Cauliflower leaves and stems can also be used to create nutritious juices along with fruits and vegetables.
Cauliflower leaves contain more than twice the amount of protein than that in cauliflower, double the amount of carbs, is a richer source of dietary fiber and the greens provide thrice the amount of minerals. It is also an exceptionally good source of calcium and is inexpensive as it is mostly thrown away.
Check out my video with these simple recipes below.
With the commencement of lockdown and social distancing due to coronavirus, people have started making delicious food at home. So once you are done having heavy meals daily, take a sip of one of the three extremely simple Tisanes that I have shown in my video below. They ‘ll detox your body as well as your digestive system.
Tisanes are getting popular and preferred over teas and coffees as they do not contain caffeine. Try to have them preferably the first thing in the morning.
HAPPY HEALTHY LIVING!
With so many seasonal flu and viruses / viral fevers, cold and cough playing havoc in our lives and breaking down our immune system, this powerful herbal decoction acts like a magic potion. It is simple to make, and requires just two herbs. Even healthy people can drink it and boost their immunity. It is tried and tested and is also recommended in Ayurveda. Make it and experience its benefits yourself!!
I have been making this decoction for years. Whenever my kids fall ill I make this decoction and give it to every member of my family. By having this decoction, even the healthy members don’t get infected as it boosts immunity to a great extent.
I have specifically made this video as there is a rise in viruses all over the world and around us. The only remedy left (apart from maintaining good hygiene and sanitization) is to boost one’s immunity. Have fresh fruits and vegetables, eat freshly made home cooked food and if you are down with flu, try this herbal plant based decoction.
Ma Lakshmi is known as Goddess of Wealth and Fortune in India. She is one of the most important deities for people to pray and why not? Everybody needs money. Every human has a desire to have a prosperous life full of wealth and luxury. Everybody wants all the good things and all the happiness & pleasures that they see around themselves.
But, does everybody achieve all the desires one has? The answer is NO. Because despite having a certain amount of money and luxury, people tend to be jealous and greedy. Out of jealousy people gossip, spread false things about others, do wrong actions, manipulate situations, may even take extreme steps, deriving sadistic pleasures – you start feeling nice and accomplished when you see the other person sad, worried or victimized.
Do you think you can ever get prosperous by doing such things? You are knowingly and unknowingly inviting Alakshmi to yourself. Alakshmi is the opposite of Lakshmi. Lakshmi is the Goddess of wealth and fortune while Alakshmi brings misfortune, hurdles, poverty and grief (Law of Duality).
Alakshmi comes when there is an accumulation of bad karmas. So if you think you can have lots of money & luxury and at the same time seek sadistic pleasures, you’re on the wrong track. Haven’t you seen people in depression in the wealthiest of families? Haven’t you read news about people doing heinous crimes in the most affluent class?
To be prosperous not only means just to have wealth but also having other types of luxuries like sound physical and mental health, peaceful mind, good family, cheerful atmosphere at home, pleasant relations with others, knowledge, etc.
Hence, Lakshmi manifests Herself into eight forms, popularly known as Ashtalakshmi. She signifies eight different forms of wealth – prosperity, fertility, good luck, good health, knowledge, strength, progeny and power.
These are the eight forms of Ashtalakshmi. From here, one can realize that wealth doesn’t mean only money but also how happy one can be from the bottom of one’s heart – by means of having patience, courage, material and spiritual knowledge, raising kids by providing them good environment, by being social, by enjoying sumptuous food with friends and family, and by spending time with animals – one becomes sensitive to Nature, thus, enjoying ALL ASPECTS of life.
Since ancient times flowers have been used for various purposes in various activities like colouring, dyeing, decorations,infusions,in making medicines, decoctions to the present times in cakes too.
Edible flowers provide lots of health benefits.They can be had in both raw and cooked forms.
I am sharing three recipes where edible flowers have been used in raw form to make awesome salads. They can be used as splendid party starters, specially for vegans!!
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Continuing from my last blog, I am sharing a tasty healthy vegan, out of the box recipe for all age groups, that can be enhanced by microgreens.
It is a complete LIVE FOOD, hence its nutritional value increases multifold. The recipe includes ingredients like sprouts, dry fruits and freshly grown microgreens, which are rich in proteins, vitamins, minerals, amino acids and antioxidants. You can have it in your breakfast or lunch every day and see the difference in your energy levels, mood, physical and mental make-up while decrease in symptoms of diseases.
It is easy to make, does’nt require any cooking and is fit for lazy people who want good health without cooking food.
I have traveled a lot since my childhood and never have I noticed such things until recent times. Today even small scale workers are so ‘”body conscious”. The most common topic of discussion wherever i travel, whether locally or abroad ,people are always talking about how to reduce their waist, trim their thighs and ‘look’ fit! Strangely, no one is ever satisfied with whatever they have.
“You’re fat, you’re plump, you are so skinny , you are disproportionate, you’re pear shaped, look at your thighs and to add on, you’re dark skinned, you’re wheatish, you have a broad nose!!” There is just no end to this body shaming. How unfortunate it is to see that everyone (both men and women) has silently fallen into this dark trap!
It’s good to be fit but it is sick to think and blab about it all the time. The whole world cannot get slim altogether, it is just impossible. Because weight loss will awaken different energies in that person.
The science of Ayurveda can educate people as to why we all do not look the same. So look at your own constitution before fitting into a pre-set mould. According to Ayurveda, there are three types of personalities. – vata, pitta and kapha. All these types have their own INHERENT CHARACTERISTICS which will not change.
Vata type – A vata person WILL be slim and always have a lean body. They tend to lose weight very quickly. Their skin is dry. Will be energetic and will do things hastily/quickly.
Pitta type – They have an athletic built, with medium frame , hot tempered. Their weight is generally steady. They can’t tolerate hot weather.
Kapha type – They are stout, strong, tend to gain weight easily, build excess weight, have fluid retention, like to have oily food.
These are the natural characteristics of the three personalities and if we all try to become slim, we all would be going against our inherent traits. The world would really collapse ! It would be really difficult for pitta and kapha types to reduce and even harder to maintain the lost weight because inherently they are prone to gaining weight. Whereas for vata types, it will be hard for them to gain weight as they are naturally slim. In a way, everyone is trying to become what they are not.
This results in unhappiness, frustration, distress, dissatisfaction and unpleasantness. This obsession about one’s own body weight is no less than a mental disease that has infected the whole human race!
Why can’t everyone be as is and just concentrate on internal health? One might be plump but disease free!!One might be slim but have enormous stamina!! It’s good to have a great body and great external looks but not to the point of being obsessed about it.
WHY CANT WE ALL TRY TO ACHIEVE OPTIMUM HEALTH INSTEAD OF OPTIMUM WEIGHT?
There are many ways to achieve good physical and mental health .Going for treks, doing Hatha Yoga, Pilates, swimming, participating in marathon races, obstacle races, cycling, going to health retreats etc instead of striving hard day and night, trying out crazy diets to attain unrealistic bodies that cannot sustain themselves.
I am sure that by changing our mindset and thought process, we can embrace our individuality, we all would be able to achieve great healthy bodies and not just healthy-looking bodies!
Words are powerful! If there is one thing that stays with us, it’s words! And so are blessings. They have the power to transform your entire life. Strong positive words have a profound effect on your MIND. They have the capability to change your mood, your day… your entire self. They are pleasant to hear, boosts your spirits, changes your thought process and transforms your life.
In olden times, the elders in the family subconsciously understood and utilized this power in the form of blessings. Blessings are phrases or boons in which every word is so positive that it leaves a deep impact on your conscious and sub-conscious mind. During festivals and get-togethers, the natural response to a greeting would be a blessing. A profound blessing!
Some of the common and most heard of blessings are (and also where can we use them in modern times)
Think about how many times we have actually received these blessings in our life. Why is this beautiful tradition of Aashirwaad getting lost?
It is lost because of the degradation of human nature. The darkness inside men and women restricted them to say good things as they couldn’t tolerate progress of others. As a result, everybody has stopped giving blessings to each other. To add more, criticism and fault-finding is a prominent feature in today’s interactions and feelings towards another. THAT is WHY we humans are suffering… because all we hear is negative things all day.
Criticisms in bounty, praises so rare. To live in such an environment continuously is devastating. Ultimately, one”s confidence decreases, self-esteem and morale goes down, living a life-like a battle until your soul is crushed.
But there is a way out! Start blessing!! YOURSELF FIRST!! Bless your family, your environment, your neighborhood. After all, it is you who have to live happily and blessings do have an effect on your mind and heart, eventually effecting your psychological and physical well-being.
Revive these lost blessings and its culture in your life. Bless your sons and daughters, brothers and sisters in every occasion you meet. Who knows, whose life gets transformed by the power of your blessings.
In today’s world of instant gratification, all we hear and read about is addiction! Addiction to alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, gambling, and of course the world of social media which is quickly capturing the minds of people as young as four.
But there is another kind of addiction that exists! And that is an addiction to mental peace, which results in ‘sukoonmaya jeevan’ (blissful life).
In the quest for mental peace, people end up going all over the world and indulge in what is popularly known as “spiritual shopping”. However, if you have experienced peaceful moments from within, be it for sometime or for an hour, you would crave for it more and more. You will start taking actions for yourself which eventually will provide you with exactly – that moment of mental peace. Those actions would specifically be goal-oriented, pleasure related… something that satisfies your soul.
They can be your hobbies, or your new interest in philosophy, science, history, travel , astronomy or any physical activity/ exercise that gives you results in the physical, mental and spiritual plane. As you gradually incline yourself in doing activities that you love doing the most, you will feel joyous and will experience peaceful moments all the time. THAT is when you are addicted to mental peace!
Your brain will naturally reject stressful situations, frightful news and negativity that surrounds people and events. You would constantly want to uplift yourself first even in not so nice situations, simply because you are addicted to having a peaceful mind which is serene, stable and joyous. Indeed the best thing YOU would have ever cultivated!!
Prolonged mental peace promotes good health- both physical and mental; it increases vital force energy. A mentally healthy person will be devoid of complaints, hypocrisy, jealousy, manipulation and not look down on others. S/he will always vibrate in higher frequencies, always thinking of innovative ideas to construct and help society at large. S/he will always think of solutions keeping ‘ peace’ in the long run. This does not mean one suppresses oneself from situations or people.
Peace comes from doing what you love, sticking to it, being passionate about it and its results feed your soul. You are full of joy and it turns into a joyous cycle – indeed an addiction for the mind!
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