Some seasonal eats + recipes that have nourished me lately
Spring is springing and I’m happy about it (my allergies feel otherwise, but I digress!).
The produce this season is so fresh and vibrant—there’s nothing like biting into a crunchy radish with French salted butter (recommend), or roasting radishes with crispy asparagus on days when spring takes a cheeky detour back to winter.
If you’re looking for traditional Ayurvedic approaches to spring, read expert tips here from my 2021 conversation with Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum, and here with chef Divya Alter. Dr. Douillard recommends a short kitchari cleanse this time of year—I just finished my own 2-day reset version as a seasonal reboot.
One spring tip that’s helped me personally is limiting dairy when allergies go haywire—especially for sensitive sinuses like mine. It’s been fun making nut milk to enjoy warm or cooled—paired with matcha, or as a a turmeric / chai latté—or sipped fresh.
P.S. Here’s how I feel about plant-based vs whole milk. Spoiler: I like them both and don’t think either of them are evil…
Below are a few concoctions and links to recipes I’ve modified as the spring season bloomed—I’ll definitely remake many. Enjoy and let me know what you fancy 🙂
(Some links to pantry staples below are with affiliate partners—no extra cost to you.)
Sips
🥛 Homemade cashew or almond milk. With a date, dash of cinnamon + vanilla—save the pulp for cookies! Use code SASHA10 for 10% off your Mylkly order.
Basic recipe: 1/2 cup nuts, 3 cups / 750 ml filtered water, 1 date, pinch sea salt + vanilla.
🫖 Raph’s Chai. Fresh ginger + ground spices (cinnamon, cardamom, fennel, clove, nutmeg, peppercorn) with coconut oil +vanilla; cooked low + slow. We keep it in the fridge and heat it with warm frothy milk during the week—I like to add honey, too.
☕ Hojicha latte. With foamy whole milk, from a slick local coffee spot in Old Nice called Frisson (my friend had a great flat white). It also has wonderful house made ice cream—I got Lebanese ashta covered in chopped pistachio, which is a new favorite 🍦
Help World Central Kitchen provide meals to displaced Lebanese people here.
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What are you making / eating / enjoying this season—how are you nourishing your body and mind?
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Take good care,
S
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