Autumn Vegetables

I love this recipe. It's quick and colorful like the fall season!

GINGER ROASTED FALL VEGETABLES
1/4 cup olive oil

10 carrots, peeled large sweet potatoes , scrubbed, and peeled

2 red onions, peeled

1 small acorn or butternut squash, peeled

1/3 cup fresh ginger root, cut into narrow strips

salt and fresh ground pepper

juice of 1 orange

2-3 tsp fresh ginger root, finely diced
Parsnips and red potatoes can be added to the mix.

Pre-heat the oven to 400°F.

Put the olive oil into a medium-sized roasting pan and heat it in the oven for 5 minutes.

Cut the carrots in half, cut the onions into 6 wedges each, cut the squash and potatoes into fairly large chunks.

Put the vegetables and 2 tsps ginger to the hot oil, add seasoning.

Roast for 40 – 50 minutes, turning the vegetables halfway through the cooking time.

When vegetables are cooked, remove them to a serving platter and keep warm.

Pour the orange juice into the hot pan and stir in the remainder of the finely diced ginger. Season to taste and pour the sauce over the hot roasted vegetables

Ginger helps to reduce inflamation, treat colds and calms your stomach. I am ready for some ginger tea!

Yoga yoga yoga!

This weekend, I spent the entire weekend with my new teacher trainees. WOW! Talk about being immersed in the process. I love it and can already see some of the changes they are making. All good, of course! Love teacher training and getting to know students in a different way!
Well anyway, they are very sore but feel like they are accomplishing alot and now they have a ton of homework! The book they are reading this month is "Instructing Hatha Yoga" 5 chapters and homework plus asana practice.
So after teaching the same 15 poses this weekend, my regular classes had yoga classes to strengthen their abs. Groaning but worth every single plank!
Looking forward to Friday night and spending the time teaching the trainees poses that are related to the 2nd chakra. Stay tuned-more to come!

If anyone is interested in kirtan and live in central Jersey, we are hosting a kirtan on Saturday, October 10 at 7 PM in E.Windsor. Contact me for info!

KALE CHIPS YUM!

I haven't baked kale chips since the teacher trainees graduated from teacher training but I was actually craving kale this week. It is an all around healthy and delicious veggie.
Most of the time I steam the kale and add fresh tomatoes and oregano topping brown rice with the mix and thats dinner - it's quick!

Try kale chips and eat them warm from the oven!
1 bunch kale
olive oil
fresh or dried dill
sea salt
Yup 4 ingredients!

Rub each leaf with olive oil
Place on a cookie sheet
Bake for 20 minutes until the kale is crispy
Sprinke with dill and a little sea salt

Thats it! Everyone that has tried them, really liked them!

By the way, if you only eat raw, put the kale in a dehydrator and then add the seasoning.