You can never go wrong with Nachos! These are so delicious, addictive and make a perfect snack or meal!
Ingredients:
- 2 Sweet Potato
- 1 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 4 ozs Chicken Breast (or a vegetarian alternative like tofu or tempeh)
- 2 Avocado (peeled and mashed)
- 1/2 Mango (peeled and diced)
- 1/4 cup Red Onion (finely diced)
- 2 Lime (juiced)
- 1/4 tsp Sea Salt
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 375ºF (191ºC) and line 2 to 3 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Season your chicken breast with sea salt and black pepper to taste.
- Cut sweet potato into rounds as thinly as possible. Try to be consistent with how thin you slice them so they bake evenly.
- In a mixing bowl, toss the sweet potato rounds with olive oil and sea salt.
- Place the chicken and sweet potato rounds across the baking sheets in a single layer and bake for approximately 30 minutes in the oven. Flip the sweet potato rounds about halfway through, depending on the thickness or until golden brown. Remove from oven.
- While your chicken and sweet potato chips cook, assemble the guac by combining avocado, mango, red onion, lime juice and sea salt. Mix and mash with a fork until creamy. Store in fridge until ready to eat.
- Assemble a layer of baked sweet potato chips and top with shredded chicken and guac. Enjoy!
Your gut plays a bigger role in your health than you think....
The lymphatic system is a really important aspect of our body that frankly most of us don’t learn very much about. I remember some aspects in anatomy and physiology, but honestly very little. It wasn’t talked about nearly as much as it should have been (although I suppose it could be an entire semester + long class lol)
In terms of gut health there are many different factors related to the lymphatic system 👇
✨ Immune Response in the Gut:
Lymphatic vessels in the gut, known as lacteals, absorb dietary fats, fat-soluble vitamins, and other nutrients. This process is essential for nutrient absorption and overall health.
✨Transport of Immune Cells:
The gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) is a significant component of the lymphatic system in the gastrointestinal tract. It includes lymph nodes, tonsils, and Peyer's patches, which are crucial for the immune response in the gut. Immune cells within the GALT help monitor and respond to potential threats, such as pathogens in the digestive system.
✨Drainage of Interstitial Fluid:
Lymphatic vessels in the gut play a role in draining excess interstitial fluid from the tissues. This helps maintain fluid balance and prevent swelling or edema in the gut and surrounding areas.
✨Absorption of Dietary Fats:
Lacteals in the gut's lymphatic system are responsible for absorbing dietary fats and fat-soluble vitamins from the intestines. This process is essential for lipid metabolism and overall nutritional health.
Keeping your gut happy and healthy is crucial in allowing your lymphatic system to do its job properly. Everything in our body works together to serve its purpose and help us feel our best. Whenever a client is feeling out of alignment, the first thing we talk about is their gut health!
Grab my Gut Healthy Made Easy guide here for some info on how to start taking care of your gut!
Do you know the importance your lymphatic system plays on your health?
To be a little 'medical', the lymphatic system is integral to maintaining the body's immune response, fluid balance, and overall health. It is an interconnected network of vessels, nodes, and organs that ensures a coordinated and effective defense against infections and supports various physiological processes.
I know it sounds overwhelming, but basically it helps your body process fluid, protect your immune system, balance your hormones and can even have an impact on joint health. It’s safe to say it’s pretty important!
To support my lymphatic system I love massaging my body with a blend from Young Living.
The oils in the Cel-Lite Magic blend (from Young Living that I love!) are seriously amazing at supporting your lymphatic system and your body! You can also add more cypress to this for some extra “ooomph.”
✨Grapefruit essential oil has a fresh, uplifting aroma and provides cleansing properties.
✨Cypress essential oil has a clean, evergreen aroma that can be used aromatically to create an ambience of security and grounding. Applied topically, it has benefits for skin, hair, and scalp.
✨Juniper essential oil beautifies and tones the skin when applied topically, making it a great addition to lymphatic and post-workout massage oil blends.
✨Cedarwood essential oil has a calming and soothing aroma, and it promotes the appearance of healthy skin, hair, and scalp when applied topically.
How do I recommend using this blend? Glad you asked! Apply Cel-Lite Magic following a shower, bath, or dry-brushing to replenish dry skin for a youthful glow (I’m all about dry brushing and I talk more about it here!). Use it as part of a pampering massage to soothe fatigued muscles, everyday aches, and general discomfort too!
Interested in getting more essential oils recipes and uses? Click here to join my waitlist to grab my guide!
Make a gut-friendly brunch with scrambled eggs and kimchi served on toasted sourdough bread (I opt for a gluten free sourdough) with me! Sprinkle with spring onions with a little extra kick on top!
Ingredients:
- 2 pasture raised eggs (if buying from the store look for this and organic)
- 1 tbsp plain almond milk (I use this one)
- 40g kimchi (if you’re near a Korean grocery store head there but if not and you’re going to your regular grocery these brands seem to stand out! Mother In Law’s House Napa Cabbage Kimchi, Cleveland classic and Wildbrine.)
- 1 slice of organic sourdough bread, toasted
- 1 spring onion, finely sliced
Instructions:
- Beat the eggs and milk together with a pinch of salt. Pour into a non-stick pan over a low heat. Leave untouched for 30 seconds, then lift the pan a little and swirl the eggs around. Cook for 2 mins more, then fold through the kimchi, breaking up the eggs to scramble them.
- Serve the kimchi scrambled eggs on the toast, and top with the spring onion
Can I be honest with you?
Having a baby is amazing.
Living life after having a baby is also amazing.
And sometimes it can be hard.
At the very same time as looking at this little bundle of joy in your arms while you're feeling huge surges of oxytocin (ie that love hormone) you can also be feeling sadness.
Maybe the sadness isn't even related to being overtired and awake at crazy hours, often alone. Maybe it's just the state of the world. Maybe it's that we're often forced to go back to work way way way too soon (at least here in America). Maybe it's that you forgot to load the clothing into the dryer or put that food in the freezer so it doesn't go bad.
Motherhood is a whole lot of different feelings and I suspect that doesn't ever change no matter how old our children get or how many we have.
And with all of those feelings we can also support are mental and physical health to oftentimes feel better (better can mean a lot of things of course).
Keeping with our central theme these days, mental health (i.e. how ya might be feeling) is hugely impacted by the gut, in many more ways than just one (or even several) IG posts can really discuss. But to keep it short and simple, what you eat and what you put on your body directly impacts your mental and physical health.
The Gut-Brain Axis (exactly what it sounds like) plays a role in mood regulation. Gut health influences neurotransmitter production, and disruptions in gut function may contribute to mood swings and affect postpartum mental health, which is closely tied to hormonal fluctuations.
Which means it's so important that we take proper care of our gut, but how do we do that!?
Grab my Gut Health Made Easy guide here to learn how!
