I've put together 10 complete salad meals to nurture your friendly gut bacteria and keep you happy & healthy
#1. Protein Pack salad. White bean, pistachio & pomegranate.
It's time we put salads back centre stage (along with soups!). It's easy to inject interest in addition to the classic staples of lettuce & cucumber.
Here's number 1 of ten salads, which I hope will inspire you to enjoy variety of flavours & textures. They are all nutrient dense, balanced and will feed the friendly gut bacteria.
A variety of whole foods will nourish your body and keep you healthy.
There's a synergy in food, (much of which potentially hasn't been discovered yet).
Various micronutrients across all real foods interact with each other to promote wellness in your body.
Dressing: Olive oil, lemon, honey, juice from the pomegranate and black pepper
Note: the sweet & salty flavours from the pistachios and feta, pair deliciously with the fresh flavours of the mint & coriander. The cannellini beans tend to take on the flavours around them.
White bean, pistachio & pomegranate...
Rocket – 3 handfuls
Pistachios – raw salted – 2 tablespoons
White beans – 1 can or 450g – stir half the dressing through the beans and dress the rest of the salad when serving
Mint & coriander (half cup, chopped, packed)
Feta – 150g
Shallots x 2 or 3
Seeds & juice from 1 Pomegranate
Notes; Confession – I personally just use olive oil, lemon & caramelized balsamic on all my salads most of the time! However adding dressing is fun and a good opportunity to add nutrients & flavour.
All my salads are created to be nutrient dense & tasty
All beans, lentils & grains are soaked – even from tins. check that foods are non GMO & are in BPA free lining tins
Soak nuts & source non GMO were possible
Tofu -non GMO
All produce is as natural and local as possible
When putting your salad together check for: Colour, texture, crunch, flavour, protein.
Dairy is all pasture-raised
Nutrient packed salads for complete meals or as a side – salads make fab to-go food for the next day. *remember to pop some into a take-away container in advance to make it easy to grab and go the next day.
see next blog for Salad # 2: "The Happy Gut" - with foods to feed the beneficial gut bacteria.
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