by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | May 3, 2013 | Ayurvedic Recipes, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Dosha, Eating with the Seasons, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Plant Based Recipes, Spices, Spring, Wellness
Food and drink like language and music spreads between cultures without rules. But within any given tradition, within any given culture, its as if there are unspoken rules that govern change; creativity is allowed, but to a point. In the world of food or music, for...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Aug 29, 2012 | Ayurvedic Recipes, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Eating with the Seasons, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Green Living, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Natural Food Recipes, Pitta, Plant Based Recipes, Seasonal Recipes, Summer
Alternative to Iced Drinks in Hot Weather Protect the Agni/ Yang in Summer: Juiced Watermelon with Lime, Ginger, and Salt The other day was quite hot (for SD!), and I swam at the beach after walking down from the top of Torrey Pines, and got home overheated and...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Jul 8, 2012 | Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Recipes, Chinese Medicine Recipes, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Dosha, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Kapha, Natural Food Recipes, Pitta, Plant Based Recipes, Seasonal Recipes, Summer, Vata
Summer is a time when even cold dry (Vata) types or cold damp (Kapha) types can have little more raw foods. One of the ways to make raw foods more compatible for cold types with weaker digestive energy (Agni/Spleen Qi) is to have it in small amounts with other foods...
by Eyton Shalom | Apr 11, 2012 | Ayurvedic Recipes, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Eating with the Seasons, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Kapha, Natural Food Recipes, Pitta, Seasonal Recipes, Spices, Winter
Curried Quinoa Super Food: Pacify Kapha in Late Winter/Early Spring The ancient grain of the Incas, Quinoa has a delicate, nutty, slightly bitter flavor and the lightest texture of all grains. This combination of bitter taste and light texture make it an ideal grain...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Mar 4, 2012 | Ayurvedic Recipes, Chinese Medicine Recipes, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Natural Food Recipes, Winter
Arugula is one of those green leafy vegetable that is so delicious both raw and cooked. It lends a nutty and spicy taste to other milder greens, and serves as a fine foil for feta cheese, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, and dried Turkish apricots (those plump dark...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Feb 16, 2012 | Ayurvedic Recipes, Chinese Medicine Recipes, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Dosha, Eating with the Seasons, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Natural Food Recipes, Plant Based Recipes, Seasonal Recipes, Spices
Cooking Methods in Chinese Food Medicine: From Warm to Hot to Very Hot One of the aspects of Food Medicine we pay attention to in Chinese Medicine is the cooking method itself. Each method of cooking adds relative values of heat to the dish being prepared. Steaming...
