Winter Foods and Cooking Styles
Winter foods
Winter is the season when we can feel the most vulnerable, insecure, and lacking in motivation.
Foods that can make us feel supported, warm, and secure are buckwheat, oats, soba noodles, miso soup, adzuki beans, roots, greens, and salty condiments.
In the ancient 5-Element theory, winter relates to the Water element - the bladder and kidneys organs and meridians. Bladder energy or chi provides the structure and stability which supports the Kidney energy to move effortlessly through any obstacles or challenges.
By adding the above foods to your diet, you’ll feel more self-confident and less stressed, retain your sense of humour, and have a greater sense of balance and stability.
Cooking style for Winter
With the seasonal change from autumn to winter, we tend towards longer cooking methods, that include stronger soups, sauteed vegetables, casseroles, and baked dishes.
A little more oil, seasoning, condiments like gomasio, and sea salt (only used in cooking) are appropriate as they warm the body.
Vegetables are cut into larger chunks for longer cooking, while buckwheat, along with fried rice and soba noodles are the grains most appropriate at this time. |
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