I call this “The Journal” instead of “The Blog,” because it’s personal.
Restaurant meals are incredible -- from time to time. But if restaurants making up the majority of your meals, you’re missing out on something beautiful -- the magic of an inspired meal. You don’t have to be the world’s best Ayurvedic cook to make delicious meals....
I was raised in one of those weird families -- we ate a home cooked dinner together nearly every night. Yes, sometimes we ate at 9:30 p.m. because my mom worked on a newspaper's deadlines. Yes, what my parents cooked was often terribly underwhelming (microwaved frozen...
Dates are a total win-win in any Ayurvedic kitchen. Not only are they one of the best ways to strengthen our vitality (known in Ayurveda as ojas, our inner elixir), they are also delicious. And, it turns out, dates are kind of magical. The magic is in their...
I used to hate rice. At least I thought I did. In the Midwestern U.S. where I was raised, rice was not sacred. It was a dry, instant thing served as an afterthought when there weren’t enough chicken breasts to go around. I found it a relief when the magazines began to...
Roasted vegetables is my mealtime superpower. I love Ayurveda’s focus on cooking fresh food, but I’m also a mom and do some other work on the side. I need to make sure that I'm as efficient as possible in the kitchen while also making sure that I eat fresh cooked food...
As I write this my daughter is settling in for a nap for the first time ever at her daycare. At first glance, it may sound odd to say that with such a dramatic tone. I mean, to use the precious beginning line of a post to tell you that she’s taking a nap at her school...
Imagine you’ve just eaten a very big meal (think: holidays or big parties). You feel weighed down, heavy, perhaps a bit regretful. You feel disgusted at the idea of eating again. And days later, your digestion will likely still be affected. It’s no different when...
Pause and consider this: Everything you take in through any of your senses shapes you. A short list includes food, books, television, conversations, viruses, sex, air, etc. Sometimes what you take in makes you into shapes you’d rather not experience, such as eating...
It’s a trap, this idea of a perfect mother. But it’s a trap that we women build, clean, and stock ourselves with pre-washed organic baby lettuce. It begins when the bloody mess of childbirth is hidden behind doors that keep our guttural noises inside. It begins when...
My greatest feat of strength is that I labored with my daughter for 52 hours. More than half of that was in a homebirth, but we transferred to a hospital when things got complicated. One of my last few minutes at home (40-something hours in) I was sitting at the...
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