Yoga Kitchen: Recipes from the Shoshoni Yoga Retreat

by Faith Stone, Rachael Guidry

This cookbook serves up a delicious combination of pleasurable dining, consicous energy, and cultural diversity. At the Shoshoni Yoga Retreat a bevy of good cooks, motivated by their yoga practice, create the heavenly food enjoyed by retreat guests. In Yoga Kitchen master chefs Faith Stone and Rachel Guidry present favorite meals of both the guests and staff. These recipes feature American comfort foods blended with the invigorating and unique flavors of Indian, southwestern, and continental traditions. They also show how to apply the practice of mindfulness in the kitchen, cook with "shakti", and eat in harmony with the seasons. You'll learn about the principles of Ayurvedic cooking which are based in accordance of living in balance with nature. These recipes truly nourish both body and soul. A sample menu
Breakfast
Wheat-free Multigrain Panckes with Blueberry Sauce
Fresh Fruit and Yogurt LUNCH
Warm Beet and Carrot Salad with Fresh Mint
Fresh Spinach & Basil Pesto Stuffed Shells w/SavoryRed Sauce
Fresh Italian Herb and Roasted Garlic Foccacia
Almond Butter and Carob Chip Cookies DINNER
Golden Baked Curry Potatoes
Young Japanese Eggplant and Cauliflower Curry
Indian Fried Rice with Pistachios, Fresh Spinach, and Tofu
Cardamom Poached Pears

Genres: Cookbooks, Vegetarian

224 pages, Paperback

First published May 28, 2004

Reviews

[Gea · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great vegetarian cookbook - lots of Indian/American dishes

[Carolyn Ivy · Rating 4 out of 5]

More great recipes from Shoshoni yoga retreat. I used their last book until the pages fell out. This one is newer and not so well used but still quite good.