Here's a fun and flavorful salad for you to try. This cucumber salad is tangy, sweet, and nutty all at once. It's one of the favorite salads here at iii, so the next time you visit, it may be on the menu! Cucumber and Peanut Salad – Serves – 4 Time to prepare – approximately 20 mins […]
What's your favorite winter meal? When it's cold and snowy outside, warm up with a bowl of Black Bean and Sweet Potato Soup. It's simple, filling, and unexpectedly delicious. Our version was served with a side of wheat rolls (or brown rice for a gluten-free meal), a green salad, and sliced oranges for a balanced […]
Add some zest to your Thanksgiving meal or anytime. This Cranberry-Orange Relish is sweet and tasty, but it's so quick and simple, even the kids can make it! Serves: 8-10 Time: 5 minutes to prepare Ingredients: 1 bag fresh cranberries (about 3 cups) 1 orange 3/4 cup sugar Preparation: Cut the orange into segments, removing […]
Did you know…? India is the number one producer of lemons and limes, with about 16% of the world's overall output. Also, did you know lemon trees bloom and produce fruit year-round? Each lemon tree can produce between 500 and 600 pounds of lemons in a year. This simple, healthy recipe uses lemon juice to […]
Here at Isha Institute of Inner-sciences, we eat mung bean sprouts, also called sprouted gram or green gram, every day. Mung bean sprouts are simple to make and amazingly nutritious, providing vitamins A, B, and E, as well as calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, amino acids, and protein. Sometimes we get so used to having them […]
Holi is an annual Spring festival celebrated across India on the day after the full moon in early March. On this day, or sometimes several days, people come together across social boundaries, putting aside their differences and expressing their joy by holding public bonfires and throwing brightly-colored powders, liquid colors, and perfumes onto friends and […]
Wintermelon is a white melon eaten mostly in India and China, it is often cubed and added to soups in Asian cooking. However, the yogis of India have long regarded wintermelon as one of the most naturally energizing foods due to its high quotient of what yogic science refers to as ‘prana’ or vital life energy. […]
