No matter where you live, we intuitively start to detox around this time of year by taking the opportunity to spring clean our homes and declutter! On the weekend I cleaned out the fridge, wiped down all the windows and cleaned out the car. It felt soooo good!
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Our bodies need a spring cleaning too after being bunked up inside for most of the winter where we experience lower activity levels, less exposure to light, a higher consumption of carbohydrate-heavy foods and greater toxic accumulation as a result.
This is why you need this Nourish and Bloom Bowl in your life! It will give your body a good dose of foods that help your body naturally detoxify like carrots, radish, raddichio and more.
Here are just a few of the many benefits (which I also share in my book Joyous Detox) you can reap by incorporating detoxifying foods and habits into your life:
- increased energy and vitality
- vibrant glowing skin (the skin is a mirror of the inside health of your body)
- improved digestion
- reduced cravings
- a feeling of empowerment
This salad is …
- Delicious and deeply nourishing with loads of vitamin C, B-complex vitamins like folate, minerals such as magnesium and potassium
- Rich in gut-loving insoluble and soluble fibre which fuel for your gut microbes
- Loaded with antioxidants which help neutralize free radicals that can harm your DNA and make you age faster
- Gluten-free and dairy-free
The dressing is a simple apple cider vinegar honey dressing that I make all the time. I love using apple cider vinegar because not only is it detox-friendly but because it’s fermented and it helps to nourish our microbiome too.
Nourish & Bloom Bowl
Ingredients
Salad
- 2-3 cups fresh leafy greens your choice
- 1 radicchio chopped
- 1 granny smith apple chopped
- 3 carrots chopped
- 3-4 radishes thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup walnuts chopped
- 3/4 cup navy beans or garbanzo beans cooked
- 1 avocado cubed
- 2 green onions chopped
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
Dressing
- 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 tsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 tbsp liquid honey unpasteurized
- 1 garlic clove minced
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine all the salad ingredients and toss together excluding avocado.
- Whisk together dressing ingredients in a small bowl. Give it a taste test. If you like it sweeter, add a touch more honey. If you like more vinegar, add a touch more ACV.
- Toss dressing with salad and top with avocado.1 avocado
Notes
I imagine you’ll be on the hunt for more yummy spring-inspired salads after crunching down on this one, so I’ve put together the list of more amazing salad recipes.
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- Broccoli Cranberry Salad with Creamy Dill Dressing
- Rainbow Protein Salad
- Scrumptious Salad with Hummus Dressing
- Chickpea Yum Yum Salad (Vienna’s fave lunchbox salad!)
Enjoy!
Joy xo
