According to Ayurveda, eating is one of the most vital functions of the body. And to have a healthy body and mind, we should eat nourishing food. But there is so much information out there about nutrition, that it can be a bit overwhelming. To make your life easy here is an easy Ayurveda meal plan you can follow.
As per Ayurveda, The perfect diet is when we eat fresh foods that are appropriately prepared and eaten with awareness.
Ayurveda believes that every human being consists of the five elements of nature: Ether, Air, Fire, Water, and Earth. We are all born with a different combination and certain degree of these elements.
The three combinations of the elements, aka doshas, are:
- Vata, which consists of ether and air
- Pitta, which consists of fire and water
- Kapha, which consists of water and earth
When you know your leading dosha, you can create a balanced lifestyle according to your dosha. This means you become more aware of the food you eat, the time you rest, what exercise you do, etc.
A simple way to know you are getting a balanced diet is to include all the six Ayurvedic tastes in every meal. In doing so, you will ensure that all major food groups and nutrients are present. This simple Ayurveda meal plan will make it easy for you.
The six Ayurvedic tastes are sweet, salty, sour, spicy, bitter, and astringent. When we include all six tastes, we feel more satisfied, and the urge to snack or overeat diminishes. Here is my simple Ayurveda meal plan and what I eat in a day.
Ayurveda Meal Plan | Breakfast
For breakfast, I’ll have my favorite Ayurveda Oatmeal. I love the taste, and it keeps me skinny and satisfied.
Ayurveda Oatmeal
- 1 cup oatmeal
- 50 gr almonds soaked in water overnight
- 6 chopped dates
- 1 tablespoon Ghee
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon cardamom
- 1 teaspoon rasped ginger
- A little bit of honey
To make the almond milk, use a blender, and blend the almonds with water. Toast the oatmeal in a saucepan for about 3 minutes. Add the milk, the dates, spices, and ghee and cook for 10 minutes. Serve with honey.
Ayurveda Meal Plan | Lunch
For lunch, I’ll have an Ayurveda mixed stirfried vegetables with rice or quinoa.
Ayurveda Mixed Stirfried Vegetables
- 1 celery chopped
- 2 stone leeks chopped
- 1 cm fresh ginger chopped into small pieces
- 1 big paksoy
- Mustard greens
- 50 gr tauge
- 1 broccoli cut into small pieces cooked for 5 minutes
- 50 gr cashew nuts roasted
- Soya Sauce, sesame oil, and ghee to taste
- 2 tablespoon of gomasio
Gomasio = roast sesame seeds and blend them in a blender.
First, stirfry the ginger, stone leeks, and celery in oil with half of the soya sauce. Add the broccoli, paksoy cut into pieces, and heat with the rest of the soya sauce.
Add mustard greens and tauge (beansprouts) and cover without fire. Rest for some minutes. Then add the roasted cashew nuts and the blended sesame seeds (gomasio).
Ayurveda Meal Plan | Dinner
For dinner, I’ll make an easy and delicious Ayurveda vegetable soup. I love it because it is light, nutritious, and very filling.
Ayurveda Vegetable Soup
- 1 chopped onion
- 2 chopped garlic
- 2 chopped zucchini
- 1 chopped stalk of leek
- 3 chopped green bananas
- 1 chopped potato
- 1 teaspoon of kurkuma
- 2 teaspoon of curry
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 2 cubes of vegetable broth
- ½ bunch of mint chopped
First, stirfry the onion and garlic for 2 minutes and add curry, kurkuma, and pepper. Then, add all the vegetables and stirfry for 5 minutes.
Add water and the cubes of vegetable broth and cook for ½ hour. Finally, add mint and salt and mix with a food processor.
Snack
For a snack, I make these easy and tasty Ayurveda no-bake date balls.
Ayurveda No-bake Date Balls
- 1 cup ghee
- 50 gr walnuts toasted and chopped
- 250 gr unpitted dates
- 3 tablespoons of roasted and blended sesame seeds (gomasio)
- 50 gr cranberry’s
- 100 gr oatmeal
- 1 tablespoon honey
- Optional, 1 tablespoon of brown sugar
Cut the dates into small pieces, roast the walnuts, and cut them into small bits. Heat the ghee with the dates, honey, and brown sugar for about 3 minutes until the dates are soft.
Take the pan off the fire, add the walnuts, cranberry, oatmeal, and gomasio, and mix well. Put the mix on a cake tin and press hard with a spoon. Cool it in the fridge for 2 hours.
Drink
I drink lots of water and sip Ayurvedic tea throughout the day.
Ayurvedic Tea
- Oregano
- Lemongrass
- Ginger
- Star anise
- Whole Cinnamon whole
- Cardamom
Make sure everything is fresh and boil in water, and sip throughout the day.
So here you have it a perfect Ayurveda meal plan, what I eat in a day. Feel free to adjust the recipes to your liking. If you enjoyed this article, I highly recommend you read the relationship between food and your mental & emotional health.
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