AYURVEDIC BREAKFAST

oatmeal & STEWED APPLES

According to Ayurveda, every substance (dravya) is either healing, neutral, or poisonous, depending on its qualities, or guna. A substance is medicinal when its qualities bring your system closer to balance, and it becomes poisonous if it affects your digestion (agni) in a negative way, or causes an imbalance of your doshas—vata, pitta, or kapha.

Oatmeal is a great dish that is easy to alter based on what your body needs to reach the dynamic state of balance. By choosing different spices and playing with their personalities, we can create a dish that is not only nutritious and delicious, but also serves as the medicine we need in that very moment.

Below you will find a few recommendations, as well as different spice blends for you to choose what you need based on how you feel, and remember Ayurveda’s primary law — like increases like, but opposites create balance!


Vata Balancing:

Vata needs a soupier consistency, and organic rolled or quick oats with gentle spices like ginger, cardamom, and cinnamon are best. Use organic rolled oats or quick cooking oats.

Spice & Ingredient Blend:

  • Small amount of fresh ginger

  • Pinch of cinnamon powder

  • Pinch of clove powder

  • Pinch of nutmeg

  • Pinch of cardamom powder

  • 1 Tablespoon of nut butter

  • 1 Teaspoon ashwagandha powder

  • Extra water

  • 1 Tbsp og ghee

  • Cashew or Oat Milk - (For grounding purposes)

  • Drizzle of honey at the end! (optional)

Pitta Balancing:

Because pitta needs more substance to their breakfast, steel cut oats are best. They are less processed and will be more filling. Use steel cut oats or quick cooking steel cut oats.

Spice Blend:

  • 1 Date

  • 8­–10 Soaked and peeled almonds

  • 1 Tsp of rose powder

  • 1 Tsp of cardamom powder

  • Maple syrup to taste

  • 1 Tbsp of ghee or coconut oil

  • Coconut milk preferred - (For cooling purposes)

Kapha Balancing:

The gritty textured quality of steel cut oats will benefit kapha. Use steel cut oats or quick cooking steel cut oats.


Spice Blend:

  • Small amount of fresh ginger

  • Pinch of turmeric powder

  • 1 teaspoon dried coconut

  • 1 tablespoon dried currants

  • 1 tablespoon pumpkin seeds or chia seeds

  • 1 tbsp og ghee

  • Almond or Rice Milk - (For lighter digestion purposes)


STEWED APPLES

Instructions:

Start by heating a small saucepan in medium heat. Add your water, ghee, apples and spices. Reduce heat to low and cover with a lid. Allow it to cook for 5-7 minutes. Turn off, yet leave on burner so flavors can bind together. While it cools, begin your oats!

Warm Cooked Oats:

Ingredients:

1.5 cups of plant based milk of choice - (based on your constitution or dosha that needs balancing)

1 cup of Oats of choice - (based on your constitution or the dosha that needs balancing)

Your Dosha-Balancing Spice Blend

A pinch of sea salt

Instructions:

Start by heating your plant based milk in medium heat in a small saucepan. Once heated, throw your oats and stir well. Let it cook for 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add your spice blend (according to the dosha you wish to balance) stir until combined and lower the temperature to low heat. Let is simmer for 2-3 more minutes, or until consistency is smooth. **For Vata balancing: Add water until consistency is runny and watered down. Turn heat off and remove from burner.

Serve in a bowl, topped with your stewed apples and sprinkle extra seeds, nuts or sweetener if desired.

Honor, bless, and enjoy!

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