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Remove Excess Heat with Bitter Greens

In the late summer and early fall, our body needs to expel built-up heat from the summer so we can transition through this season change with ease. Bitter and astringent tastes are excellent for clearing out the accumulated heat. These tastes are extractive, which means they are cleansing in nature. Leafy greens are great at doing this job! Our ancestors lived on a diet high in leafy greens and nuts.

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Keep Cool In The Summer With This Ayurveda Summer Coconut Mint Chutney Recipe

As things heat up, we need to continue eating cooling foods that reduce inflammation and are easy to digest. Ayurvedic wisdom then guides us to incorporate more of the sweet, bitter, and astringent tastes in our diet. These tastes calm, cool, and soothe the system, which in turn supports our liver, blood, skin, and mind.

To keep you cool and calm during this season, here is my Coconut Mint Chutney recipe.

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Sautéed Summer Squash with Radicchio and Mint

The veggies and fruits of this season are the way to go. Put them at the center of your meals. Favor the sweet, bitter, and astringent tastes and avoid hot, spicy, and salty tastes like in chili peppers and chips.

To inspire you to eat more veggies and cook them (just a bit) with Ayurvedic wisdom, here is my Sautéed Summer Squash with Radicchio and Mint recipe.

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Quinoa with Seeds

This breakfast recipe brings the lightness we want to cultivate in the spring and the coolness we need to maintain in the summer. Quinoa is a complete protein, making it a very satisfying breakfast, and the spices will ignite our digestive fire without aggravating it.

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Spring Green Chutney

To incorporate lightness in your spring diet, here is my spring green chutney recipe! It is very easy to make. It has cilantro, which is filled with so many great qualities, as well as spices that will ignite your digestive fire.

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Kitchari

If you are going for an Ayurvedic cleansing, kitchari will be the food you eat for the days you detox. But what I want to share with you is a practice that you can do in February and perhaps you may like it so much that you will do it every month!

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Winter Season Muffins

I love muffins so much. Crazy love. But a store-bought muffin is just too sugary and is likely to be nutritionally empty. This is actually great because it gives me the opportunity to make my own wholesome, homemade muffins and follow Ayurvedic wisdom when preparing them.

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Butternut Squash Soup

This recipe is an example of a balanced ratio. Augmenting foods are generally sweeter in taste. Examples include rice, carrots, potatoes, and avocados. Extractive foods are mostly bitter or astringent in taste. Examples include dark leafy greens, legumes, and nuts.

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Plain Oatmeal Really?

I played and played and came up with my fav version of oatmeal. I should say versions because it changes according to the seasons and what’s going on individually with me or my husband.

Here is my version for the fall – a more vata-pacifying oatmeal.

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Summertime Delicious Breakfast

Our digestive fire (agni) is lower in the summer. It is important then to favor meals that will be easy for our bodies to break down and assimilate. Coconut Rice is easy to digest and has cooling and soothing qualities, making it a great option for our summertime breakfast!

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