by Sarah Rusnak | Nov 27, 2021 | Food, New Recipe, Recipe
Serve with heated milk or use as a crumble over top of yogurt or grains. Or using your fingers, eat it from your favorite small dish while looking out the window at the beauty of the day.
by Sarah Rusnak | May 22, 2018 | Ayurveda, Food, Recipe
Beets are a good food! I remember as a kid I thought beets tasted like dirt, therefore I didn’t like them. At some point in my young adult I-want-to-be-a-gardener stage I began to develop a taste for them. Now I love them. Our preferences for flavors and foods...
by Sarah Rusnak | Jul 24, 2017 | Ayurveda, Food, Recipe
In Ayurveda efficient digestion is the key to vibrant health. Because humans are wired to the rising and setting of the sun, at different times of the day the belly’s digestive fire (agni) is either strong or weak. In order to fully digest and assimilate the...
by Sarah Rusnak | Jun 22, 2017 | Ayurveda, Food, Healthy Living, Stress Management
In Ayurveda we talk about the “tri-doshic” theory. The 3 doshas are vata, pitta and kapha. The doshas are used as reference points to understand the natural qualities that are inherent in, among other things, seasons of the year and a person’s constitutional make up....
by Sarah Rusnak | May 23, 2017 | Ayurveda, Emotional Eating, Food, Recipe
Food is fuel but in this day and age it’s also a place to enjoy the 5 senses: sight, smell, texture, taste and even sound. When preparing meals it’s a pleasure to see the colors of whole food ingredients. Inhale the fragrances of good cooking; the digestive...
by Sarah Rusnak | Apr 24, 2017 | Ayurveda, Food, Recipe
EATING FOR THE SEASON OF SPRING In Ayurveda we learn that each season of the year, due to it’s innate qualities, will cause particular imbalances within our body. When we stay vigilant to these environmental changes and make precautionary changes in our diet and...