I’m conscious that I’ve been slacking on the phytoestrogen front.
So for lunch, I grabbed a jar of chickpeas, colourful veg, seeds & herbs from the fridge & chopped it all up for a family lunch.
It’s half term & preparing a big salad bumps up everyone’s plant intake up, whether they want phytoestrogens or not. 🙂
Phytoestrogens are found in plant foods such as beans, lentils, chickpeas, flax seeds, organic soy, garlic and parsley.
They have a similar structure to the hormone oestrogen & have an oestrogen like effect on the body.
Including these compounds in your diet can help to balance hormones, what’s not to like?
Ingredients
700g chickpeas, rinsed
1 yellow pepper, finely chopped
1 small onion, chopped
1 small apple, finely chopped
3 inches of cucumber, roughly chopped
2 tomatoes, roughly chopped
1 handful of pumpkin seeds
1 tbsp flaxseeds
1 tbsp parsley, chopped
1 tbsp chives, chopped
1 garlic clove, finely chopped
1 tbsp Apple cider vinegar
1 virgin olive oil
Preparation
⭐️Mix all the ingredients together
⭐️Serve with feta cheese or anchovies for extra flavour
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