Towards the end of 2017 I found myself feeling out of balance. Nothing crazy, just a little off from my routine and not as vibrant and healthy as I like to feel. With this feeling I decided to make my New Years Resolutions all about balance. My overall goal is to live a balanced life. This goal is then broken down into categories that I feel are important parts of my life; health, fitness, self care, intellectual, passions/hobbies/fun, future planing, relationships, and nature/spirituality. And then there are more specific goals with in each category. I love making goals, and seeing myself grow and change and even though I do this through out the year, I get especially excited for New Years!

Anyway I am telling you all this because, part of my resolution was to start the year off with a two week Ayurvedic cleanse. My main goals of this cleanse were to cleanse out my digestive system, become more in tune with how and what I eat, how much I eat, and in what environment I eat. I wanted to feel healthy, cleansed, and in balance.

My dad is an Ayurvedic practitioner so he instructed me through the cleanse. Ayurveda is the traditional prevented medicine of India, that has been practiced for thousands of years. The cleanse involved eating a diet that would be extremely easy to digest in order to let your digestion rest and your body draw out and remove toxins. The diet was no sugar, dairy (except ghee), gluten, caffeine, and alcohol. You also avoid beans, nuts, and raw food. You mostly just eat hot cereal, dal, and rice and veggies. I know that diet sounds extreme. I wouldn’t limit myself to that for an extended period of time but I found it very powerful in cleansing my body for just two weeks.

In addition to diet, you avoid stimulants, like TV, electronics, and non relaxing music. You want to rest and cleanse your mind as well as your body. This part was a lot harder for me. You also practice some additional Ayurvedic cleansing activities like oil massages, enemas, and taking herbal supplements.

Anyway to the point of this post, my breakfast of choice during this cleanse was a hot cereal with pears, spices, and a few nuts. This hot cereal is pretty light and easy to digest. A wonderful warm winter breakfast to cleanse and nourish your body. You most definitely don’t have to be on a cleanse to enjoy this breakfast, its very tasty and great for when you want a light warm breakfast.

In this recipe I use Bob’s Red Mill mighty tasty hot cereal. I just really enjoy the creamy texture of this cereal. It’s made from whole grain brown rice, corn, sorghum, and buckwheat. I really like this mix of grains, it feels very nourishing. Anyways I love this recipe and hope you do to!

With love from my kitchen to yours,

Kayley

Cleansing Winter Pear Hot Cereal

AuthorKayley O'Brien

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Notes:

• Nutrition is based on the products I use. I provide a nutrition table so that you can quickly check to see if your food products match or so that you can easily calculate the nutrition for any changes you want to make to the recipe. I think this helps if you have very specific diet goals and/or fitness and/or health goals. I also wanted you to be able to see exactly where I get the numbers for my nutrition facts so that you can see that they are reliable and learn more about macro breakdowns of food.

Works Cited

1. Nutritionix. Gladson. https://www.nutritionix.com/ Accessed 21 January 2019.

2. “Nutrition Label of Maple Syrup.” Trader Joes, Monrovia, CA, 2019.

3. “Nutrition Label of Might Tasty Hot Cereal.” Bob’s Red Mill, Milkwaukie, OR, 2019.