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 […]
Dal Recipe (Courtesy of Wolfgang Puck, 2002)
Indian food is perfect for lesser and greater yin. The spices are so warming that you can eat vegetarian, although this recipe contains chicken stock. This is exactly as Puck wrote it. If you can’t have liver building food, […]
Stuffed Squash, Warming or Cooling
The total time for preparing this dish is 1 hour and 40 minutes, with the actual cooking time being an hour and 15 minutes. This is a meal in a bowl AND you can eat the bowl. The proportions […]
What’s Wrong With Eating Bananas?
Here in Northern California the concept that healthy food is local, organic and seasonal food is well known. It is both a relatively new and a very old idea. Of course, before air travel most people ate what […]
Honey Lemonade
Since I need cooling food I have never tasted this lesser yin lemonade. However, I have made it a number of times for gatherings both small and large. I can tell you this, no matter how much I make […]
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 […]
Personalized Medicine, It’s The Future
Ever since the sequencing of the human genome the promise of personalized medicine has been at the forefront of Western Medicine. The promise is getting ever closer as the cost of doing sequencing becomes less […]
Risk Factor #3 for Chronic Bronchitis, Emphysema and COPD
If you have been diagnosed with any of these diseases I advise you to look at information for all of them. COPD was previously divided into emphysema and chronic bronchitis. But emphysema is a description […]
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 […]
Roasted Grape Spinach Salad with Balsamic Dressing (Lesser Yang)
Roasted grapes:
1 lb. red, seedless grapes removed from stems
2 Tbs. olive oil
1/2 tsp. Balsamic vinegar
1/8 tsp. dried basil
pinch of salt
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
Toss grapes in a medium bowl with olive oil, vinegar, basil and salt. Place […]