Ayurvedic Breakfast

Spiced Apples (1 serving)

Preparation
Chop and core the apples (you can leave the skin on if you know they are organic). Meanwhile, warm the ghee in a saucepan and add the ginger, cooking until the aroma comes up. Add the cinnamon, cardamom, dates, clove and cumin and simmer 1 to 2 minutes until fragrant. Add the apples and stir to coat with spices. Add water to 1⁄2 the height of the apples and cook gently until the apples are slightly soft. Serve with some of the cooking liquid to bring the full flavour of autumn to your plate

Oat Porridge (1 serving)

Ingredients:
1/2 cup rolled oats
A pinch of salt
1/2 tsp of cinnamon
1/4 tsp Ground cardamom
1 – 2 cloves
1/4 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground seeds (optional)
1/2 tsp teaspoon ghee
 1 cup water


Preparation:
Add oats, water, and all the spices and play around with what spices you desire and how you would like to make the porridge yummy. Mix the ingredients and turn heat to low. Cover and cook 4–5 minutes, stirring occasionally. You can also add your spice mix here instead of using the spices separately.

A Perfect Easy Ayurvedic Lunch

Lunch Bowl consisting of Millet, Dhal, Carrot Sabji with Avocado Dressing (2 servings)

Mung Dhal

1 cup of split yellow mung beans or split orange lentils (soaked for an hour)
1 tsp of mustard seeds
1 tsp of ground coriander seeds
1 tsp of cumin powder 
1 bay leaf
A pinch of hung/asafoetida
3 cups of water or vegetable broth
1 tsp salt
1 table spoon ghee

Warm the tablespoon of ghee in your sauce pan on a very low heat. Add all of the spices, simmer & stir until the aroma is released. Add the mung beans & stir together. Once all of the beans are covered in ghee & spices, add the warm water or broth. Bring to a low boil, then let it simmer for about 20 min. Continue to cook & stir intermittently until desired soupy consistency is achieved. 

Millet

1/2 cup millet (soaked for 1 hour)
1 cup water
Pinch of salt
Drizzle of olive oil

Cook the millet like rice

Sweet Carrots

2 cups washed and sliced carrots
1/2 tablespoon ghee
1/4 teaspoons mustard seeds
1/4 teaspoon turmeric
Pinch of hing
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon coriander powder
1/2 green chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
1, 5 tablespoons water
1/2 tablespoon grated jaggery or coconut sugar

Heat the ghee in a medium sized pot. Add the coriander seeds, when they pop, add turmeric, hing, carrots, salt, coriander and chilli. Cook uncovered over medium heat, for about 2 or 3 minutes, stirring all the while. Add water and jaggery. Cover and cook for another 5 minutes on low heat.

Now put the cooked millet, the mung dhal, the carrots and half an Avocado on a plate. Drizzle a bit of olive oil, some lime or lemon, scatter fresh Coriander on top of everything and enjoy!

AYURVEDIC TONIC – Golden Milk (1 serving)

This delicious recipe is perfect for soothing frazzled nerves in a fast paced world while delivering easy to digest nutrition. For the creamy element, both dairy and nut milks are encouraged – these are particular to Ayurveda, and you’ll always find dairy is cooked to support your digestion (helpfully this long simmer makes the spices more absorbable too). So enjoy this soothing hug in a mug – with its beautiful colour and complex spicy deliciousness!

1 cup of macadamia nut milk or any other nut milk you like (you can also use good dairy milk here, then diluted with 1/2 milk and 1/2 water)
Spices: 1/4 tsp of dry ginger powder, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1/4 tsp cardamom, 1/4 tsp turmeric, a pinch of nutmeg, 1 or 2 cloves. 1/2 – 1 tsp of vanilla essence (play around here and find your sweet spot)

Optionals if you have more time on hand:
1 – 3 soaked dates for sweetness (you can also use coconut sugar or jaggery instead if you don’t have time to pre soak dates) However dates will have the most nutritious value
3 – 8 soaked and peeled almost for extra nourishment

Mix the spices with the milk you are using in a small pot and warm up on medium heat. Enjoy!

Optional: Put the soaked dates and almonds in a blender with a bit of the water you soaked them in. Put the nut milk in a little pot and slowly heat it up adding all- or only some of the spices (this is where you can play around and check what you really like). Add the blended dates and almonds and just before boiling point take it off the stove and enjoy! You could also add some raw cacao nibs, also delicious, but then it would be more of an afternoon pick me up and more stimulating.