My Conception Grounding Veggie Bowl recipe is one of my new favorite plant-based dinners! It’s becoming one of my favorite comfort foods in times of so much going on in our lives. With grounding energy and loads of fiber, this recipe really helps me feel at my best these days.
Plus I just love this flavorful mixture of hearty, roasted root veggies and power strengthening kale. There is something about this combination of ingredients that makes me feel so good and I hope it will do the same for you Beauty. It's so fun for me to think that I have been eating only plant foods for so long and I am still discovered new and delicious ways to enjoy them together!
For a little insight on me, its been about 12 years now that I have been plant-based. These years have been some of the most amazing years of my life! Eating a plant-based diet is truly one of the most empowering things that we can do for ourselves.
There are a lot of factors in our life that can empower each of our own paths. And there are some factors that feel out of our control. By choosing to nourish your body with this Conception Ground Veggie Bowl recipe, you are empowering yourself to one of the greatest levels.
I’m feeling at one of the greatest levels for many reasons. At this moment I'm really thinking so much about pregnancy. As you may know, I am pregnant now with my second son. There are many factors when it comes to getting pregnant. Personally I'll share with you that I was able to conceive on the first try, both times. No I don't think I’m superhuman, rather I think that there’s a lot to do with lifestyle and the food we eat. Again, there’s a lot of factors that are not in our control, but there are a lot that are not. It’s empowering when the more that we learn about these factors, the more we can begin to incorporate them!
Unfortunately, I often hear of women struggling to get pregnant. I'd love nothing more than to help support mamas to be everywhere in the beautiful experience of getting pregnant. Check out my recent podcast where I cover a lot of tips and information about a plant-based lifestyle. I fully believe a very powerful way to promote fertility and a healthy pregnancy is by eating plant-based. foods that are lower in toxins and high in antioxidants and nutrients.
Food goes beyond its physical properties of calories and grams of nutrients. Traditional Chinese Medicine focuses on the energetic characteristics of foods and how they work with the body. For centuries foods have been looked at as ways to provide different levels of energy and healing to the body.
I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase, ‘you are what you eat’. For instance, this Conception Grounding Veggie Bowl recipe is filled with root veggies. Beets, carrots, and yams are all root vegetables because they are grown under the ground. When you eat root vegetables you are benefiting from their grounding properties. For women that are trying to conceive these are wonderful energy systems that may help fertilize eggs ground in utero. They are also great for helping to stabilize adrenal glands and leveling off stress.
These root veggies are loaded with various properties that can benefit you in many ways. For example, beets are extremely alkaline. They can help balance you out if you are overly acidic. Remember things like coffee, processed foods and sugar can all lead to acidic situations in the body. In Chinese medicine, carrots are said to be good for the health of your spleen, stomach, and your kidneys. They also help eliminate excessive cold out of the body. Meanwhile, yams are packed with beta-carotene and vitamin A. Together these can help strengthen immunity and promote your vision health. Who knew eating this Conception Grounding Veggie Bowl would come with all this healing energy!
You will also find that this Conception Grounding Veggie Bowl is fiber-filled! Fiber is only found in plant foods and as you see in the ingredient list this recipe is packed with plants. Too often fiber is forgotten as an important element in our meals but let me tell you Beauty, it is so important. For it actually sweeps out toxins from our bodies which can harm us in many ways. It has a very important normalizing effect on our hormones too.
No matter if we are trying to lost weight, if we are trying to achieve glowy skin, or if we are trying to get pregnant, we need to help our hormones normalize and balance out. Fiber can do this for you! It has a powerful job of binding to toxins and excess estrogens and helping to escort them out of the body. And that’s really important when you’re working towards conception. All the more reason to have an all or largely all plant-based diet! You’re not going to get fiber from meat, eggs, dairy, fish, any animal products. But you are sure to get loads of it from beets, carrots, yams, broccoli, asparagus and kale as delivered in this recipe!
Another thing to think about while you are trying to achieve your health and wellness goals is to promote circulation throughout your body. For instance, if you are working to get pregnant, you want to increase circulation to ensure that your body is distributing nutrients as it should. Foods that are clogging or constricting can cause the opposite of what your body needs.
Ingredients found in this Conception Grounding Veggie Bowl recipe are wonderful ways to promote circulation in the body. When we eat things like curry we are giving our inner system the nutrients to help it get moving as it should. Root vegetables also have a warming effect on the body that can eliminate stagnation.
Also, check out my Feel Good Digestive Enzymes. They can help create circulation by breaking down stubborn macronutrients in your food that may otherwise be clogging in your system. They also help to reduce gas and bloating, and improve nutrient absorption to boost immunity, health and wellness. Why spend more on healthy and organic food if your body doesn’t reap the benefits? Adding this digestive enzyme supplement to your daily practice helps to ensure you will get the most out of every meal and is essential to your digestive system and wellness.
Lucky for us this Conception Grounding Veggie Bowl is so simple to make. You can through this together in 30 minutes and enjoy the leftovers the next day. Simply start off by making your quinoa. At the same time you will want to get your veggies roasting in the oven.
I suggest placing your beets, carrots, and yams into a large mixing bowl and cover them with a drizzle of melted coconut oil. Then sprinkle some curry powder and paprika into the bowl and stir together. Get these veggies roasting for a good 10 minutes while you prep your other veggies. Place your broccoli and asparagus into the same mixing bowl and soak up all the extra coconut oil and spices that were left inside the bowl. Then add these guys into the oven so they can roast for the last 15 minutes or so.
While your veggies finish up roasting you can get your kale together. I like to use my hands and really massage in the freshly squeezed lemon juice into the kale. This helps break down the outer cellular layer and help make the kale be not so bitter. You can even use your hands to massage the avocado into each leaf. It’s so fun to use your hands and really put loving energy into the food you create. Once everything is complete grab your favorite serving bowls, layer in your kale salad, quinoa and roasted veggies and enjoy!
Before you get started making this Conception Grounding Veggie Bowl, I would like to share a little special note. One of the most important bits of advice I would like to share for anyone wanting to naturally achieve their health goals. Start off by eating a total plant-based diet. You will be surprised at all the wonders this simple lifestyle change can do for you!
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