saffron celery rice

This is a modified rice dish that Donna posted years ago, and because I make it often, I thought I would revisit and repost it. It is soothing on the digestive system and soft on the eyes with its pale yellow saffron hue. Serve it with roasted vegetables and an avocado-yoghurt sauce. It also goes […]
barley kichadi

Barley is cooling, sweet, and mildly astringent. It is ideal for decreasing pitta and kapha. It can improve sluggish digestion and has a slightly drying effect, helping to clear fluids from the body. Barley is considered one of the “good” carbohydrates. If the water in which barley is boiled is given to a person suffering […]
green garden salad hummus

I spent the last couple of days transplanting tiny, green seedlings of fennel that had self-seeded from the summer blooms. Some were naturally dried, some saved, and some haphazardly sprinkled or wind-carried in all sorts of unusual places throughout the garden. This is what I LOVE about a garden left to self-seed. There is always […]