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So Simple Bulgur Tabbouleh with Aromatic Herbs

This Easy Bulgur Tabbouleh is full of fresh herbs you can add lots of different veggies. It's a quick easy meal. Bulgur wheat is a nourishing and lovely grain to make into a variety of dishes, for example, a delicious breakfast porridge can be found here. This is a great recipe to calm Vata dosha.

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All Dosha Frittata

All Dosha Frittata is a really easy and nutritious quick dish which can be adapted for all dosha types. Great for a light lunch or you can add extra veg or stuff a pitta bread with it for something more substantial.

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Delicious Ayurveda Sweet Potato

Sweet potatoes are full of goodness. Sweet potatoes have a lot of nutrients, Ayurveda loves to use them. They are good for you body, such as vitamin B6, potassium, and iron which your body needs to help you grow strong. Sweet potatoes are a good source of dietary fiber which helps to promote a healthy digestive tract. Sweet potatoes have a lot of fiber! More than oatmeal!

Kapha Spice Masala

Kapha Spice Masala

The word masala simply means a combination of ground spices. According to Ayurveda the Kapha Dosha is a combination of the elements Earth and Water and governs the structure of the body, stabilises it and protects it. It has the quality of being heavy, slow, stuck, stubborn.

Pitta Spice Masala

Pitta Spice Masala

The word masala simply means a combination of ground spices. According to Ayurveda the Pitta Dosha is a combination of the elements Fire and Water and controls digestion, metabolism and energy production. It has the quality of being hot, sharp, liquid and oily.

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Quinoa the Golden Seed for All

Quinoa (pronounced KEEN-wah) is a 7,000-year-old plant that originated in the mountainous regions of South America. While it is commonly known as an “ancient grain,” quinoa is technically not a grain or cereal grain, but a seed, and does not contain gluten.

Vata Spice Masala

Vata Spice Masala

The word masala simply means a combination of ground spices. According to Ayurveda Vata is the body type/dosha that is formed from the combination of the Air and Ether elements, with the qualities of being dry, light, cold, rough, subtle, and mobile.

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A Healthy Delicious Sattvic Bowl for all Doshas

Sattvic food is food that is nourishing, delicious, comforting, energising and benefits our health, our body, mind and spirit. To benefit from eating a sattvic diet we must be willing to reduce and avoid foods such as meat, fish, eggs, alcohol, caffeine, bleached flours, white sugar and other processed foods.

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Creamy Kale & Puy Lentil Soup

Creamy Kale & Puy Lentil Soup. I love Kale and use it in all types of cooking the health of benefits of kale are amazing and abundant. Rich in vitamins K, A and C, along with other vital nutrients, the health benefits of kale include detoxification, heart support, cancer prevention and a number of others.

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Plants and Nut Milk According to Ayurveda

The additions of antibiotics and hormone treatments have corrupted the cow's milk which now is considered a factor in heart disease and create inflammation. Many human beings are intolerant and unable to digest cow’s milk.

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Oat and Nut Flapjacks

Oat and Nut Flapjacks. Really easy to make and delicious, but check out the ingredients if you are sticking to eating for your dosha type. See my suggestions for each ingredient.

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Yummy Sweet Potato Hash Browns

The biggest job is to grate everything first, I added a little feta cheese and loved them. I served them up with a handful of rocket salad and my hubby scoffed them with brown sauce!! Yes, I know but whatever you fancy! Made with fresh veg and some herbs and spices, with a little feta cheese.

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Sadhana Daily Living

Sadhana Daily Living, what this means to us all.

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Ayurveda Foundations/ Air Meditation

Every living thing is composed of these elements. These five elements are within all living things in the form of vital energies that can fluctuate according to our state of balance as individuals and the seasons of nature, thus affecting health. We consist of trillions of cells that themselves contain the same ingredients as every other living thing.

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Ayurveda Foundations/Ether Meditation

It is one of the oldest forms of healing the world has known, with its origins dating back 5000 years to the Vedic sages who lived that part of the Asian subcontinent now known as India and is one of the most profound health practices in the world.

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Food as Medicine

Food as Medicine. To create and maintain a healthy physiology our food must be nourishing

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Let's look at the Sense of Smell

Let's look at the Sense of Smell. Let's look at the sense of smell. Smells can be put to therapeutic advantage and the medical establishment is investigating this

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A Short Journey into the Astringent Taste

A Short Journey into the Astringent Taste. Astringent tastes are formed from the elements of air and earth.

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A Short Journey into the Bitter Taste

A Short Journey into the Bitter Taste. Bitter tastes come from the elements of air and space

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A Short Journey into the Pungent Taste

A Short Journey into the Pungent Taste. Pungent tastes are formed from the elements of air and fire and are the hottest of the tastes.

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