Warming Pumpkin Soup
Preparation Time: 40 minutes Serves 4 Ingredients ¼ cup oil ½ tsp hing 1 tbsp ginger, finely chopped 1 tsp cardamom seeds 1 kg pumpkin cut in cubes 1 tsp salt 1 tsp black pepper, [...]
Ayurvedic Porridge
Preparation Time: 10mins Serves 2 Ingredients 1 cup of steel cut oats 2 1/2 cups of water 1/4 tsp of cinnamon powder Crushed seeds from 2 cardamom pods 1 tsp of fresh grated ginger Handful [...]
Kitchari
Preparation Time: 30 minutes Serves 4 Ingredients 1 Tbsp vegetable oil or ghee 1 tsp hing (asafoetida) 1 tsp mustard seeds 5 fresh curry leaves (optional) 1 tsp cumin seeds 2 Tbsp grated ginger 1 [...]
Warming Spiced Tea
Slice an apple, a pear and one orange, place in a cooking pot with a handful of raspberries. Add one or two fresh cinnamon quills, a few cardamom pods, a quarter of a teaspoon of [...]
Very Berry Cheesecake
Recipe for size 9-inch pie pan INGREDIENTS Base/crust: 1/2 cup walnuts 1/2 cup of pecans 1/2 cup of Medjool Dates Filing 1 & 1/2 cups of raw cashews 1 & 1/2 cups mixed blueberries/raspberries/strawberries 1/4-1/2 cup coconut oil [...]
Lemon Cheesecake
INGREDIENTS Base 2 cups of Medjool Dates 1 cup of pecans 1 cup of shredded coconut Filing 4 cups of cashews (soaked for 1 hour) 2 cups of coconut oil 1 ¼ cups of lemon [...]
Gitam’s Simple Vegetable Soup and Spicy Cornbread
I love the simplicity of this soup, with just a few different veggies we get a full range of colours, with ginger to light the digestive fire, turmeric for the heart, and spices to provide [...]
Environmental Evolution of the Byron Yoga Retreat Centre
Our inspiring leader John Ogilvie is interviewed by Brigita Katia Arrowsmith The warm breeze blows through the paperbarks and casuarinas, the familiar sound and scent of the Australian bush fills the air. I close my [...]