Author: jacalynlorenzo
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Balance in Every Bite
Ayurvedic Alchemy in the Kitchen Recipe: Vegetable and Chickpea Sheet Pan Meal Welcome to the first post in this new series, where we take everyday recipes and gently transform them through the lens of Ayurveda, bringing them into balance with your unique constitution and the rhythm of the seasons. This week, we’re exploring a simple…
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Turmeric: Where Nourishment Meets Ancient Wisdom
Turmeric is, in many ways, an essential, almost sacred, spice in Ayurveda. Why is this so? Because it has the ability to support balance in the body, nourish the mind, and, for me, serves as a bridge to ancient traditions of health and well-being. Ayurvedic Profile A Personal Beginning Turmeric was always present in my…
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Finding My Way Back to Balance: A Return to Ayurveda
Some time ago, I shared that I wanted to come back to living an Ayurvedic lifestyle. Not perfectly. Not rigidly. Just…intentionally. So let’s start here because if you’ve ever heard the word Ayurveda and thought, Wait, what does that actually mean? You’re not alone. Ayurveda is an ancient system of healing that originated in India…
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Quick Check-in #2
Just wanted to stop by today with a quick video recipe. It’s for Broccoli Mum’s healthy Chickpea Peanut Butter Cookie Dough. Chickpeas are a fantastic complex carbohydrate. They are an excellent source of fiber, protein, plus they are a nutrient dense and vestirle food. Like other legumes, chickpeas contain resistant starch. This can help to…
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Check-in #1
These past few weeks have been busy. I’ve been making simple meals but they have been whole foods and wholly nutritious, but a lot of the same just because it’s been easy and did not required a lot of food prep. Like I said been very busy and I wanted to stick to this lifestyle…
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Hello, again…
Hello friend! It’s been sometime, who am I kidding it’s been four years since my last post. So, much has happened. Lots of life changes, both good and not so great, and of course COVID. During this time I was working from home, as I’m sure you were. I loved it. I was living my…
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Happy Valentine’s Day: Black Bean Cupcakes
Today is Valentine’s Day Eve and I’ve prepared some love for my workmates. I wanted to to keep the treat half way healthy so, folks don’t feel like their are destroying their New Year’s resolutions. So, I enlisted the help of the mighty black bean, coconut flour, applesauce and some agave. This is the half…
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Gluten-Free Remake: Mom’s Iced Cookies
Over the holidays I tried my hand at making Mom’s iced cookies gluten-free. I was happily surprised that it only took one try to get them right. As you know, if you’ve ever tried to make a recipe gluten-free, this is not always the case. I really think my “instant” success had a lot do…
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Homey Goodness Remade: Shepard’s Pie
This recipe belongs to Orla. She will tell you this is her family’s recipe for traditional Irish Shepard’s Pie. She always makes that distinction. Her recipe calls for one pound of ground lamb and one pound of ground beef. I used Beyond Meat’s Beefy Crumbles. Her recipe also calls for white potatoes and I used sweet…
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Blueberry Sweet Mint Garbanzo Bean Cake
Today I decided to give a old recipe a new taste. I’ve been making my own variation of I Breathe I’m Hungry’s Apple and Garbanzo Cake for quite sometime. Folks love this cake. Many of them are surprised to find out that the cake contains no flour. And, then, they can’t believe that garbanzo beans are…
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Food Happiness 