Blueberry + Beet Power Salad with Nourished + Empowered

   Germaine Benoit is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and a Certified Health Coach behind Nourished + Empowered. She is passionate about helping others incorporate health and wellness into their busy lives. Along her own health journey, she has learned key tips she wants to share with you! Germaine is on a mission to help you learn how to properly nourish your body and empower your life so you can live on purpose. On her website, you’ll find a collection of her recipes and tips that she has used over the years to help strengthen her immune system, improve digestion and hormone regulation. We wanted to share one of her yummy recipes!

   Inflammation is at the root of most diseases, so foods that fight inflammation are a no-brainer when it comes to protecting your health in the future. This recipe is a power puncher when it comes to liver detox, cleansing your blood, fighting inflammation, and protecting against cancer. Every single ingredient is perfectly designed by Mother Nature to detox and heal you!
Let's break it down:

• Beets help to purify the blood and are powerful in liver detoxification. Both are important for skin and hormonal health. They also help stimulate the flow of bile, which helps you digest your fats properly. When you digest your fats better - you're able to take in more vitamins from your food.

• Blueberries are packed with phytochemicals and flavonoids, in particular, quercetin. I probably need to do a whole series just on quercetin - but in short, every single food we tout as "super" is super because of quercetin. Quercetin is what gives food its deep color and acts as an antioxidant that fights inflammation, and blueberries are at the top of the list. In addition, quercetin has been shown to help improve cholesterol levels, heart disease, viral infections, cancer, allergies, cognitive issues, and diabetes.

• Broccoli sprouts help detox the liver and are one of the best things to add to your diet to fight cancer. In addition, because of their detoxing properties, they are a great way to help balance estrogen in the body.
  
  

Blueberry and Beet Power Salad
Prep Time 00:05
Cook Time 00:40
Serves: 4

Main Ingredients
4 large beets
2 tbs avocado oil
1 cup fresh blueberries
1/4 cup of micro greens
2 - 4 tbs of fresh squeezed lemon or orange juice to taste




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Recipe Steps

1. Preheat oven to 425*
2. On a small baking sheet, toss the beets with the skin still on in avocado oil and a small sprinkle of salt
3. Once the oven is heated, place the beets in the oven and roast until they are fork tender. This depends on your beet size - but should roast for about 35-35 mins
4. Once cooked, pull the beets out and let them rest at room temp util you can peel them.
5. Peel beets then chop into small 1/2 inch cubes
6. Place in a bowl with the blueberries, micro greens and lemon or orange juice - I like to do an equal mixture of both orange and lemon juice
7. Toss together and serve

How yum! We are trying this recipe ASAP, y'all!

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