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5 delicious recipes for a healthy hormonal balance

5 delicious recipes for a healthy hormonal balance




Looking for healthy and delicious recipes that will support your hormonal balance? Check the recipes below! Are you still not sure about the importance of hormonal balance? Then check out this post.

https://www.drlillabessenyei.com/single-post/your-hormones-can-make-you-or-break-you-here-s-why These recipes contain necessary vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients that will make your hormones VERY happy. That will make YOU happier, too.


Recipes:


Recipe 1 - Chickpea - spinach salad - lunch

½ can of chickpeas

2 cups of spinach

3 tbsp mayo (chickpea mayo is recipe 6)

1 grapefruit

¼- ½ tsp of salt

Black olives (optional)


Mix half of the chickpea broth which is in the can, with the mayo.

Add the salt. Add half a can of chickpeas.

Peel the grapefruit. Remove the outer coating of the flesh if you want to make it less bitter.

Cut into pieces.

Wash the spinach and put it into a medium bowl.

Pour the chickpea mixture on the top of the spinach.

Add the grapefruit pieces and the black olives.


Enjoy!


Recipe 2 - Raspberry chocolate oats - breakfast

1 cup of oats

2 cups of almond milk

½ cup of dark chocolate

½ cup raspberries

Brazil nuts

Pinch of salt

Vanilla

Sweetener to taste (dates, bananas, stevia, honey, etc…)


Put all the ingredients except the raspberries and the brazil nuts in a slow cooker.

Cook on slow overnight.

Top with brazil nuts and raspberries.

Enjoy!



Recipe 3 - Happy hormones juice

200g Spinach

3 carrots

½ stalk celery

1 inch of ginger


Recipe 4 - Kale chips - snack

200 g kale

2 tbsp nutritional yeast

4 cloves of garlic

1 tsp iodized salt

1 tbsp lemon juice

2 tbsp pumpkin seed oil


Put all the ingredients in a blender, except the kale, and blend until smooth.

Put the kale into a larger bowl and pour the mixture on top.

Massage it into the kale leaves.

Put the kale into the oven or an air fryer and cook it at 150 °C/302 F for 20-30 minutes or more until it gets crispy.

Make sure the kale pieces don’t really overlap, so they can dry out well.

You can also use a dehydrator if you want to keep all the nutrition but you have to run that overnight.


Enjoy!




Recipe 5 - Chickpea - hemp burger

1 can of chickpeas

2 tbsp hemp seeds

2 tbsp of tahini

1 cup of spinach

4 cloves of garlic

1 tsp salt

½ tsp smoked paprika

Water if needed


Boil the spinach and take it out to a bowl.

Put all the ingredients, including the boiled spinach in a food processor.

Add water if needed so the masse can stick together.

Make some burgers.

Cook them at 180 °C/356 F for 20-30 minutes. Or fry them in a pan.


Enjoy!



Recipe 6 - Vegan mayo

Aquafaba (what you get from 1 can of chickpeas)

½ cup of chickpeas

¼ cup of oil (sunflower oil, olive oil, or any other kind)

1 tsp nutritional yeast

1 tsp mustard

1 tsp acv

1 tsp garlic powder



Put all the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.

Use it as a salad dressing or as regular mayo.


Enjoy!


If you want to learn more about how your hormones can affect your weight loss, skin, and hair, make sure to check out these posts as well:

5 easy ways to balance your hormones for a glowing and gorgeous skin

5 reasons hormones can make your hair fall out...or grow back

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