I don’t know about you, but I LOVE a bowl of greens no matter what time of year it is. A delicious bowl of kale, or dark leafy greens of any kind, massaged with a rich dressing, and pre-biotic rich add-ons (like pumpkin!), makes up for a nourishing bowl of goodness.
Dressings are a great conduit to intaking herbal medicines. First off, you don’t even taste some of the more off-tasting herbs. Secondly, fat and good vinegar are excellent bases to absorbing medicinal compounds. Healthy fats are a great vehicle that can facilitate digestion, metabolism and depending on the fat it contains a wide array of medicinal components. Vinegars, particularly if raw, are rich in naturally occurring probiotics, which also allow for a deeper and more efficient absorption of just about anything. Essentially, if you pair your remedies, like metabolism boosters or even your adaptogen, with a food-baed probiotic and/or fat, you’re ensuring that the medicine gets absorbed properly.
(Recipe) The ultimate Winter salad with Belly Love
Time: 35 minutes
I don’t know about you, but I LOVE a bowl of greens no matter what time of year it is. A delicious bowl of kale, or dark leafy greens of any kind, massaged with a rich dressing, and pre-biotic rich add-ons (like pumpkin!), makes up for a nourishing bowl of goodness.
Ingredients
1 tsp of Belly Love powder
1/4 tsp of salt
1 tbsp freshly squeezed grapefruit juice
2 cloves of garlic
1/4 cup of pumpkin puree
3-4 leaves of basil
1 tbsp of maple syrup
Salad
10 leaves of kale, torn and cut*
2 cups of pumpkin, cooked and cubed*
1/2 cup of pomegranate seeds
1/4 cup of pumpkin seeds
1/2 cup of grapefruit, cut into squares
1/4 cup of microgreens
1 tsp of greens or grass powder sprinkled over top
violas, blue lotus, calendula or any edible flowers sprinkled over
Blend all your ingredients for dressing in blender. Taste for salt and tang.
Salad: Massage your kale with: 1 tbsp EVOO, 1 tsp garlic and onion powder and 1/2 tsp of salt. Bake in oven for 10 minutes at 350F
For a whole pumpkin: cut in half and bake at 400F for 25 mins. Remove and cool. Peel the pumpkin. Cut into squares Make a marinate of 1 tbsp olive oil, 1/2 tsp garlic & 1/2 tsp onion powder and bake in oven for another 5 minutes.