Whether you are looking to eat healthily or are diving head-first into a prescribed Ayurvedic diet to fix a problem, here are some top pantry essentials. Iām going to assume you have your own policy on organic v. non-organic and Iāll leave that to you. If you donāt do anything Read more
Eating vegetarian and reducing tomatoes is sometimes tricky so I love this recipe for a tamarind egg curry. Ā Ayurveda recommends small doses of tomatoes only as they slow digestion and cause aama. Ā Lots of curries contain tomatoes so it is always great to find recipes which aren’t tomato based. Ā If Read more
I think they can. Itās a fine balance but it is possible. I often get asked about healthy packed lunches. I try to tiptoe a wiggly line between health, ease, environmental-impact and child-acceptability! I donāt get it perfectly right and Iām no Delia Smith, but for what itās worth, here Read more
Given my usual fascination with digestion, youād be forgiven for thinking I mean that kind of wind.Ā But, for once, I donāt.Ā In this instance, I refer to vata, the āwindā (or air and space) principle in your body and mind.Ā It is one of the three doshas (vata, pitta Read more
āLetās meet for coffeeā.Ā Who doesnāt say it?Ā I donāt even drink coffee and it is still a phrase that trips off the tongue.Ā Ā Coffee has reached cult status and it is no surprise.Ā That hit of caffeine feels good.Ā When you start adding in creamy milk, syrups and chocolate Read more
Balanced meals, balanced person, thatās the concept.Ā Ayurveda has a delightfully simple way of devising a balanced meal; itās all done through taste.Ā There are 6 tastes, and if you have a balance of all 6 in your meal, your meal will be nutritious and, importantly, satisfying (assuming that your Read more
āIt comes back to the beginningā ā the theme tune punch line from the fantastic TV series, The Bridge.Ā If you havenāt seen it, you should!Ā Iām singing the song for you now, you are just very lucky not to be able to hear me.Ā It does indeed all come Read more
Wow, itās lovely to see the sun out.Ā Out comes the sun and out come the smiles.Ā Have you found that this winterās dreadful weather has been making you a bit sad?Ā Or indeed, quite a bit S.A.D.?Ā With the lack of sunlight in the winter months, many people start Read more
Fermentation has been used worldwide for thousands of years to produce foods and drinks of different flavours, textures and longevity.Ā An example of this is alcohol, and less obviously bread and soy sauce.Ā In Ayurveda, there are various slow-fermenting vinegars and medicinal āwinesā which have documented therapeutic uses.Ā This natural, Read more
Before you can makeĀ spelt sourdough bread, you need to first, make or obtain a sourdough starter.Ā If you are starting one yourself, you can use wholemeal spelt or rye from the beginning.Ā If you are getting some from a friend or another source and it is wheat, you can feed Read more