Super Simple Salad

 

My super simple go to salad. Perfect for those on the go & can be easily modified to suit your taste preferences. Full of resistant starch & fermented veg to feed those gut microbes, as well as healthy fats & essential vitamins & minerals.

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Ingredients

  • Roast veggie mix: carrot, potato, brussels sprouts, pumpkin, beetroot, zucchini 

  • Rocket &/or spinach

  • Avocado

  • Sauerkraut (I love Kehoe's Kitchen Beetroot & Ginger)

  • Hummus

  • Dukkah, sesame & sunflower seeds, pepitas

Dressing options:

  • Lemon juice + EVO

  • Tahini dressing (refer to my recipe)

Directions

  1. Roast vegetables with EVO + herbs & spices of your choice. (These can be pre-made & stored in the fridge.)

  2. Add a good handful of rocket & a cup of roast veggies into a bowl.

  3. Top with sliced avocado, sauerkraut, nut/seeds & dukkah.

  4. Add a tbsp of hummus and drizzle you fav dressing over the top.

Nutrition

  • Resistant starch

  • Plant protein

  • Fibre

  • Monounsaturated fats 

  • Pre & Probiotics

  • Vitamins + Minerals

  • Alkalising

Sauerkraut is a fermented food rich in probiotics (beneficial bacteria). Adding probiotic rich foods to your diet has been linked to improved digestive, immune, cognitive and endocrine function. Probiotics communication with your brain via the vagus nerve and also are the first line of defence against harmful bacteria and toxins that enter the body. 

Kehoe's Kitchen beetroot & ginger Sauerkraut

Kehoe's Kitchen beetroot & ginger Sauerkraut