by Eyton Shalom | Jan 16, 2017 | Ayurvedic Recipes, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Plant Based Recipes
Roasted Garabanzo Cookies are descended, in my brain, from the dry roasted split chickpea (pottu kadalai..பொட்டுக்கடலை) I used to eat when I was a protein starved vegetarian monk in Tamil Nadu, South India, as a youth. Roasted Garabanzo are a favorite snack in South...
by Eyton Shalom | Jul 5, 2016 | Ayurvedic Recipes, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Pitta, Plant Based Recipes
Ayurvedic Hibiscus Summer Tea is naturally Pitta pacifying. This means its cooling and refreshing in the hot summer months, especially in the late summer Santa Ana conditions here in San Diego with the dry dusty weather. At the same time, because of its slight sour...
by Eyton Shalom | Dec 13, 2015 | Chinese Medicine 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
Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine: Nourish Kidney Yin and Cleanse in Winter with Sea Veggies Winter and the Kidney Qi in Chinese Medical Theory In winter the Qi enters the Kidneys, the physically lowest of the Zang/Solid internal organs, and the energetically...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Aug 21, 2013 | Ayurvedic Recipes, Chinese Medicine Recipes, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Dosha, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Natural Food Recipes, Pitta, Spices, Understanding the Doshas, Vata, Vata Imbalance
The way to prepare dishes that pacify Vata Dosha is to first understand what Vatta embodies. Vata dosha is the manifestation of Air and Space in our human bodies. Air and Space in its pure state is cold and dry. Air only becomes warm due to the effects of fire from...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | May 16, 2013 | Chinese Medicine Recipes, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Eating with the Seasons, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Green Living, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Natural Food Recipes, Plant Based Recipes, Seasonal Recipes, Summer
A Healthy Summer Fruit Tart is a nutrient dense food full of fiber, vitamins, minerals, flavanoids, antioxidants, and protein, with high amounts of life force from fresh ripe, organic ingredients, and without what’s bad for you–white sugar, artificial...
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...