Tahini is a paste of sesame seeds mostly used for humus and is amazingly healthy: it contains a lot of calcium, protein and fibre. One tea spoon of sesame seeds has more calcium than 10 liters of milk! This makes the tahini paste an important ingredient for the vegetarian and vegan kitchen. You can use … More 2 times tahini dressing
With light food we get happy thoughts. The Sattvic yoga diet and yoga lifestyle isn’t just for our bodies, but also our minds: we eat to clean our system physically and energetically. This brings us easier between thoughts in a state of samadhi during yoga and meditation practice. This vegan salad bowl is super light … More Sattvic, vegan, low carb & no fat bowl
It’s all about looks these days and how to improve your appearance with beautiful clothes, shoes, bags and a lot of make up. And don’t get me wrong: I love to use make up and to put on nice clothes, but sometimes we forget that real beauty comes from the inside. Sometimes striking clothes and … More Inside beauty: ‘no make up’ tutorial
Never thought it would be possible to bake my own naan bread in less then 20 minutes. And I must say that these came out so much better than the ones from the shop: fresh, delicious, light and super fast. For these 2 naan I took 100 grams organic flower, 75 grams yoghurt, a dash … More In 20 minutes delicious home made naan bread
These days I have been posting most pictures of recipes on Instagram (@JanayitriBrahmanda), but I could not deny you this one: what a lovely, delicious light dish for our book. I made this bowl purely with my intuition, the Sattvic way, and it turned out amazing. Fits the yoga diet perfectly! First you cook the … More Bowl: pearl couscous with sugarsnaps, rucola and grated mozzarella
This super healthy and delicious bowl with noodles, fits the yoga-diet perfectly and is made in less than 10 minutes. All ingredients are organic according to the Sattvic life style. Cook the noodles in water and add the last 2 minutes frozen green peas. In the meanwhile stir-fry in a wok some fresh pepper and fresh … More Vegan bowl with noodles
During these amazing sunny days it is always nice to eat a salad for dinner. The Sattvic Lifestyle is simple and light: so this salad definitely fulfills the yoga-diet standards and it tastes delicious! First you cook the quinoa and let it cool down. Quinoa is one of the lightest forms of grain we can take … More Lovely quinoa-salad with tofu and garden-veggies
Look how amazing this carrot came out of my kitchen garden. As you can read in this series about my brand new greening, I get really exited about growing my own food as part of the Sattvic lifestyle and yoga-diet, thought it is hard. I have to learn everything from scratch, because at some point … More Kitchen garden lessons: carrots
Monk’s Beard is an incredibly rare, stem-shaped sea vegetable that grows in the salt marshes along the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic coast of Portugal. In Holland we can buy this scarce delicacy only once or twice a year in a few organic shops. In Italian it is called ‘Barba di frate’, hence the Dutch … More Extremely rare and healthy green from the sea: Monk’s Beard
Warm water with fresh lime or lemon is a common used medicine in Ayurveda. It has amazing health benefits. First of all, it detoxes the body from basically everything that doesn’t belong in it; like the pesticides on fruits and vegetables, chemicals in manufactured food and the pollution in the air. Second, it helps creating … More Amazing health benefits of water with lime
