Retreats
PRICING VARIES BY REQUEST
Add value to your retreat by incorporating an on-site chef who understands holistic health and can create high-vibe nourishment for your guests. A completely customized menu will support the physical and spiritual intentions of your event, and allow you as a leader to focus on your guests, knowing that one of the most important aspects of the experience is completely taken care of.
My involvement in your retreat could be as simple as behind the scenes meal creation, or my service could be a central piece of the experience. I am more than happy to host a class or workshop to complement the retreat itinerary.
RETREAT SERVICES
Plant-based meals that incorporate vegetarian, vegan, raw, gluten-free and plant-based paleo ingredients
Customized menus that highlight local and seasonal ingredients
Personal shopping, preparation, and cleanup all included
Ability to accommodate special dietary restrictions and/or food sensitivities
Optional cooking classes and workshops provided by an Ayurvedic Chef and Ayurvedic Health Counselor
Truly healthful food prepared with LOVE
Ability to travel to location
Weddings
Prices vary by request
Want your event catered with a healthy touch? I offer delicious vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free cuisine options for any occasion. My nourishing meals are lovingly prepared for optimal energy, healing, and an improved sense of well-being. My menus are always seasonal, local, organic, and uniquely designed for you and your guests.
I cater to parties of all sizes and customize every meal based on your specific needs. Contact me today to discuss your wedding!
Example Menus:
Breakfast/Brunch:
Hibiscus, Rose and Mint Tea: Hot summer days cause your heart to beat faster and your blood to circulate rapidly. The furious pace of summertime circulation stresses out your liver. Hibiscus, rose and mint restore your liver and even cools down your blood by purging hot bile from the gall bladder. Thanks to high levels of antioxidants, hibiscus reduces low-grade systemic inflammation. These antioxidants help you feel brighter and refreshed
Peach Coconut Chia Seed Rice Pudding with Edible Flowers: Cool, soothing, and nourishing coconut milk easy enough for your body to break down and assimilate on those hotter spring and summer days. It cools heat and irritation in the digestive tract and thereby cools the blood and leaves you feeling calm and satisfied
Zucchini Bread with Fig Jam: Zucchini is rich in antioxidants and anti-inflammatory phytonutrients, which help rid the body of free radicals and excess inflammation while also reducing your blood sugar levels
Rapini, Mushroom and Cashew Cream Flatbread: Broccoli rabe acts as blood purifies and blood builders which will help naturally cool down the body during the summer months
Arugula Salad with Radishes and Micro-greens: Arugula’s sharp peppery flavor is light and easy to digest for those with slow, cold digestion, or to help take a heavy meal and "lighten" it, so your body can assimilate the nutrients of the entire dish
Creamy Cucumber Dressing: Cucumbers are very high in water content and very low in calories. They have potential anti-diabetic, lipid lowering and antioxidant activity. Cucumbers have a cleansing action within the body. They remove accumulated pockets of old waste materials and chemical toxins
Lunch:
Cinnamon Muca Cacao: Phenethylamine, the chemical that is released in the body during emotional euphoria, is also found in cacao and is known to help relieve stress or depression. But beyond the chemistry of it all, cacao is thought to affect our heart energy, our emotional centre, by opening our heart chakra of the subtle body
Green Pea and Fresh Mint Soup With Roasted Fennel Seed: Peas a good source of fiber, protein, omega-3s and alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), which are both widely popularized right now for their many health benefits including reducing blood pressure, reduce the chance of abnormal heart rhythm and slow the development of plaque in the arteries
Fennel, Radicchio and Watercress Salad with Orange Vinaigrette: Radicchio lettuce, with its beautiful red and purple leaves and pleasantly bitter taste, is actually Italian chicory, and it is also known as red endive, or red chicory. The pale green fennel, darker green watercress, and magenta colored radicchio contrast in color and complement each other with their sweet, astringent and bitter tastes
Stuffed Avocado with Cashew Cheese, Olives, Celery and Walnuts: This dish is filled with healthy fats, proteins, potassium, omega-3 and fatty acids. The crunchy celery and walnuts contrasted with the creamy, fatty avocados and cashew cheese, while leaving room for the olives to make their flavor statement provide the perfect, well-rounded bite
Basmati Rice and Red Quinoa with Basil: The tall and soft basmati grains pair with the round and rough quinoa seeds, surrounded by the aroma of basil which helps support the body as it helps build body tissue and life energy
Red Lentil and Cannelini Bean Curry Dal: Red lentils are packed with iron which helps keep oxygen pumping throughout your body as well as magnesium which helps with muscle and nerve function, regulating blood pressure, and supporting the immune system
Dinner:
Heart-Opening Rose Tea: Roses help heal the heart and support the body through feelings of grief and anxiety by activating the parasympathetic brain through the power of it’s naturally sweet aroma and cooling effect on the subtle channels
Spiralized Zucchini with Shredded Brussel Sprouts, Spiced Walnuts and Roasted Chickpeas: Zucchini is rich in antioxidants and anti-inflammatory compounds, including vitamins A and C, glutathione peroxidase, and superoxide dismutase. The astringent taste of zucchini helps you feel stable, unified, collected, grounded while also promoting bodily cohesiveness
Spinach Risotto: This recipe lets us apply Ayurveda to northern Italian cuisine! Arborio rice contains a substantial amount of fiber which not only facilitates your hunger level and regulates blood cholesterol levels, but also assists your digestion and leaves you feeling satiated and light
Roasted Carrots with Lime Tahini Dressing: Carrots are naturally sweet, bitter, light and sharp and help produce blood, reduce inflammation in the brain and aids deep thinking
Almond Rose Delight: Soft and delicate, fragrant and beautiful - the famed qualities of rose remain intact with the flan-like texture, aromatic taste and pleasing appearance of this delicious vegan dessert