5 Ayurvedic Principles for Cooking

Reclaim your health by using the most powerful medicine known to man ~ mindful eating.  Practice these simple principles when cooking your meals this week.

1. Food should be light, easy to digest and to assimilate.
2. The largest meal should be at lunchtime, when you have the support of the sun.
3. Use spices intelligently to balance the doshas. Calming spices are ginger, cumin and cardamom. Warming spices are turmeric, cinnamon, and mustard. Soothing spices are coriander, fennel, and salt.
4. Cooked food is easier to digest than raw food.
5. Certain foods do not go well with others. Specifically, cow’s milk does not go well with sour fruits or banana. Yogurt and banana are also incompatible.