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Posts by Claire Ragozzino

Recipe: Whole Roasted Acorn Squash

Of all the seasons, late Fall/Winter eating is by far my favorite. According to Ayurveda, our digestive fire (Agni) is strongest in the colder months, making heartier meals more appropriate for the season. I also love how the seasonal produce makes it easy to cook simple but satisfying meals. Crank up the oven, throw some root veggies in there and watch them turn into the most delicious, tender …

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Recipe: Persimmon Upside Down Cake

The past month has been a wonderful whirlwind in my home life. I got married at the end of October and left for Japan shortly after. We planned our honeymoon to be a mix of our interests: food, markets, tea culture and tea farming, traditional agricultural practices, and garden design. He’s a landscape architect, I’m a cook. We meet in the middle around the kitchen table and tea table to …

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Recipe: Carrot Coriander Soup

Over the past year, we’ve started clearing a little piece of land near my fiancé’s work to experiment with our first real garden. He’s become passionate about dry stone wall building, so naturally the first thing we did was clear all the rocks from the thick volcanic clay soils. He built the perimeters of the first stone wall, tilled the soil and then we built mounds in the first bed …

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Living Ayurveda: Meal Planning Tips

How do you eat well in our busy, modern world? The answer is simple: be prepared and organized. It makes all the difference to have the right tools and ingredients ready to use in your kitchen, and an idea of how you want to map out your meals for the week ahead. Ayurvedic wisdom promotes eating meals that are life-giving, fresh, and filled with prana. With a little planning and preparation, …

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Recipe: Cumin-Roasted Carrots + Thanksgiving Guide 2022

Following a longstanding tradition on the Vidya Living blog, I’m excited to share another Thanksgiving/winter holiday recipe round! This year’s recipe, Cumin-Roasted Carrots with Carrot Top Gremolata, is Fall favorite from my book Living Ayurveda. This Thanksgiving Day also marks the two year anniversary of the book launch and in celebration of the book’s birthday I’m hosting a fabulous Fall giveaway with friends! The giveaway includes a hardcover copy …

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