Hormone Balancing Tip #2: Unlimited Foods

What are “unlimited foods?” Eat as much of these as you like, with or between meals:

Alfalfa sprouts

Artichokes and artichoke hearts – great on salads, roasted with veggies, or boiled and dipped in hummus. * if you buy them canned, make sure they are in WATER and not oil

Asparagus

Baby corn

Bamboo shoots

Bean sprouts

Bok choy – sautéed with ume plum vinegar (sauté the stems first with onions and garlic, then when close to fully cooked, add the leaves)

Broccoli – salads, stir fried, or steamed (try the Magic Broccoli recipe in “Dr C’s Favorite Recipes”)

Brussels sprouts – roasted, sautéed

Cabbage – yummy with carrots and ginger

Carrots – make “carrot fries” or spiral cut and add to salads

Cauliflower

Celery

Collard greens – remove the stem. Then sauté, boil or steam (pair with a spicy mustard). Or remove the stem, then massage with olive oil and add white wine vinegar, salt and pepper for a delicious salad. Also great to replace the tortilla in a wrap.

Cucumbers

Daikon

Eggplant – grill eggplant steaks, bake eggplant chips or roast with onions and tomatoes

Fennel

Garlic

Ginger

Green beans – cold in salads or steamed with chicken or veggie stock

Green onions

Jicama

Kohlrabi

Leeks

Lemon juice

Lime juice

Mushrooms – raw in salads, or sautéed with onions

Okra

Onions

Peppers, red and green – raw and in salads, blended into a veggie dip, roasted, grilled, or sautéed in a stirfry

Radishes

Rutabaga

Salad greens – any type

Snow peas

Spinach – shakes, salads, stir fry, sautéed with onions, garlic and sea salt

Summer squash (crookneck or zucchini) – zucchini pasta, zucchini chips, zucchini fries, sautéed, roasted, roasted and seasoned then blended into a dip/spread

Sunflower sprouts

Swiss chard

Tomatoes – slice, sprinkle with sea salt, and add a dollop of hummus. Roast with potatoes, or chop up with onions, olive oil, and sea salt and pepper as a bruschetta.

Tomatillos

Turnip greens

Water chestnuts

Winter squash (spaghetti or pumpkin) – makes great soups in a Vitamix. Just cook, remove seeds, add 1/2 a pear, salt and pepper and chicken or veggie stock.