorant).
SEE ALL 'SAPONINS' FOODS / HERBS , Sulphur, Polysaccharides, Sulfated Polysaccharides, Vitamin A, Calcium CALCIUM
Calcium nourishes bones and muscles. A muscle cell is activated when calcium enters the cell. It relaxes when the calcium is secreted.
SEE ALL 'CALCIUM' FOODS / HERBS , Sodium, Vitamin E, Vitamin C, , |
Foods with a Similar Nature to Swiss Chard & Onion Taco
Wasabi
Wasabi has these Actions in Common
Cholagogue, Flushes-sinuses, Diaphoretic, Irritates-throat, Diuretic
LEARN MORE
Horseradish
Horseradish has these Actions in Common
Diaphoretic, Irritates-throat, Diuretic, Cholagogue, Flushes-sinuses
LEARN MORE
Garlic
Garlic has these Actions in Common
Irritates-throat, Diaphoretic, Makes-you-tired, Diuretic, Cholagogue
LEARN MORE
Mustard
Mustard has these Actions in Common
Flushes-sinuses, Diaphoretic, Irritates-throat, Diuretic, Strengthens-resolve
LEARN MORE
Mustard Powder
Mustard Powder has these Actions in Common
Diaphoretic, Irritates-throat, Diuretic, Strengthens-resolve, Flushes-sinuses
LEARN MORE
Mustard Seed
Mustard Seed has these Actions in Common
Flushes-sinuses, Diaphoretic, Irritates-throat, Diuretic, Strengthens-resolve
LEARN MORE
Radish (raw)
Radish (raw) has these Actions in Common
Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Cholagogue, Flushes-sinuses
LEARN MORE
Spanish Black Radish
Spanish Black Radish has these Actions in Common
Diuretic, Cholagogue, Flushes-sinuses, Diaphoretic
LEARN MORE
Salt (Mineral Salt)
Salt (Mineral Salt) has these Actions in Common
Flushes-sinuses, Soothes-throat, Cholagogue, Strengthens-resolve
LEARN MORE
Coffee
Coffee has these Actions in Common
Makes-you-tired, Cholagogue, Stimulates-peristalsis, Diuretic
LEARN MORE
Daikon Radish
Daikon Radish has these Actions in Common
Cholagogue, Flushes-sinuses, Diaphoretic, Diuretic
LEARN MORE
Herb Supplements with a Similar Nature to Swiss Chard & Onion Taco
Blue Vervain
Blue Vervain has these Actions in Common
Cholagogue, Diaphoretic, Diuretic
LEARN MORE
Mahasudarshan
Mahasudarshan has these Actions in Common
Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Cholagogue
LEARN MORE
Hops
Hops has these Actions in Common
Cholagogue, Diaphoretic, Diuretic
LEARN MORE
Inhale Steam
Inhale Steam has these Actions in Common
Diaphoretic, Flushes-sinuses, Soothes-throat
LEARN MORE
Pennyroyal
Pennyroyal has these Actions in Common
Cholagogue, Diaphoretic, Diuretic
LEARN MORE
Mugwort
Mugwort has these Actions in Common
Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Cholagogue
LEARN MORE
Yarrow
Yarrow has these Actions in Common
Cholagogue, Diaphoretic, Diuretic
LEARN MORE
Butcher's Broom
Butcher's Broom has these Actions in Common
Diaphoretic, Diuretic
LEARN MORE
Elder flower
Elder flower has these Actions in Common
Diuretic, Diaphoretic
LEARN MORE
Borage Leaf
Borage Leaf has these Actions in Common
Diuretic, Soothes-throat
LEARN MORE
Mustard Poultice
Mustard Poultice has these Actions in Common
Diaphoretic, Flushes-sinuses
LEARN MORE
![]()
Joyful Belly is a recognized school of biocharacteristics medicine.
Eat Well for Life With Ayurveda: Balance Your Dosha
Love our recipes? Discover how to balance your diet for only $35 with this popular short course.
GET THE ECOURSE
![About John Joseph Immel]()
About the Author
John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, teaches people how to have a
healthy diet and lifestyle with Ayurveda biocharacteristics.
His approach to Ayurveda is clinical, yet exudes an ease which many find enjoyable and insightful.
John also directs Joyful Belly's School of Ayurveda,
offering professional clinical training in Ayurveda for over 15 years.
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.
John's commitment to the detailed study of digestive disorders reflects his zeal to get down to the roots of the problem.
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,
and finds Ayurveda gives him an opportunity to participate in the healing mission of the Church.
Jesus expressed God's love by feeding and healing the sick.
That kindness is the fundamental ministry of Ayurveda as well.
Outside of work, John enjoys spending time with his wife and 7 kids, and pursuing his love of theology, philosophy, and language.
Read more
Comments & Impressions of 'Swiss Chard & Onion Taco'
Do you like 'swiss chard & onion taco'?
Why or why not?
What makes it unique? Is there something else you'd like to know about 'swiss chard & onion taco'?
![full start review]() ![full start review]() ![full start review]() ![full start review]() ![half start review]() (4.67 out of 5 stars) 3 ratings, 427 likes![blank start review]() ![blank start review]() ![blank start review]() ![blank start review]() ![blank start review]() Sign in to review this recipe
I don't see where the 1/2 cup of corn flower comes into the recipe...
- Jeannie, Richmond, VA , 01-30-14 ( Reply) Great question. The 1/2c corn flour is in the tortillas.
Ahhh... thank you, John. This looks yummy!
- Jeannie, Richmond, VA , 01-30-14 ( Reply) Looks great John! I am going out right now to get the ingredients...can't wait to try it!
Mom
- Dolores Immel, NY , 01-30-14 ( Reply) I just made this delicious gem today for my lunch and I was thoroughly satisfied! I loved the flavors of the garlic and onion and the cayenne pepper was just right. I loved how it tasted with the corn tortillas. If you love swish chard and onions then this recipe is definitely for you! It's so easy to make, full of flavor and so satisfying. :)
- Rachel Rawles-Abernathy, OH , 02-03-22 ( Reply) Loved this way to get my swiss chard in! Toasted a couple corn tortillas and added some vegan, non-dairy Mexican cheese shreds. Yummy and not to bad for a Kapha like me. So light. Only wish the hubby would try...
- Deborah Slyman, Everett, MA , 01-06-23 ( Reply) |
Save
3 ratings, 427 likes
Print
On MeWe
On Pinterest
On Facebook
On Twitter
On WhatsApp
On Email
