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Hormone Balancing Salad

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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