Culinary Yogi Picks

 

Culinary Yogi Picks    Superfoods     Recipes     Honey
Metals & Gemstones for Healing Teas
Cooking with Essential Oils
Yogic Wisdom of Food     Blessings for Food

Superfoods

Superfoods are vibrant nutritionally dense foods that give radically high health
and provide a powerful high vibration of information to the DNA.
Cacao beans (raw chocolate), Gogi Berries, Maca, Hemp,
Bee Products, Blue Green Algae, Reishi Mushroom … and more
As David Wolfe says begin where you are… just add these intelligent
superfoods to your diet & the journey begins!

Cacao Mousse

2 ripe avocados
1/4 cup raw cacao
1/2 to 3/4 cup maple syrup
1 vanilla pod or tbs vanilla syrup
dash of sea salt

jazz up with fresh mint or mint oil
cayenne pepper
or rose oil

blend til smooth serve room temperature

uu la la ~ so sexy!

 

Minestrone

Approximately a handful of the following vegetables
cut to small bite size.  Any vegetables of your choice is perfect.
Be creative and enjoy each season’s gifts.

Butternut squash, Spinach, Sugar snap peas
Onion, Potatoe, 1 clove of garlic

Fresh Herbs: Rosemary, Thyme, Oregano, Sage,
Lemongrass  After adding all vegetables/herbs to a pot…
fill up almost 3/4 full with water
Add dash of sea salt and black peppercorn
Cook approximately 20 to 30 minutes
Upon serving add olive oil and top with fresh herbs

Soup is a light and cleansing food.
The healing properties of the vegetables and herbs
in warm liquid form provides easy absorption.
This soup is warming and increases circulation
with onion, garlic, and squash.  The peas, spinach, and herbs
provide healthy vitamins and nourish the blood.

Minestrone II

Same as above with the following vegetables:

Pumpkin, Radish, Yellow & Green Zucchini
Sugar Snap Peas, Red Chard, Onion
Roma Tomato, Potatoe, Leeks
Green Pepper, Fava Beans

Choose foods for the unique healing properties of their color.
The colors of foods relate to the chakra colors
and provide nourishment to the
body, aura, emotions, and mind.

Red foods
give great energy and vitality
Orange foods
assist in sensitivity and creativity
Yellow foods
can provide inspiration, alchemy, and intellectual vigor
Green foods
stimulate love and compassion
Blue foods
inspire communication and connection to others
Purple foods
are great for divine intuition
White foods
accent purity and truth

Steamed Artichokes

Cut fresh artichokes into small 1/4s
and steam until soft.  Top with lemon juice, olive oil,
white & black peppercorns, and fresh rosemary.

Artichokes are cleansing for the liver and nourish the lungs.
They are helpful in releasing anger
stored in the liver and sadness in the lungs.
A great dish for more happiness!

Risotto

In one pot boil water and add sea salt.

In another pot saute an onion and clove of garlic
with a tbs butter and some olive oil
Add vegetables of choice and beans:

Yellow zucchini, Peas, A tomato
White beans, Fresh herbs: Basil, parsley,
thyme, oregano, rosemary

Add one & a half cups of risotto to pot
with vegetables, herbs, and beans (serves 2).
Add a little less than double the water (little under 3 cups)
and ladel in more water periodically as needed.
While cooking add grated saffron or a dash of
dried saffron till rice becomes golden in color.
Cook approximately 20 to 25 minutes.
Top with fresh herbs basil & parsley,
a hint of olive oil, black peppercorn,
and parmesan cheese.

Gnocchi

Boil potatoes approximately ten
medium sized potatoes until soft (serves 4).
Then mash potatoes into a soft puree.
Begin to add semolina/or white flour a cup at a time
until consistency becomes a dough.
Roll into 1″ long strips, adding a bit more flour.
Cut 1″ sections.
Place gnocchis in boiling water with sea salt
(just a few minutes) until they surface to top of water.

Basil Pesto

Blend together:  A handful of fresh basil
1/8 cup crushed pignoli nuts, 1 crushed clove of garlic
1/4 cup parmesan cheese, Approximately1/2 cup olive oil
Dash of sea salt and black peppercorn Pomodoro Sauce

Blend 10 to 12 Roma tomatoes to a puree in blender.
Pour into a saucepan adding:  A handful of fresh cut basil
1 clove or more of chopped garlic
Dash of sea salt and black peppercorn

Cook for 20 to 30 minutes over low heat

This festive dish provides vitality and heart warming qualities.

Polenta with Vegetable Stew

Add cornmeal, water, and sea salt in a pot…
enough to make a medium liquid consistency.
Cook over low heat approximately 15 to 20 minutes
stirring periodically until the cornmeal begins to firm.

Vegetable Stew
In a small pot add:
1 tbs butter, Water or white wine 1/8 cup
2tbs olive oil, Bite size cut vegetables of your choice:
Eggplant, Tomato, Green beans
Leeks, Onions, Carrots, Celery
Fresh herbs: Anise, Basil, Parsley, Sage, Thyme

Stew together over low heat 15 to 20 minutes.
Pour polenta like a thick pancake on a plate…
top with butter and parmesan cheese and vegetable stew.

This dish is invigorating for the stomach
with it’s yellow vibrant quality and nourishes the heart.

Brown rice penne is a great alternative
to semolina pasta…  much lighter and easier to digest
and does not make one drowsy after eating.
Basil pesto and pomodoro sauce recipes
above in gnocchi section

Spaghetti Aglio Olio

Cook spaghetti in boiling water with sea salt
Saute finely chopped garlic and red chile pepper
with olive oil in a saucepan until garlic becomes golden.
Stir pasta and sauce together and top with finely chopped parsley.

This invigorating dish heats the system boosting the immune system.

Vegetable Coconut Curry

Prepare basmati jasmine rice adding a tbs of butter,
a dash of cardamon and nutmeg
In a small pot add one cup of coconut milk
with vegetables of your choosing:

Broccoli, Eggplant, Zucchini
Bell pepper, Tomatoe, Onion
Chopped garlic, Red chile pepper
Chopped ginger, Dash of curry, masala,
tumeric, cumin, coriander

Cook 15 to 20 minutes.
Serve coconut curry over jasmine rice
topping with fresh coriander.

This dish is soothing and exciting…
has much inspirational shakti within.

Masala Chai Tea

Black tea (loose or by the bag)
A couple crushed cardamon pods
A small piece of dried ginger
A couple of fresh cloves
One cinnamon stick
Optional: one tsp dried lavender flowers
Add hot milk, soy or almond milk, sugar, or stevia to taste

Drink your tea slowly and reverently,
as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves,
slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future
Thich Nat Hahn

Tea is a religion of the art of life
Okakura

Honey

Honey is the combination of nectar
from flowering plants and other sweet plants gathered
and modified by the honeybees.  It contains almost every enzyme,
vitamin, mineral, and amino acid the body needs.
Scientists have found honey to have highly effective
antibacterial and anti inflammatory properties.
There are so many healing and delicious ways to use honey:

Anxiety
3 TBS apple cider vinegar with 1 cup honey
& water sipped throughout the day.
Burns
Place honey directly on skin,
cover with soft bandage.
Fatigue
1/2 TBS honey with water and cinnamon
mid afternoon to boost energy levels.
Sexual Potency
3 TBS honey before sleeping each night.
Insomnia
1 to 2 TBS honey before bed
Pain Relief
3TBS honey in warm water
has natural pain relieving properties
Skin
Bathe with few TBS honey and rub over skin
for more elasticity and moisture

And don’t forget tea and toast… add honey

Note: infants under the age of one
should not be given honey… they are already honey!

Metals and Gemstones for Healing Teas

A precious metal tea infuses the healing property
of the metal with water,
which is a natural carrier of energy.
One can either store water in a
silver, gold, or copper container
or place a piece of jewelry
into a cup of boiling water,
allowing it to infuse for an hour.
This makes a delightful tea.

One can also place a jar of water
with the gemstone or metal
in the sunlight for a few hours…
or leave it a full day and night
allowing the sun and moon to shine in the water.
This water can then be used as a metal or gemstone
hydrosol spritzer on the face,
in the bath, for drinking, etc.

Silver calms and nurtures the mind
Gold stimulates, bringing a wealth of creativity to mind
Copper balances and reduces fat in the body and mind

Each gemstone has a specific healing property,
use your intuition and be guided by the color of the stone.

Cooking with Essential Oils

An essential oil contains all of a plants healing nutrients
and are fifty to seventy times more therapeutic
than the plants or herbs they are derived from.
Many people who cook with essential oils
eat much less food as the smells and tastes are so vibrant.
Eating foods with essential oils will revive
and enhance the taste buds
providing more sensory pleasure in eating.

All the herbs such as:
peppermint, lavender, basil, oregano, rosemary, cinnamon, etc
are wonderful to enhance your favorite recipes.
The citrus oils such as:
orange, tangerine, lemon, grapefruit, etc.
will bring an invigorating vivre to foods.

The Essential Oils Cookbook by Menket Price
is a great resource for using oils in your diet and
creating a quantum leap in culinary pleasure.

Yogic Guidelines for Food

Yogis strive to Eat Good Food & Keep Good Company
on the continual journey into light~

* 1/3 attention on all 3 worlds

The yogis teach three worlds of existence:
Bhuloka, the material physical plane
Devaloka, the dimensions of the astral or subtle realms
Sivaloka, the transcendental absolute, where all is One
This practice is applied to the stomach by having

1/3 full of food (physical matter)
1/3 full of water (fluid)
& 1/3 full of air (emptiness)

* Mitahara

The practice of moderate appetite, not eating too much.
This practice keeps one “light”,
extends life, and maintains higher consciousness.

* Ahimsa

This is the practice of noninjury to yourself, others,
and all of life through thought, word, or action.
Due to this guidepost of truth, some yogis choose to be vegetarian,
creating as little ripples as possible on the earth plane.

* Ayurveda

The Vedas teach “the health of wisdom”.
Some yogis practice this way of eating,
enjoying the six tastes in every meal:
sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter, and astringent

* Samadhi

The Sanskrit term for the eterenal bliss
available in every moment.
This is the most important yogic guideline:
Gather the food, cook, and eat
with immense joy, love, and gratitude.
It is a gift to be, to have a body,
to create, to nourish, and to be content.
Jai!

Blessings for Food

Co Om Union Prayer

Listen to the Sky, Sun, Moon, and Stars,
the source of life within your food.

Upon hearing this…
communion has been made.

Rejoice and bring the Lover into the Beloved.

Come Dear Lord
(to the tune of Edelwiess)

Come Dear Lord, Be our Guest
As we gather together,
May our hearts glow with love.
Keep us close to you ever.
Friendship and joy, may they bloom and grow,
Bloom and grow forever.
Bless our home, bless our friends,
Bless each of us forever.

Thank You Prayer

Thank you for the food we eat.
Thank you for the world so sweet.
Thank you for the birds that sing.
Thank you God, for everything.