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My FREE 5 Recipes to Help Balance out Your Hormones 5 Easy Recipes to Help Balance Out Your Hormones
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Maca Chocolate Shake
This energizing smoothie is perfect for a post workout/ mid afternoon pick me up. It’s my go-to when I am in need of an energy boost.
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Power Bowl
This super filling lunch or dinner is packed with protein, iron, and pro-metabolic foods to nourish your reproductive system.
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Avocado Toast with Soft Boiled Egg
The perfect breakfast DOES exist. The soft boiled egg is the perfect touch for anyone wanting to up their avocado toast game.
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Caesar Salad with Salmon
A caesar lovers dream. This salad will satisfy the most intense savory cravings with mood and skin boosting ingredients.
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Berry Glow Smoothie
For the ultimate glow getter who doesn’t have time to have bad skin. This smoothie is a great snack, full of antioxidant boosting fruits.
Liv’s Hormone Friendly Recipes
I absolutely LOVE to cook! I started cooking in college once I learned about the effects food can have on our bodies; positive & negative. I had basic cable in college with limited channels. Therefore, I spent the majority of my afternoons after class binge watching ‘The Chew’, a cooking show that I quickly became obsessed with. I spent the next few years diving into cookbooks, nutrition books and I was on a journey to cook my way back to health. After I graduated college, I got a job in a restaurant where I learned all of the techniques I know today. I am by no means the best cook, but I truly love it and I believe food can not only bring us together, but it can also truly heal us! Cooking for me not only brings out my creativity, but it also makes me feel better knowing exactly what I’m putting into my body. You’re probably here because you want to balance out your hormones and eat nourishing foods while detoxing from or starting to detox from hormonal birth control. You’re in the right place, and I am so glad you’re here!
Feel free to modify these recipes to taste as you wish…it’s the ingredients that really matter!
Here’s to being as healthy in mind and body as you are strong in spirit
Xo, Liv
Maca Chocolate Shake
Ingredients:
1/2 tablespoon Maca Powder
1 Scoop of your favorite Chocolate Protein I use Garden of Life Vegan Sport Protein
1 Cup of almond milk or non-dairy milk of your choice
1 scoop or 1 tablespoon of PB2
1 tablespoon of chia seeds
1/2 frozen banana
4-5 ice cubes
Cacao nibs for topping
Make it:
Add all of your ingredients together minus the cacao nibs and blend until creamy and smooth. Top with cacao nibs and enjoy!
Benefits: Maca has so many positive benefits for women’s hormones. Improves sexual function, supports positive mood and sustained energy, supports fertility, maintains bone density, can regulate fluctuating menstrual cycles. Chia seeds pack in the fiber and the raw cacao nibs on top serve as a natural antioxidant and detoxifier! Drink this post workout, or for breakfast!
Power Bowl
Ingredients:
Bowl:
1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil
1/2 white onion diced
1 lb grass fed beef
1 sweet potato diced
2 handfuls of spinach
1/2 tablespoon of the following: cumin, smoked paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, 1 can of “El Pato’s” red or green chili sauce (depending on what you prefer)
1/2 avocado
diced cilantro and onion for garnishing
Poblano Crema:
Juice of 1 lime
1 can full fat coconut milk
1 poblano pepper deseeded
1 clove of garlic
S&P to taste
1.Preheat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit. In a large mixing bowl, mix together a little olive oil, s&p, and the diced sweet potatoes until the sweet potatoes are coated lightly with the oil. Cover a sheet pan with aluminum foil. Pour sweet potatoes onto the sheet and spread them out evenly. Once your oven is preheated, roast your sweet potatoes for 20-25 minutes or until soft and tender.
2. In a blender or nutribullet, add in the lime juice, the coconut milk, the poblano pepper, garlic, and a pinch of salt. Depending on the consistency, you may need some extra lime juice to thin out the crema. Blend. Make sure you taste the sauce. If it is too sweet, add some salt, and more lime juice. If it is too acidic, add in some more garlic. Once the crema is to your liking, put in a container and store it in the fridge to get cool.
3.While the sweet potatoes are roasting, begin by heating a medium sized pan over medium to high heat. Add in 1 tablespoon of extra virgin oil or avocado oil. Add in the onion and begin to sauteé until the onion becomes translucent. Add in your cumin, smoked paprika, garlic powder, onion powder. Stir until the seasonings mixed with the onions become fragrant. Add in your ground beef. Cook the beef until there is no more pink or red. You may need to drain some of the fat.
4.Reduce the heat to a simmer, and stir in your el pato sauce. Continue to cook on low until the sauce has reduced a bit. Season with S&P to taste.
5.Assemble your bowl. Take your spinach and place it at the bottom of your bowl. Then add your sweet potatoes, next your ground beef. Finish with a dollup of the crema and 1/2 of an avocado. I top mine with tapatio for extra spice but that is not necessary. Garnish with fresh onion and cilantro and enjoy!
Benefits: Sweet potatoes are great root vegetables for women’s hormone support. This high protein high fat power bowl is also full of iron from the spinach and the beef. The healthy fats, coconut milk and avocado serve as great pro metabolic foods which in turn help us out immensely when we are trying to balance out our hormones.
Avocado Toast with Soft Boiled Egg
Ingredients:
1/2 ripe avocado
slice of your favorite gluten free bread
1 egg
olive oil
sea salt
chili flakes
juice of 1/2 a lemon
Make it:
Over high heat, add water into a medium size pot (about half way), and bring the water to a boil
Once the water is boiling, add in your egg gently with a large spoon so that the egg doesn’t crack
set a timer for 7 1/2 minutes.
Meanwhile, mix your avocado, lemon juice, sea salt, and a light drizzle of olive oil in a small bowl.
Toast your bread. Once toasted, smear on your avocado mixture. Set aside.
Once your 7.5 minutes is up immediately remove the egg from the water and place it into a small bowl and run cool water over it for about a minute to stop the cooking process. Peel the egg and slice it in half and place it on top of the avocado toast.
Drizzle with a little olive oil and sprinkle some more sea salt and chili flakes on top.
Benefits: Avocado is such a healthy fat. Healthy fats are extremely important for us when we are trying to balance out our hormones. They help us burn more fat, they aid in skin health and they are good nourishing foods for our organs. Gluten friendly bread is also important when trying to balance out your hormones. Starchy complex carbohydrates can turn into sugar and increase our inflammation in the gut. By sticking to gluten free bread, we can help eliminate unwanted inflammation and insulin spikes. Eggs serve as a great source of protein and rich omega’s, which are crucial for hormonal balance. The rest is just added flavor to make this light snack delicious.
Caesar Salad with Salmon
Ingredients:
Dressing:
1/4 cup Olive oil
a few dashes of worchestire
1 tablespoon of Dijon mustard
pinch of anchovy paste (optional)
pinch of salt & pepper
Juice of 1 lemon
2 garlic cloves
High quality salmon filets (not frozen)
Romaine Lettuce Hearts chopped
1.Mix the olive oil, worchestire, dijon mustard, anchovy paste, salt, pepper, lemon juice, and garlic in a blender until smooth. Add more salt to taste if needed and store in the refrigerator. You may have to add more olive oil depending on how thick or thin you want the consistency to be.
2. Heat a non-stick skillet over medium high heat.
3.Lightly season the salmon filets with salt and cracked black pepper. Once your skillet is hot, add in 1 tablespoon of olive oil to coat the pan. After about a minute, add in your salmon fillets skin side up. Cook on one side for 4 minutes, do not touch the salmon. Once the four minutes is up, flip the salmon using a sturdy spatula onto the skin side. Turn down your heat to medium low. I sometimes cover the pan to keep the salmon warm without being too overcooked. I like my salmon medium rare. If you like yours more done, continue to cook until the middle is no longer translucent but bright pink.
4.While the salmon is continuing to cook, chop your romaine lettuce and wash it in a strainer. Pat dry with a paper towel.
5. Toss the dressing in with the romaine lettuce. Add some more cracked black pepper and place the cooked salmon on top! If you have high quality parmesan cheese, then feel free to add it on top as well.
Benefits: I loooooove caesar dressing, especially when it is super salty and garlicky. Most caesars are made with tons of dairy and can be super heavy. This light combo satisfies salty cravings during those pms days. It also is super nutrient dense from the omega’s from the anchovies and the salmon, the antibacterial properties from the lemon juice and the garlic, and the anti inflammatory properties from the cracked black pepper. It’s full of rich nutrient dense fats but also serves as the perfect light lunch when trying to balance out your hormones.
The Glow-up Smoothie
Ingredients:
1/2 tablespoon Maca Powder
1 Scoop of your favorite Vanilla Protein I use Garden of Life Vegan Sport Protein
1 Cup of organic orange juice. This should just be the juice of an orange.
1 bunch of berries. I like to use strawberries and blueberries.
1 tablespoon of chia seeds
1/2 frozen banana
1/2 tablespoon of honey
4-5 ice cubes
Make it:
Put all of the ingredients together in a blender or nutribullet and blend until smooth.
Benefits: Not only does this smoothie give us an energy boost with the maca powder, it also gives us skin enhancing ingredients from the organic orange juice and the raw honey. The orange juice is full of natural vitamin C. The raw honey helps not only with our skin, but it has so many antibacterial and antiviral properties. The berries in the smoothie also pack in the antioxidants and the chia seeds give us the fiber we need to flush everything out and support our gut health.