Selene Kumin Vega

Subscribe to my email list here to be updated about new postings.

Subscribe

Abundant summer fruit

I can easily overdo it on fruit, buying more than I can possibly eat in a week just because it all looks and tastes so luscious at the farmer's market. I really do have to keep track or I would just munch on it all day, ignoring all else....

read more

I have those days, too

In case you thought I eat beautifully and perfectly all the time, Saturday evening will prove you wrong. I even hesitated putting up the photo for Saturday, though I did take photos of most of it. Not sure how I got so off track, but I...

read more

Spicy Peanut Sauce

Spiced Peanut Sauce This sauce keeps well in the refrigerator. I toss it in near the end of cooking whatever vegetables and protein I have sautéed. The recipe comes from Kripalu Cookbook, by Atma Jo Ann Levitt. 2.5 tablespoons sesame oil...

read more

Home again

I walked through the Santa Cruz Farmer's Market smiling yesterday, so glad to be back to abundant fresh fruit and vegetables! And realized as I chopped and cooked that it has been quite a while since I've spent time in the kitchen...

read more

My own version of convention eating

I had my last breakfast at my friend Barby's on Tuesday, August 2nd - fresh organic berries with Greek yogurt. I had food with me for the plane ride from Boston to Washington, DC, and then I was just waiting to see how food plans would...

read more

From Kripalu to visiting with friends

I've been so caught up with the whirlwind of travel that I haven't been posting my photo collages - the days fly by and here I am with a huge amount of them to post! I'll start with the transition from Kripalu Center for Yoga &...

read more

So many ingredients!

I've been photographing the ingredients cards for some of the dishes in the Kripalu cafeteria, so I can attempt to recreate some of the combinations at home. There are so many ingredients involved in what's on my plate here at each meal...

read more

Delicious but difficult

That describes the meals here at Kripalu - difficult because it is all so good that I struggle to not overeat. I did much better today at taking smaller quantities, but still ate more than I probably needed. May all beings have such...

read more

Eating at Kripalu

I am at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health for the week, teaching Psychology of the Chakras. There is so much good food to eat at Kripalu that I find it a challenge to not overeat. My solution is to take a little bit of everything that I...

read more

Subscribe Now

Signup here for blog updates and other ponderings.