carrot-turmeric seeded rice bread (gluten-free)
This weekend, we had a very special gluten-free guest, so it was a good opportunity to try Amy Chaplin’s gluten-free bread from Whole Food Cooking Every Day. This bread has a lovely, moist crumb and nourishes and satisfies. It is easy to make and is delicious drizzled with olive oil and spread with homemade hummus. […]
golden honey passionfruit elixir & a chia pudding
A recipe created for Holmes Place magazine as part of an ongoing concept of seasonal ‘superfoods’ throughout the year. Elixir: a substance, usually a liquid, with a magical power to cure, improve, or preserve something. This Elixir is a wonderful topping for your morning yoghurt or warm-cooked oats. At other times, it is mixed in […]
Aytana’s winter warming dal
When we hold workshops, we host up to 12 people in our home and up to 16 – 20 for dinner. I draw up a timetable or roster, and everyone signs up for their turn at cooking, cleaning, lighting the oil burner, refreshing flowers and the general cleanliness of the yoga room throughout the 10-day […]
golden cauliflower soup
on a windy day….. everything moves…. golden cauliflower soup preparation 35 minutes serves 4 – 6 Inspired by ‘The Sivananda Yoga Cookbook.’ This has very minimal ingredients but is surprisingly delicately flavourful. I served it with a loaf of freshly baked bread, this beetroot salad (all finely chopped instead of grated) and this guacamole. ingredients […]
turmeric flavoured millet, amaranth & seasonal vegetables
I thought I would share this simple but extremely quick and easy nutritious meal I have most mornings. You will appreciate how easily the body digests it. It is my first meal at around 10 or 11 o’clock, depending on when I feel the first signs of hunger. I love these one-pot meals, which use […]
