Moon Milk
This moon milk recipe is a flavorful drink that will warm your body and calm your mind, it can help you to get a restful sleep.
A good night’s sleep is essential for maintaining health, energy levels, concentration and vitality. The ideal is to sleep at least 8 hours a night, with 7 hours being the minimum amount of sleep to maintain long-term health.
Sleep disorders and sleeping difficulties are part of the routine of a large portion of the population around the world. Therefore, some measures can be taken to ensure quality sleep.
For restful sleep, different factors play an important role. Having a calming night routine can make your sleep more enjoyable and healthier overall. Try to include rituals such as having a tasty glass of moon milk, reducing artificial lighting, taking a cozy bath, and practicing a relaxing technique.
This moon milk recipe will help you prepare your body and mind for sleep, promoting relaxation and quality sleep.
Stuffed Zucchini boats
This stuffed zucchini boats recipe is a summer vegetarian dish that is filling and easy to digest as well. It makes a good dinner and provides you with vitamins and healthy fats from the nuts.
The basis of this recipe is zucchini, a vegetable with low caloric density, perfect for diets with caloric restrictions, as they allow for the consumption of a high volume of food, ensuring greater satiety, preventing you from going hungry on your diet.
This dish is very complete and balanced, with good sources of carbohydrates, proteins and fats. In addition, the variety of vegetables brings a dish rich in dietary fibre, micronutrients and flavors.
This stuffed zucchini boats recipe is light and easy to digest, perfect for summer!
Tofu with vegetables and coconut sauce
This tofu recipe with vegetables and a creamy coconut sauce is an amazing vegetarian, protein-rich meal, it is very healthy and flavourful. A very popular vegan cheese option around the world is tofu. Made from soy, this cheese has a very high protein content and very little fat.
Due to its high protein value, it is a very popular option used in several vegetarian and vegan recipes. As the taste of Tofu is usually very mild, it can be enhanced through seasonings, marinades and sauces. Check out this delicious Tofu recipe with vegetables and coconut sauce.
Extremely balanced in macronutrients with tofu and quinoa as high quality protein sources, rice and quinoa as carbohydrate sources and coconut oil as good fat sources. In addition, it is also rich in micronutrients and dietary fibre due to vegetables.
Chickpea curry with pak choi
An earthy, nourishing, protein-rich curry recipe made from chickpea and pak choi that provides you with nutrients and vitamins.
Curry is a group of dishes inspired by traditional Indian stews that use curry as a seasoning. This mixed seasoning is made from various spices originating in India. Some of the spices in it are: turmeric, ginger, coriander, cumin, nutmeg shell and a few others. Moreover, this mix of spices went far beyond Indian and Oriental cuisine and gained fame around the world.
Curries in general are very versatile and you can make them with different ingredients, such as meat, chicken, fish, seafood and traditional vegetables. In this recipe, we will use chickpeas as the curry base and it serve it with a mix of quinoa with rice and steamed pak choi leaves.
In addition, chickpea is a grain rich in protein and various nutrients. This grain is delicious and very versatile, you can use it in several recipes to add protein, nutrients, flavors and texture.
Last, this dish is delicious, vegetarian and balanced in nutrients. It’s perfect for warming the body and soul. Try this wonderful chickpea curry recipe with Pak Choi!
Chickpea spinach soup with barley
Chickpea spinach soup with barley
A delicious, earthy, balanced soup made with chickpea, spinach and barley that provides you with healthy carbs, protein, and vitamins.
Soups are perfect as appetizers and for dinner, mainly because they are easy to digest, which means that your digestion does not affect your sleep.
This soup recipe is extremely nutritious and tasty. It is a complete meal in just one dish, without side dishes, as it is nutritionally balanced. As sources of protein and carbohydrates, this soup features chickpeas and barley. As a source of good fats, coconut milk and ghee or coconut oil.
Kitchari Authentic from Ayurveda
Kitchari, authentic Ayurveda
Kitchari is the first food on our mind when we think about Ayurveda. The Authentic kitchari recipe from Ayurveda is made with few ingredients that we can find all over the world. In addition, it is very easy to digest and a good combination of protein and carbohydrates. Lastly, Kitchari can balance all doshas.
The basis of Ayurveda’s authentic Kitchari is rice and lentils, which are cooked together in this recipe. Lentils are a good source of protein and carbohydrates, balancing this recipe nutritionally. As a source of good fats, ghee is used. Rice is also a good source of carbohydrates.
Cumin seeds are great for bringing out the characteristic flavor of the dish and aiding in the digestion process in the body.
Sweet Potato Coconut Soup
Sweet potato coconut soup
With this sweet potato coconut soup recipe, you not only balance your doshas but also nourish your body from within. The perfect dinner for a good night’s sleep!
Soups are perfect as appetizers and for dinner, mainly because they are easy to digest, which means that the digestion process does not affect your sleep.
This recipe is very filling, the dietary fibre and carbohydrates present in sweet potatoes, together with the fats in coconut milk and sesame oil, bring satiety to the dish.
In addition, this sweet potato coconut soup is very well seasoned. The explosion of flavors will surprise you.
Bean salad with quinoa and zucchini
Bean salad with quinoa and zucchini:
This bean salad with quinoa and zucchini is rich in protein and dietary fibre, it’s a great recipe for a power lunch.
Salads are wonderful dishes for lunch, as a side dish or as a snack between meals. They are light, quick to eat, practical to take to work, do not need to be heated and above all: they are extremely nutritious.
This bean salad with quinoa and zucchini salad recipe is rich in protein and dietary fibre, helping with the weight loss process. As a source of protein and carbohydrates, we have beans and quinoa. Vegetables bring even more dietary fibre to the plate, along with several important micronutrients.
Feel free to increase or replace the vegetables, depending on what you have available in your fridge pantry.
Kitchari (European version)
Ayurveda cooking is the practice of using food, spices, and herbs as medicine to nourish and balance the body. The goal of Ayurvedic cooking is to support each individual’s unique constitution by incorporating specific foods and spices into their diet. It emphasizes the use of fresh, whole foods, and encourages the consumption of local and seasonal food. By following these principles, Ayurveda cooking promotes digestion, boosts immunity, and improves overall health and well-being.
Ginger carrot soup
This ginger carrot soup is delicious and super healthy. In Ayurveda, ginger is known to aid digestion and is used to treat nausea and colds. While carrots are rich in vitamin A and also help with digestion.
Soups are perfect as appetizers and for dinner, mainly because they are easy to digest. Thus, your digestion process does not harm sleep. In addition, they are versatile, easy to make and can be easily increased with toppings, accompaniments and seasonings.