Meals Perfect For Your Gut

So excited to share some meals perfect for your gut health. I want you to feel your best and have energy to keep up with all the kids or grandkids over every season of life. What if you could find meals perfect for your gut that your kids also liked? That would feel pretty good, wouldn’t it? 

A healthier you from the inside out starts with eating more variety in plants and clean protein. What if you could make one simple change at a time? Wouldn’t that be great? Then you wouldn’t feel so overwhelmed! Making small changes is key and just by making one healthier meal perfect for your gut is a great way to start. So here are some ideas!

Ideas For Meals Perfect For Your Gut 

1. Make a salad with your  meal. Base could be power greens and top with broccoli sprouts, cherry tomatoes, sliced almonds, cucumbers, goat cheese or dairy free feta crumbles, blueberries and/or sliced strawberries. Top with Balsamic Vinaigrette Garlic Expressions dressing (found at Publix, HT, and Whole Foods), homemade dressing, or your favorite dressing. 

2. Start your day with a smoothie. Here are some ideas that even kids love. Frozen banana or frozen cherries, handful frozen spinach, handful of blueberries, and unsweetened almond milk.

Extra bonus points if you add in hemp, chia, or ground flax.

We also love a frozen banana, handful spinach, tbsp ground flax, scoop of natural creamy peanut butter, and our chocolate plant based and gluten free protein/superfood powder. If you use frozen fruits/veggies your smoothie will come out creamier. 

3. Think about sides that are easy and colorful. Kids love small portions and lots of color. This could be fresh green beans, tossed in olive oil and seasoned with garlic salt or powder, pepper, and sauteed with shallots on the stove. We also love Festive Brussel Sprouts like these HERE. Roasted cauliflower, broccoli, and even raw veggies like carrots and cumbers is great. 

4. Roasting potatoes like THESE are so yummy and the kids love them, especially picky eaters because they are not messy and the perfect finger food. 

5. Over the holidays we are always grazing. I think it’s part of the fun of the holiday but can also be done on a regular day after school or during dinner as the sides.  A fun and healthy way to do this is to set up a “graze tray”. I like to use a cupcake pan and fill it with different snacks. I also love these silicon cupcake liners you can put on a plate.

Ideas For Graze Trays 

Some ideas to include could be: hummus, salsa, ranch dressing, chocolate or vanilla bean hummus, GF pretzels, plantain chips, celery, cucumbers, radish chips, carrot chips, jicama sticks, raisins, cauliflower or broccoli florets, Skinny Pop popcorn, whole food concentrate gummies,

This is often a hit for kids as it allows them to find something they enjoy on the tray. If you have a picky eater this is a great way to lay out new foods without pressure and where all the foods are separated. 

If mealtimes are stressful for your picky eater then have this in the center of the table or allow them to pick some items from this to put on their plate.

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Colorful Baha Bowls 

6. Baha Bowl: This one is my favorite and you can use so many options depending on what you have on hand at the house. It can also be made pretty inexpensive which is a bonus! I like to use organic brown rice, black beans, cut up pineapple, shredded cabbage, pickled onions, and chipotle ranch. 

You can make your own chipotle ranch with chipotle hot sauce and ranch dressing or buy Marie’s chipotle ranch which is so yummy. I place the brown rice in the middle of the plate or you can use a bowl. If you’re using a plate, place the rice in the middle and then place all the toppings around the rice. Drizzle with the chipotle ranch and that’s it. 

I also like to slice rotisserie chicken and add to the top along with some tortilla chips to scoop up the remaining bites! Use any type of beans you have on hand too! If you have bloating or gas from the beans or if you don’t eat many beans then use a smaller amount like 1 tbsp or 1/4 cup and then add on from there. Slow and steady wins the race and your gut will thank you for it later! 

I love these recipes and ideas because they are perfect for your gut and allow you to enjoy all seasons of life so you can feel your best. 

Reach out to me via email at speakeatlearnllc@gmail.com for what you’re favorite smoothie or recipe is or just to connect!