Healthy and Cooling Zucchini Chips
Zucchini Chips
These oven baked zucchini chips are a healthy alternative to corn chips for so-yang and tae-yang. They take just 10 minutes to prepare and you’ll have time to finish […]
Persian Herb Frittata
Mixed Herb Frittata
This unusual frittata has a lot of variations depending on the tradition of the household, the season or the ingredients on hand. I’ve created 2 recipes, one cooling for […]
Gazpacho With Cool As A Cucumber Garnish
This is a variation of the gazpacho in my cookbook “Cool Food”. It’s great for company as you can make the soup the day before and just whip up the garnish a little ahead of your guests’ arrival.
Serves 8-10
Base:
6 […]
Gluten-free Mango Raisin Muffins
In this recipe it is important to use “sweet” rice. The rices does not actually taste sweet but contains more starch than regular rice flour, which helps these gluten free muffins to hold together. Also remember that most oats […]
Bacon Wrapped Pork Tenderloin
Did you know that pork tenderloin is leaner than skinned chicken breast. Well maybe not this recipe with the bacon. But bacon sure makes it tasty.
Serves 2-4
1 pork tenderloin, cleaned and trimmed
3 slices of bacon
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. basil
1/2 […]
Moong (Mung Bean) Dal Recipe
Mung beans are cooling, however, most if not all Indian food is warming. Even dishes that are for pita dosha are too warming for lesser and greater yang. But here is an adaptation of a dal recipe that will […]
Iced Herb Tea
We watched golfers pass through the back yard while sipping this tea at our last lesser yang potluck. This is the ultimate refreshing drink. Even one hundred degree weather will not cause you to lose your cool. Thanks to […]
Bread & Butter Pickles
My Grandmother use to make bread and butter pickles that were delicious. However, like most other recipes I’ve found they contained sugar, onions and mustard seeds. These are completely cooling and ideal for lesser yang. In addition, they are […]
Soba With Grilled Asparagus And Sea Scallops With Sweet Miso Sauce
This lesser yang noodle dish is adapted from “Noodles Every Day” by Corinne Trang. But unlike the lesser yin recipe below, there are lots of substitutions: grape juice for sugar, white wine for sake, and almonds for walnuts. I […]
Lesser Yang Icebox Cookies
When people are first diagnosed as Lesser Yang they sometimes despair that they will ever have dessert again. While it is best for them to wean themselves from their sweet tooth an occasional treat will not harm them as […]