Ayurvedic Cooking

• Slow cooking is good for organs and mind. Slow flame and slow cooking is good for digestive system. • Less is more (We only need hand full of food to keep our head and bodies clear). • Bodies are meant to receive more hot/warm foods then cold. Our belly appreciates warm food.

Ayurvedic Lentil Pasta AYURVEDIC

COOKING

by Tammi Risim

EAT GOOD FATS FOR A CLEAN COLON & CLEAN DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

Ingredients: Lentil Pasta Power Greens Broccoli Garlic/Ginger Jarred or Homemade Pasta Sauce

Directions: Boil lentil pasta and drain. Place pan on slow flame and add oil. Add lentil pasta and broccoli and cook them with fresh crushed ginger and garlic. Add in any homemade pasta sauce or organic simple sauce for 10-15 minutes. Salt and pepper to taste. Cover the pan simmer for 5-7 minutes. Enjoy! Extra Virgin Oil Ghee / Olive Oil / Avocado Oil Extra Virgin Oil / Butter Coconut Oil

Ayurvedic Vegetable Medley

Ingredients: Carrots Broccoli Crowns

Mushrooms Tofu Kale/Collard Greens Ginger with Skin Peeled Fresh Garlic Dried Onion Flakes Crushed Red Pepper

Directions: Wash everything and place in a pan on slow flame. Add oil and all the washed vegetables. (Set tofu and greens aside. Add them at the end to keep them crispy.) Sauté for 15 minutes. Add dried onion flakes,crushed garlic,ginger, and crushed red pepper flakes. Add tofu and kale and cook for 10 additioanl minutes. Season with your favorite spicy sauce if you would like. Serve with hot rice or eat as it is.

Make a batch of Low Carb Strawberry Lemonade Mojitos

Ingredients: 8 cup sugar free strawberry lemonade (using Monk Fruit or Stevia as a sweetener) 2 cup white rum ½ cup fresh mint, torn and mashed a bit to release the flavor Optional strawberries to garnish

Instructions: Combine the prepared sugar free strawberry lemonade, rum, and mint in a large pitcher. Serve over ice and garnish with fresh strawberry slices if desired. Add a splash of soda water or seltzer if you like a bit of fizz.

April

Social

Organize an Earth day event on 4/22 with friends and family. Clean up a park or neighborhood. Make a call-to-action and share on social media.

Spiritual

Sit outside on the ground. Close your eyes. Focus on your breathing, become aware of the sounds, smells and the nature that surrounds you.

Feel the still, cold, wet earth beneath you. Become rooted to the earth. Imagine yourself blooming out of the soil and rising towards the sun, like a flower in spring.

Personal

Take a mental health day. Even if you have to continue your daily routine, give your mind a break. When people need something from you that feels mentally challenging to your wellness, say “I am simply not available for that today.” If you start to have negative thoughts, tell yourself “I am simply not available for that today.”

Space

Bring the Spring into all your environments. Go outside and find things in nature that make you feel good and incorporate those elements where you live, work and play.

Financial

“More important than how we achieve financial freedom, is the why. Find your reasons why you want to be free and wealthy.”

Emotional

It is very important to define real self-care and fake self-care. Fake self-care is anything that is temporary and leaves you feeling deflated if you did not make your goal. Real self-care is a positive, intentional practice that is a process of building and maintaining your health and wellness while allowing you to set positive goals and maintain them. • Fake-Dieting

Real-Fueling your body with food that gives you energy and improves your physical and mental health.

Real-Drinking water and natural drinks.

• Fake-Socializing because of FOMO

Real-Spending time with people who enrich your life.