Yoga Kitchen: Recipes from the Shoshoni Yoga Retreat

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 is: 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