Cooking can be magical, compassionate, and even spiritual! When you cook a meal for yourself and your beloveds, you provide the very stuff that keeps us alive – life force! Cooking is an act of caring and love. Working with food gives us the chance to be part of the cycle of life. The cycle starts…
Category: Kitchen and Cooking Tips
7 Favorite Cooking Techniques for Health
Over the years I adjusted my cooking methods to maximize both flavor and health! With a few easy tricks, your cooking routine can help you lose weight and gain energy. Give these a try and let me know what works best for you… Water-sautéing: Instead of frying with oil, I usually water-sauté instead. Water-sautéing is the…
About Mindful Cooking
Entering the kitchen can be a practice in mindfulness. What stresses you’ve been carrying can melt away as you set about to nourish you and your loved ones. Breathing, and being aware of how you physically occupy your kitchen, how you move about it, what kinds of noises you make, and what your intentions are…
Garlic Meditation
There’s two kinds of experiences when peeling cloves of garlic – one is when the clove just pops right out of its wrapper, rest to add flavor to your meal, happy to help. You’re stoked cause you picked the right bulb at the store, and surely it’s a sign that your day is going well…
Vegan Roadtrip!!! (Northern California)
Yes, it can be done! With a bit of foresight, and a handy smart phone, an extended road trip can easily be Veganized. I’m (still!) on a 5-week long road trip before moving into my new house. We hit the road with a loose agenda and a sense of adventure! From SF, we first headed…
Starter Shopping List
For new Vegans, I suggest this starter Shopping List. Always support the Organic, non-GMO options: Fruits and Veggies: golden potatoes garlic onions corn (frozen) avocados lemon romaine lettuce kale bananas Grains: tortilla chips rice cakes pasta bread long-grain brown rice oatmeal popcorn Proteins: chickpeas (dried or canned) lentils burger patties of your choice tofu (medium…
How to Water Sauté for Flavor and Health
Water-sautéing is the secret to healthy cooking. Don’t despair — you can still use oil — just put it on after cooking. Heating oil can oxidize it, which leads to toxicity. Also, once the oil heats beyond it’s smoking point, it becomes toxic. This varies oil to oil. Cooking with oil increases the fat content of…
Recipes For Compassion 