Dining & Food

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Elaine Dodson presents The Art and Science of Ayurvedic Cooking, healthy delicious vegetarian recipes to balance body mind and soul.

Enjoy one cooking class from a four-part series on the art and science of Ayurvedic cooking.

In this series you will learn how to prepare exquisite vegetarian Indian recipes featuring exotic tastes, aromas, textures and colors. This series covers sumptuous vegetables dishes, rice preparations, delicious protein-rich soups, and Indian condiments such as yogurt raita, various chutneys, sweets and beverages.

Each class includes Ayurvedic theory, information on the three Ayurvedic body types, preparation of authentic recipes and a taster party afterwards as well as a booklet of all the recipes. With what you learn in these classes, you will be able to prepare and enjoy food with sacred awareness of the benefit to your overall constitution.

Although this is a series, each class stands alone. In each series:

Class 1 - Soups and Dhal
Class 2 - Vegetable dishes (subjis)
Class 3 - Rice dishes, chutneys, salads
Class 4 - Full Ayurvedic meal-soup, rice, 2 vegetables, salad, chutney,f sweet, beverage

The classes offer many easy to prepare recipes and utilizes the  oldest health maintenance system documented, over 5 thousand years old. You will learn your body type, how to eat for your particular type, and how to bring balance and good health. The benefits are many.

In this system the spices are your medicine. Learn how to have a karma free diet. More info at http://elainedodson.net/conscious_cooking.html Contact elainedodson@sacredjourneyretreats.com

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For over 40 years, Elaine Dodson has been practicing a healthy lifestyle that includes Ayurvedic and vegetarian cooking. In the late 90s, she studied in India for seven years, and served as the household chef for her spiritual guru in Cambridge, England. That led to a long study of Ayurvedic cooking techniques throughout India. Over the years, she developed recipes and a style of Ayurvedic cooking geared towards today’s busy lifestyle, which she now teaches in a popular cooking classes. In addition she founded two successful vegetarian and Ayurvedic restaurants: Kalachandiji’s in Dallas, Texas, and Govinda’s in Cuernavaca, Mexico.