Tofu Skewers With Vegetables & A Middle Eastern Marinade
My tofu skewers with red onion, capsicum and mushroom, soaked in a Middle Eastern marinade and baked in the oven. Vegan, full of flavour, and as mild or spicy as you like.
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Yogi Recipes From Flametree Yoga Studio, Darwin
These are Flametree’s yogi recipes: close to 50 vegan and vegetarian dishes, cooked, photographed and written up by Chris Lalor, a senior Iyengar yoga teacher in Darwin. Many were learnt at the cooking classes on our Bali retreats, then adapted for an Australian kitchen. Others are built around what grows in the Top End: papaya, mango, avocado, pumpkin and sweet potato. They are plant based, low in added sugar, and written so that anyone can follow them.
What is a yogi recipe?
It is food that suits someone who practises yoga or meditation. Plant based, easy to digest, filling enough to carry you through a class, and quick enough to cook on a weeknight. It is climate friendly too, which matters to a lot of our students.
Yoga, meditation and healthy food all complement each other.
In addition, Mr BKS Iyengar summed up well when he said:
“Our mental stability, our intellectual clarity, depends on the right kind of food.”
Are these recipes vegan?
Nearly all of them are vegan, and the rest are vegetarian. Where a dish can be made either way, the recipe says so. Many are also gluten free, and each recipe says which it is.
Where do the recipes come from?
Three places. Chris learns dishes at the free cooking class on the Flametree Bali retreat. She then cooks them at home in Darwin, usually improving them along the way. And she builds others around whatever is good at the Coolalinga and Darwin markets that week.
Do I have to do yoga to cook them?
Not at all. They are ordinary home cooking, written in plain language. If they lead you to try a class, so much the better.
Share your own recipe with us
We would love to know your favourite yogi recipes. If you share one with us, please tell us whether you are happy for us to publish it here, and whether we may use your name.
We would also be delighted to hear about your favourite vegan or vegetarian restaurant, anywhere.
Last, if you do not already do yoga or meditation, please consider our HALF price deals with 2 FREE classes, online or in-studio.
Alternatively, check out Flametree’s very low cost yoga and meditation videos.
Whether you are a beginner or a non-beginner at yoga or meditation, and no matter where you live, please also check out our BALI yoga, wellness, and meditation retreats.
A retreat is a delightful way to experience new and different food options, which may then lead you to important changes in your lifestyle and habits.
Baked Papaya With Cinnamon & Lime: Easy Vegan Dessert
My baked papaya is half a red Darwin papaya with lime and cinnamon, baked under foil and served with coconut yoghurt. It’s a favourite with me and my friends, hot or cold, for dessert or breakfast.
Continue readingMiso Eggplant: Baked Japanese Style, Plus A Za’atar Version
My miso baked eggplant, Japanese style, plus a Mediterranean version with za’atar. Both are vegan, low in sugar, and just as good hot or cold.
Continue readingTempeh Recipe: Balinese Pan Fried Tempeh With Spicy Sauce
The Balinese tempeh I learnt in the cooking class on a Flametree Bali retreat. Thin slices of pan fried tempeh with a quick, spicy sauce, and great with a stir fry.
Continue readingBlack Rice Pudding: An Indonesian, Balinese Recipe (Vegan)
Black rice pudding the Indonesian and Balinese way, slowly cooked with coconut milk, pandan and cinnamon. Vegan, gluten free, and my favourite for breakfast or dessert. A recipe from the Flametree Bali retreat.
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