by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Feb 1, 2020 | Ayurvedic Recipes, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Eating with the Seasons, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Green Living, Kapha, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Natural Food Recipes, Pitta, Plant Based Recipes, Seasonal Recipes, Spring
Ayurvedic Dandelion Greens for Spring are a great cleansing vegetable, excellent year round, but especially good in Spring. They are a wonderful Sattvic food that helps to cleanse the body of the ama dosha that accumulates naturally over the winter months. Green...
by Eyton Shalom | Jan 30, 2020 | Ayurveda, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Eating with the Seasons, Kapha, Wellness
There is a reason to Pacify Kapha in Late Winter and Early Spring. Kapha Dosha rises naturally in all of us in when the snows melt, the rivers flood, and even in coastal Southern California the earth is moist from the Winter rains. But the nights are still long...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Jan 20, 2020 | Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Recipes, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Dosha, Eating with the Seasons, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Kapha, Natural Food Recipes, Pitta, Plant Based Recipes, Understanding the Doshas, Wellness
What is Kitchari? Kitchari is a Sattvic, light, easy-to-digest, cleansing, detoxifying food that is excellent once a week, at the change of seasons, or any time you feel like giving your digestive system a break. It is also just a normal one-pot-dish you can have for...
by Eyton Shalom | Dec 19, 2019 | Chinese Herbal Medicine, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Eating with the Seasons, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Seasonal Recipes, Winter
Bone Marrow Soup, Part 2: Winter In cold weather its natural to crave warm food. And the alchemical transformation of solids into liquids, of vegetables and meats or bones into soup, is a way of liberating the essence of these foodstuff into a substance that is much...
by Eyton Shalom | Sep 11, 2016 | Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Recipes, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Eating with the Seasons, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Pitta, Summer, Vata, Wellness
Ayurvedic Summer Cabbage Salad with Beet and Onion I am a huge fan of cabbage salad. When I was a strict vegetarian it must have been its hearty quality and chewy texture that appealed. Now that I am an omnivore, I value cabbage both for its delicious, slightly sweet...
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...