These warming, comforting, and health-giving baked apples have been my go-to breakfast and snack for these last days of winter. They are so simple to make and have no added sugar. This recipe is an Ayurvedic recipe, so it is balancing for all three Doshas or constitutional types of Ayurveda, Pitta, Vata, and Kapha.

What can I say about this sauce? This Creamy Miso Tahini Sauce is the sauce of all sauces. Full of flavor and creamy goodness, it is simple, quick and easy as it gets. Toss 7 ingredients into the blender or food process and puree till smooth. It stores in the fridge for up to seven days. It is perfect poured over quinoa, steamed Japanese sweet potatoes and avocado.

This salad highlights the season’s citrus, and we are lucky in California as we do get some citrus year-round. But now is the time. The bitter chicory complements the sweet, and the toasted hazelnuts add crunch. The sumac and the fennel pollen always make people ask me, “oh my gosh, what is IN that dressing?"

This tea has long been my cold and flu season go-to. I try to make this tea as gingery and lemony as I possibly can, so it almost tastes like medicine, that way it makes me feel like it’s doing something.

Sometimes in the middle of the holiday season, in between the egg nog, hot cocoa, Christmas cookies and everything else this season brings, I need something fresh, something bright, something healthy.

Soup season has just begun. As we head into the fall and winter months, hearty and nourishing and healthy soups become the mainstay in my home. A hearty miso soup can be an entire meal if done correctly, filled to the brim with copious amounts of noodles and veggies.