Get Back to Your Roots

Happy Winter Solstice! Winter’s officially here and will be with us until March 20, or the Spring Equinox. Now’s the time to “get back to your roots”, yes literally, but I also mean it figuratively. Let me explain… Winter is the season of restoring. During this season, you restore the physical body with warm cooked … Continue reading Get Back to Your Roots

Pumpkin Cornbread (vegan + gf options!)

pumpkin cornbread

What are you making this Thanksgiving?

I’m IN LOVE with these Pumpkin Cornbread Muffins and the best part is that the recipe is 100% customizable to you!

In this recipe, I’ve included the substitution for each ingredient so you can make it traditionally, vegan, and/or gluten free. It’s the perfect way to meet everyone’s needs at the holiday table this year!

In this picture, these muffins are a combination of gluten free and vegan ingredient swaps but they aren’t 100% vegan and I’ll explain… Continue reading “Pumpkin Cornbread (vegan + gf options!)”

I Heart Summer

Gazpacho

Did you know summer is the season of the heart?

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) each organ system is stimulated and nourished during different times of the year.

When you think of summer foods, what comes to mind? Delicious veggies and juicy fruits? Yes! These foods are physically nourishing to the heart and are energetically cooling 🙂

In traditional medicine, we look at the energy of food as it relates to the energy of specific organs in the body.

When it comes to the heart, we do NOT want a hot heart. This is a very dangerous condition and is what we known as “heart disease”, “high cholesterol”, “high blood pressure”, “heart palpitation”, etc. With these conditions, the heart needs to be cooled.

Another thing to understand is the heart is not a solo operator. And as amazing as the heart is- it’s just a pump. It’s not responsible for the health of your blood or cholesterol level.

Yes, you heard me right! The heart is NOT responsible for the health of the blood!

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