„Łazanki z kapustą” or lazanki and spirituality in yoga for regular guys .

So  you hear a lots  about  spirituality in yoga  class. I was  always turned down by yogis, ohming before or after class, "seating in full lotus with eyes closed meditating and yet  outside of yoga room not so holly at all.

If this  is spirituality in yoga I want to stay away from it  as much as possible. .... this is not  spirituality. True spirituality is in your heart. First limb of yoga Yamas means universal morality,There is 5 of  yamas

-Ahimsa non violence in ANY way

-Satya  truth or not lying

-Asteya  non stealing

 -Brahmacharya   "sexual continence" but also can be use to knowing when is enough

-Aparigraha    none greed

Practicing those 5 simple rules you will realize, that you are not the center of the universe. That every step  you  make, every word you say even every though got effect on the  world outside your  own.

If you  not achieve freedom  in your heart, millions  of  ohms and  hours  of meditations  will not  help you to  achieve even slightly what  you can call spirituality. Focus on uncover your true self, person who's got compassion for neighbor, stranger on the street, animals . Person who realizing, that practicing Ahimsa (non violence) and eating food which was based on suffering is  dimming that light we  have in  our  hearts, that  light we  so bow every yoga class saying Namaste. If you are really practicing Ahimsa, it will start on your plate, eating  food which is based on suffering will cloud  your heart, and soul. You need  to realized, that you can achieve more spiritual awakenings when you  start with your  food.

As Paul McCartney said, “If slaughterhouses had glass walls, we would all be plant-eaters.”

To produce meat  which is  on your plate (you  not  even get discussed  that  I have use word “produce”) millions and millions of animals need  to be  killed every day in US. One of  the numbers I found was  that there is  a million chickens an hour are killed in USA. And  I am not  even talking  about  their  existence (again you did  not  get discussed by word existence not  live) from time  they are  born to time they are killed. All of this animal raising and killing is happening and it is invisible.

You are paying for their suffering, for their death, it does staining your soul. You don’t need to be animal lover to feel compassion and honesty. You simply need to listen to your heart.

So  bottom  line  is before you start chanting  ohm, find  compassion and  love  in your heart, if  your  heart  is  stained, it  will become deaf to  your chants , it will become  blind  to your  meditation, it  will not  feel a  warm of beautiful words of yoga.

Lets start  with very popular Polish dish Łazanki z kapustą,  problem  with reading  polish  letters? I will  make it easy for you Lazanki with cabbage. Very simple  dish , take  about  40 min  to make, best  to  listen to Mozart.

Łazanki z kapusta (Lazanki)

Dish like always is  under $10 and  you can feed  whole  family of  4 maybe even 5  if  someone doesn’t eat to much.

Recipe is so simple that  there is no way  you can screw  this  one. If  you do screw this one, my advise to you  is  stay  away  from kitchen, or  contact me personally for  little one on  one. There is light  in the  tunnel  for  every one.  

Main ingredients are: Cabbage, vegan pasta( I like to use very thick one) and  pepper. Rest its up to  you. For this  dish I  used Smokey tofuturky mushrooms, onions, tomato and carrots, garlic.

First you need to cut out whatever you call inside the cabbage  

Cut cabbage  in small pieces

(remember  use cutting  board and don't cut  your fingers, you will need them later)

Put shredded cabbage to steamer.

Add some carrots  to cabbage (same safety regulation using knife) 

I will be  honest with you. I add carrots so they will  looked cool in the  picture and  by accident turned out  to taste awesome.

Never be afraid  to experiment, make changes not only to dishes but  also in life.

In frying pan (I love using woke) heat some coconut oil , add onion, garlic, mushrooms and tofuturkey,add some caned tomato and sauté for some time.

In  pot   heat water and cook pasta to your liking. Eventually your stove  should looks like this ....that  is  a one sexy looking  kitchen

Combine all ingredients in glass baking dish, and add a secret  spice.

(scroll down for secret spice)

 secret spice: fresh ground pepper .....

 Done and done put to the oven (400F /35 min) and  should looks like  this:

But don't get  to excited yet,  because before you eat should looks like  this :

 litlle bit of red wine, or awesome beer will improve your taste but not  your  cooking   skills. Remember drink responsible even at home. See you  next time pumpkins.