Sweet Moon Potatoes

Yaisha Vargas-Pérez23/04/201423/04/2014Poetry ❦, Recetas ❦ Recipes

By Samadhi Yaisha / Poetry ❦ Recipes

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And I opened my doors to freedom.

Abstinence was sweet potato slices flying

towards the full moon in my backyard.

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And the red full moon smiled

and poured down giggles and star dust.

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And I put all that in the oven of my soul,

where God makes alchemy,

turns hate into love.

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I learned to love moon bites at dusk–

Delicious moon bites of freedom.

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Moons over potatoes. By Samadhi Yaisha © 2014.

Ingredients: ½ of a sweet potato, ½ cup of cottage cheese,

spices: cinnamon, black pepper, sea salt, giggles.

Cut the sweet potato in circles and put in the conventional oven at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.

Top with cottage cheese and spices. You can also steam the sweet potato and then top it. For a vegan recipe, use vegan cheese or nut cheese.

(This makes 1 protein and 1 starch. Olive oil optional – 1 fat per 1 tsp. Walnuts optional – 1 fat per 1 Tbls.)

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Photo of the moon by wikipedia.org.

Published by Yaisha Vargas-Pérez

(Scroll down for English version) ❦ Biografía en español ❦ Mi nombre es Yaisha Vargas-Pérez y soy maestra y mentora de mindfulness certificada por el Greater Good Science Center de la Universidad de California en Berkeley en asociación con Sounds True (Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program MMTCP 2017-2019). El programa está dirigido por Jack Kornfield y Tara Brach. También recibí una certificación profesional (CMT-P) de la Asociación Internacional de Profesores de Mindfulness (IMTA) y completé el programa Mindfulness Mentor Training (MMT 2022), dirigido por Kornfield y Brach, a través de la plataforma Cloud Sangha. Actualmente soy estudiante del programa de capellanía ecológica Buddhist Eco-Chaplaincy Program (BEC) del Sati Center for Buddhist Studies en California. El programa está dirigido por Gil Fronsdal, Susie Harrington, Kirsten Rudestam y Ram Appalaraju. Enseño mindfulness en Sagrado Global y el Centro Sofía, ambos en la Universidad del Sagrado Corazón en Puerto Rico. También facilito un grupo de mindfulness comunitario por Zoom. Para ver mi biografía completa, visita www.yaishavargas.com ❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦ ❦ Bio in English ❦ My name is Yaisha Vargas-Pérez and I am a mindfulness teacher and mentor certified by the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California at Berkeley in association with Sounds True (Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program MMTCP 2017-2019). The program is directed by Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach. I also received a professional certification (CMT-P) from the International Mindfulness Teachers Association (IMTA) and completed the Mindfulness Mentor Training (MMT 2022) program, led by Kornfield and Brach, through the Cloud Sangha platform. I am currently a student in the Buddhist Eco-Chaplaincy Program (BEC) at the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies in California. The program is directed by Gil Fronsdal, Susie Harrington, Kirsten Rudestam and Ram Appalaraju. I teach mindfulness at Sagrado Global and Centro Sofía, both at the Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in Puerto Rico. I also facilitate a community mindfulness group via Zoom. To see my full biography, please visit www.yaishavargas.com View all posts by Yaisha Vargas-Pérez