Recipes
Increase your bitters salad
Bitter flavours have all but disappeared from modern meals. This salad brings them back with mesclun, fresh herbs, courgette, radish and sunflower seeds, finished with a sharp lemon, mustard and apple cider vinegar dressing. Eat it before or alongside a main meal to support your digestion and gut health.
Why this supports your hormones
Bitter leaves and herbs stimulate digestive secretions, which supports the gut and liver pathways your body uses to clear used hormones. Lemon and apple cider vinegar add to that digestive stimulation, and the fibre supports regular bowel movements, which matter for oestrogen clearance.
Servings: Make about 2 servings
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: None
Nutritions per serving
130 kcal, protein 6 g, fat 7.1 g, carbs 13.3 g, fibre 4.6 g. This assumes no added oil. With 2 tbsp olive oil in the dressing it is about 250 kcal and 20.6 g fat per serving.
Mesclun leaves
Handful of herbs of your choice (roughly chopped)
One courgette (peeled into strips)
1/2 red onion (cut into little strips)
Four radishes (cut into half circles)
2 Tbsp sunflower seeds
1 tsp sesame seeds
Lemon Mustard Oil:
One lemon (juice and zest)
2 Tbsp wholegrain mustard
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
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