The Yogic Kitchen
Ayurvedic health coach, skilled cook and yoga teacher Jody Vassallo's new cookbook The Yogic Kitchen, offers 100 recipes as well as a wholistic guide to Ayurveda that shows how to identify which of the three main constitutions (or doshas) you are and how you can support our dosha with the right food. Tried and tested over thousands of years, this ancient Indian food-as-medicine practice can heal and restore you, bringing balance to your system. It is a beautiful cookbook with lots of different recipes and advice aimed at restoring balance and improving one's health This book provides diagnostic charts and advice on the Ayurvedic way and illustrates the power of the right ingredients to bring balance to the digestive system and the mind. I have included below two of my favourite recipes from the cookbook. CACAO, TAHINI AND MAPLE SMOOTHIE 1 banana 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon chia seeds 1 tablespoon hemp or flax seeds 2 teaspoons hulled tahini 1 tables