How to build hormone-healthy meals in just 3 easy steps
Every meal you eat brings with it the opportunity to is move you closer to your goals! You can eat your way to hormonal health by focusing on nourishing that beautiful body of yours.
And I’m going to show you just how easy it is.
Here’s some examples taken from The PCOS Shopping List.
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How to build hormone-healthy meals
- Pick a protein
- Pick a fat
- Pick a quality carb (veggies where possible)
That’s it!!!
Of course, there doesn’t need to be only 3 ingredients per meal, but there certainly can be! I know when I’m time poor my meals can be as basic as that!
All herbs and spices can add the flavour you’re after (and sometimes salt & pepper will do the trick)!
You can add these to your liking, of course!!
Examples of Hormone-Healthy Meals
And remember, it’s important to match your meals to the half of your cycle you’re currently in.
First half examples
- Breakfast: Berry Smoothie
- Lunch: Chicken Zoodles
- Dinner: Tempeh Wraps
Berry Smoothie:
Protein powder + coconut milk/ground flax + leafy greens/berries
Chicken Zoodles:
Chicken + olives + zucchini (as zoodles)/tomato
Tempeh Wraps:
Tempeh + avocado + cabbage leaves (for the wraps)/cucumber/capsicum
Second half examples
- Breakfast: Pear & Walnut Porridge
- Lunch: Lamb & Lentil Stew
- Dinner: Salmon Bake
Pear & Walnut Porridge
Hemp seeds + walnuts + buckwheat (as porridge base)/pear
Lamb & Lentil Stew
Lamb/lentils + olive oil + onion/garlic/tomato/collard greens or silverbeet
Salmon Bake
Salmon + olive oil + sweet potato/beets/onion
……So there’s just some easy examples of recipes.
They can be as simple or complex as you make them depending on how much time you have to prep (and how much you enjoy spending time in the kitchen!)
Did these inspire you? What did you think?
Did you also know that every recipe within every FlowFit or The PCOS Project nutrition plan works using this same basic principle too?
See? Told you it was as easy as 1, 2, 3!
Dee xx