While in Costa Rica, my friends had some red azuki beans soaking for making lunch the next day. Well, little did they know that it was not going to be their regular lunch. So, my cooking instincts kicked in, and I place some rice soaking in another pot. And after…
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You can mix tastes with several potent ingredients to make pesto. Try this three-in-one Basil coriander parsley pesto for all pesto lovers. Once, after a retreat, we had an excess of coriander, basil, and parsley left over. So I transformed it all into pesto! ”One for all and All for…
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The French buckwheat galette comes from a region of Bretonne or Britanny in english and different cultures have their own specialty. We will call it crepes or pancakes, depending on the toppings, we can also make it into a thin Pizza or dessert with homemade carob cream, or chocolate similar…
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Continue ReadingChinese Cabbage rolls are traditionally made with meat, and it is named Fei Cui Bao Rou (翡翠包肉), which translates to “Jade wrapped meat.” For this recipe, instead of using meat as a filling, we used a fruit and vegetable combination, so it might be more appropriate to call it 翡翠包蔬菜…
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Venezuelan Cachapa born in madeira. After several years of conducting lectures and yoga courses in the island of Madeira, many students were following our practices. Eventually, we started scheduling meditation and yoga retreats every quarterly to strengthen their practices and way of life. In one of those many retreats, a…
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On Sunday, we do collective meditation, and, usually, after meditation, we prepare lunch. I had a friend visiting from the USA. She was interested in teaching me how to make pesto; I did not have all the ingredients for a traditional pesto; what I had was fresh coriander, nuts, lemon,…
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We had a cooking class one time when I was in Venezuela. Aubergine and plantain are always in season at the farm, so for this specific class, we prepared them barbeque style. This quick and easy dish is perfect as a sweet and savory starter or as little bites that…
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Continue ReadingCashew Mango is the simplest dessert, make in just 10 minutes. All you have to do is to mix cashew cream with a puree of mangoes and top it will some blueberries. The texture is incredible, the flavor is incredible, and doesn’t it look divine? The tough aspect about using…
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Lemon and lime are natural neutralizers. Therefore, regularly drinking lemon juice helps improve your metabolism and also to eliminate many health issues such as: Boosting your immunity, thus helping your body to fight common allergies. It helps eliminate uric acid, thus preventing the formation of kidney stones. Reduces high blood…
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There were trays and buckets of raspberries after harvest in our master unit that I experimented with, making various recipes. This raspberry tower was one lovely deck of red playful and delightful breakfast recipes. Raspberry is a fruit that is popular among people and is extremely good for our health.…
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Urad dal (black mung beans) is the most alkaline, and there is yellow dal next most alkaline of beans according to Ayurveda cooking. Therefore, urad dal is most useful in mitigating elevated cholesterol levels. The process requires some preparation time and is worth making a gluten-free-based pancake as a healthy…
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A close friend from Italy once gave me a cold-pressed pumpkin seed oil as a gift, done on his family farm in Austria. The consistency, flavor, smell, viscosity, texture, and especially the unique color it produced when used in salads and sauces was a sensually stunning green emerald that I…
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Grill sliced whole cauliflower for a few minutes. Cauliflower steaks look great with basil pesto and even better alongside a bit of mashed potato or yams. Get a reasonably large cauliflower and slice it in half. Then cut another 2cm / 1-inch thick slice of one half. Do the same…