Yoga Snacks

Yoga is known to activate parts of your metabolism that can slow down your desire for high fat foods, however after a session you feel light and most of the people who attend travel light, so with this in mind the recipes here are targeted at specifically dedicated yoga minded people.

The most important part of a good munch is a great drink; you can be less disciplined and join the rest of your peers within the Yoga group by heading straight for the drinks machine. Often this includes high energy drinks or sugar packed fizzy drinks, additionally these drinks will chip into your budget, after-all Yoga is an effective cheap way of remaining healthy minded, so why ruin it in a drink?

So firstly I will share with you my secret drink, that will revitalize your thirst that avoids all the messy sugary additives. After a good Yoga session some homemade Ayran is a great thirst quencher, which with the bonus of having a more focused palette will help you swallow the little snacks mentioned later in the almanac.

Ingredients for Ayran is plain yogurt, most good fridges have a big tub of this in the side cabinet. The bigger the tub the better, a large tub of yogurt with anything up to 2 liters should last you the week, estimating you attend Yoga sessions daily seven days a week. By making a jug full this should be enough for two days worth on the trot. Pour into the jug 500 ml of warm water, from the kettle, add to this your favorite crystallized salt, preferably the diamond shaped flakes because these are good quality and will stimulate your palette better after a good old Yoga session. Take about a teaspoon full from the packet and add to the warm water, then give it a spin until the crystals magically disappear. Now, take the Yogurt from the fridge and pour about 350 ml's of it into the jug of salty water. Give it a whiz then put it back into the fridge. You'll now need a water bottle to add the drink 330ml's is fine, a 500ml will be a bit heavy. If in doubt use a small flask this will keep it cool and yummy and is great if you have to travel quite far to do your Yoga session.

Traditionally Yoga minded people in the far East have been known to live of a satchel of palm oil and a few nuts, almonds I think but in today's modern society, I think the recipes you are used to will be much more palatable and far more realistic, so here are three finger favorites of mine. Little chip-sticks of celery, carrots and hummus, they also go well with a kebab, however the Yoga is such that any meat in the metabolism could reverse that light feeling mentioned earlier. A great alternative to hummus is the cucumber yogurt dip. Shred a handful of a cucumber into a very small dish, then add some yogurt, you can spice this up either with some salty flakes or give it a dollop of honey. Additionally a punnet of micro baby sized vine tomatoes should last you a week. If you are not acquainted with hummus; it is made of chick peas and yogurt, churned together with fancy olive oils and pepper and is a very healthy way of getting a good source of nutrition. Both the yogurt drink and hummus have Mediterranean origins, along with the cucumber dip.

For something crunchy inside this Yoga snack why not try making your own chippers. Spuds are great, sweet potato is also good. By slicing thinly in even pieces then adding to a pan of oil, with a blob of palm oil you can give your chippers that orangery feel. Make sure you have a lid on the pan and be sure not to overheat the pan because the palm oil spits everywhere, do a handful at a time and pop them into a warm grilled skillet to dry of all the access oil, again be sure not to burn your thin chippers. A great tip with homemade chips is to store them in plastic snapper bags, which by keeping them air tight after cooling down you can keep them crispy and fresh. On removal from the pan you could sprinkle them with pepper, salt, paprika or even the salt and vinegar salt is great.

Finally inside your bag of Yoga Rolls and safety socks; you could additionally pop in a few napkins, some of these snacks can be-a-bit messy. Maybe even a few cocktail sticks in a plastic lunch box with cheese and sweet pickled onions, these may give you bad breath though; which is the last thing you need after a good Yogasession. Some days you may want to spoil yourself with chocolate. Try just popping in a few wedges rather than a full bar of your favorite chocolate, mines Cadbury's but you may prefer some other executive brand. I have not been doing Yoga for long but I do think it is very good, and by being prepared it really makes a statement to your fellow peers.

Ohm Sh-anti.