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The real tea is, knowing what exactly is triggering your bloating! Hehe depending on the root cause, these recipes may or may not do the trick for you but here they are written out.
Quinoa Bowl
Mix together cooked quinoa, cucumbers, sweet potato, cherry tomatoes, cilantro or mint, with optional chickpeas and some pomegranate seeds. Top with a dressing of tahini, lemon, maple syrup, and water mixed till the right consistency is formed. Add any of your favorite protein on top!
Green Tea Chia Pudding
After boiling and straining green tea in 2 cups of coconut or almond milk. Cool and mix with 6 tablespoons of chia seeds, 1/2 tablespoon of maple syrup, optional 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract, and a pinch of sea salt. Option to add 1/2 cup oats for extra thickness.. Let sit over night and layer with fruit.
Mushroom Tacos
Saute portobello mushrooms with sweet/mild paprika, cumin, oregano, coriander and smoked paprika with coconut aminos. Char red peppers and optional corn on a skillet. Plate over corn tortillas with onion free guac and salsa. Option to add Spanish rice and beans.
Tom Kha Soup
Begin by sautéing ginger, and Low FODMAP veggies of choice. (such as carrots, peas, bok choy, zucchini, mushrooms, eggplant, cabbage, or bell peppers) then add 2 cans of coconut milk with 1.5 cups of water. Boil with Tom Kha and Red curry paste (I found mine at my local market and followed the serving size accordingly). Add salt +Simmer pepper to taste and simmer until everything is fully cooked. Top with a squeeze of lime and cilantro. Option to add chickpeas or any non irritating beans to this and eat with rice.
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I can usually tell how well I’m doing mentally by how much poetry is pouring out of me which is to say how capable I am of being present with it all and making something of the moment lately my bravery has been sporadic because I’ve been dealing with a slew of gut health
Issues over the last few weeks I’ve been struggling with chronic nausea bloating heartburn breakouts and fatigue all of this has deeply affected my mental health but some basic things that have helped helped me regulate are eating at regular times sleeping consistently and well drinking copious amounts of water supplementing the vitamins I’m deficient
In and in general not letting my sadness stop me from doing good things for myself like letting myself be seen and loved and feeling my feelings but I’ve had to supremely simplify my diet and in today’s video I just wanted to share some of the recipes that have been
Helping me through this time let’s do a really quick Deep dive on my gut health issues that I have been experiencing I basically have something called leaky gut I got some blood work done and for the first time in the past 10 years or so of being plant-based I’m actually
Deficient in a lot of things this has never happened to me before but I’m deficient in Iron B12 vitamin D and zinc which are all things that I maybe haven’t been supplementing as well as I used to and so I’m getting right back on that train but basically the only thing
That has been helping my symptoms is going on a low FODMAP diet and I still don’t fully understand what this is so I’m going to put the definition on the screen but it’s basically a very intense Elimination Diet I’m gluten-free right now and I’m cutting out anything that
Could irritate my digestion a lot of people with IBS try this diet and then you slowly integrate things back in and I am also doing a Candida diet which is the exclusion of sugar and carbs that turn into sugar this has really helped the past few months I have cried almost
Every single day fixing and healing this is such a big priority to me so that I can go back to living my life and feeling like myself and not feeling so heavy and lethargic because I feel like when I’m low energy it’s I’m so much more susceptible to negative thoughts
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Bit less crazy because I know how to regulate myself I have so many tools and practices and somatic things that I do but to have someone to help me navigate the thoughts in my mind and help me feel like I can trust myself and know what to
Be guided by that hits a little bit differently and and I just feel so happy to have the balance of my little spiritual practices and also professional help so that has felt really good to me and if you are curious about finding that kind of support as
Well then check them out so today I’m meal prepping one of the easiest meals that I’ve been eating so regularly and this is actually what I’ll usually have for breakfast to break my fast and I like to have Savory protein Rich breakfast I know I talk about it all the
Time but I’m meal prepping it so I have have so much quinoa here and this is a little Mediterranean inspired quinoa Bowl so I’m just going to throw in all of my ingredients and this just digests really well it feels so neutral to my palette it doesn’t bloat me it doesn’t
Irritate me and that’s why I love it lastly I’m going to throw in my chickpeas now you might not want to add these if your stomach can’t handle it I went through a phase where I couldn’t eat chickpeas but then I moved through that phase and now I can eat them again and
They don’t bloat me at all but it’s good to have just a little bit in there I’m going to do 1/4 of a cup in here because if I did eat this is a whole can then it probably would cause me some issues and I don’t think that’s low fod map so just
About A4 of a cup and then lastly cantro my absolute favorite and I’m just going to mix all that up and that’s literally all that it takes the longest part of this process is just chopping everything I’m just gently combining everything and this would also be really amazing with
Some mint to help with digestion as well I added some salt and pepper and pro tip with the quinoa is to cook it in vegetable broth so it has even more flavor and I’m going to add a little bit of Tempe and make a bowl for myself so
This is what I’ve been having at least once a day and I’ll change up the additional protein that I add it’s mostly just a base but on its own it is really filling with the potato and the beans I actually made more Tempe than this but I already ate ate most of it
When I was prepping this video and then the last thing I’m going to do which makes this so delicious is I’m going to add some pomegranate seeds and this adds such a nice texture to the top a little bit of sweetness actually let me add my
Sauce first so I made a little tahini sauce with just tahini lemon and the tiniest bit of coconut aminos mix that all up with a little bit of water to get the right consistency and I’m just going to drizzle that on top and this is also
A good source of healthy fats add in the Pomegranates just tear them up these flavors go together so well I’m going to take some deep belly breaths and actually enjoy this because this is my breakfast today but yeah simple quinoa Bowl I changed my little bra cuz I didn’t like the way the other one looked
And it made me want to refilm that whole recipe but I’m not going to nitpick today um but this has been my favorite snack and not only does it look gorgeous but this gives me energy yeah it just hits the spot especially if I am craving something sweet I just soaked green tea
Leaves in coconut milk and basically made tea I added a little bit of maple syrup a little bit of salt and a tiny bit of vanilla extract I strained the tea leaves out and then soaked it overnight with Chia seeds and then I just layered it up with dragon fruit you
Can use whatever fruit that you like that doesn’t irritate your tumm or that’s low fod map and I pretty much just have one serving of fruit a day there is a really nice tartness or toasted flavor because of the green tea tea and I love that
Flavor but you can do this with chai tea or hicha tea matcha matcha overnight chia seed pudding like I don’t know that sounds kind of fancy you can also add oats you can mix oats and chia seeds overnight and it creates such a nice texture but I’m just trying to avoid
Oats as a whole right now so I actually don’t do any oat milk at all right now I’m only doing almond and coconut milk sometimes soy milk but yeah you can do this with any milk of your choice and M it’s just so good I have to be honest with you my
Ancestors would roll in their grave if they saw the tacos I’m about to make but they’re really good okay and just hear me out the two things that I’m missing are pretty vital but the store didn’t have any ripe avocados so I don’t have guac and I also couldn’t find any salsa
So I made my own really simple salsa that’s low fod map without any onions and it’s just literally cherry tomatoes Chopped with cilantro salt pepper a little bit of garlic powder and lime squeezed on top so that is my low fod map salsa let’s assemble these tacos I’m
Using corn tortillas all throughout the day I’ll just heat one up and Munch on it and I’ve been like that since I was little rice and tortillas I can just eat so many of them without anything on it just so Bland but the main meaty part of
This is these mushrooms and I just saute these with some coconut aminos and a low fod map little taco seasoning which I’ll have the ingredients of on the screen but these are so good these are shitake mushrooms but you can also do this with tofu crumbles you can do it with Len
Holes and then um bake them in the oven after to get them all crumbly but I really like mushrooms because they do come out slightly meaty and I do really like using coconut aminos because it adds a nice sweetness to balance out the spice of the paprika and the cumin and
The other to flavors I forgot corn I’m not eating rice so you could you could just do so much more okay I am a little embarrassed but this is genuinely what I eat um so I’m sharing it with you my little tomato is on top and I put so much lime in here
I’m just going to pour the lime into each little taco I’m going to use my tahini sauce once again just to get some cream I need some cream in there and this is quite neutral just because it’s lemon and Tahini so it’s really simple I love tacos I love taco bowls Taco Nights
With Friends they’re so filling and I normally do have all the the fixings on top so m m the peppers do so much for this because they’re slightly charred these are really good I love love when the sauce just drips down my hand I love a messy
Sensual meal and I love moaning while I eat it I saw this one girl she was a woman she was a Latino woman and she was talking about how she got her man every time they would go on dates in the beginning of their relationship she
Would eat so much and just really enjoy her food and moan and that’s how she seduced him naturally I feel like that’s a real thing because every person that I’ve been with loves to watch me eat loves to feed me and I’m a really good eater I
Know it might not seem like it I know I seem very like very much like a purist from these videos but I have eaten more than all of my past partners I will eat my whole plate and I’ll eat their plate and I just have a big appetite I’ve
Always been that way yeah all of my partners have loved that about me and have just loved watching me eat so maybe try that out sometime hit them with the M that’s so good I love it mhm I don’t know that might be a little too much but I love being around people
Who are so food positive and are just always like celebrating when I eat a lot or order seconds it’s just a nice safe food environment and I really appreciate that but honestly these tacos slap once again it’s the sweetness of the cherry tomatoes the spice of the mushrooms the
Char of the peppers that really creates this perfect flavor profile so definitely try these out even if you don’t have guac and salsa they’ll be yummy my dinner tonight is so delicious and it’s actually a leftover tomka soup that was really easy to make I make some
Kind of Curry every single week and I just started off with roasting all the vegetables that I had with a little bit of coconut oil and spices and then I added in some coconut milk and a red curry paste and a tomka paste I really
Like mixing both of them and for me this digests so well and I’m just putting some cilantro on top and I’m also just going to squeeze some lime on top as well and call it a day this is such a yummy dinner and it honestly just gets
Better and better every single day that it sits in the fridge it is so flavorful and I love just putting low FODMAP vegetables in here and I do like to eat at least one meal a day outside so I’m going to see if it’s not too
Windy if I can walk to the park and just eat this there semi and those are the meager recipes that I’ve been making for myself lately I know these might not be super creative or out of the box but they’ve just been helping to nourish my body
Without making me feel unwell but I will say that the main thing that can help you if you have any gut health issues or struggle with bloating which so many people do is finding the root cause for you and figuring out what foods are triggering it what times of the month
You might be feeling bloated or even getting something like breath work or getting something like blood work done or doing different testing because a low FODMAP diet might not be the solution for you I mean there are just so many reasons why you could be having some
Digest issues so getting to the root cause these are just some things that have been helping me if you are also looking to go on a low fod map diet I definitely recommend looking more deeply into it there are certain fruits and vegetables that um can trigger you know
Symptoms and IBS so it’s just a whole Wormhole and yeah it it has really been helping me and I hope that these recipes are yummy for you but I have to say overall I have not been super proud of my last two videos because I just haven’t been as inspired to film online
And create because I don’t feel good and I don’t want to just be talking about my issues so this is probably the last video I’ll make where I mention my mental health and um all of that just because I want to create beautiful things and not just complain about them
Which it’s totally valid but just I’m dealing with it in my personal life in my own way and I don’t want to keep bringing it out on here at the same time I want to be real with you but yeah overall I’ve just been in such a death cycle and really witnessing my
Relationships to my beauty my body social media as a whole and just really rerouting and just figuring out what I feel like my purpose is and what I care to share on here because it has been quite a few years and I have so many
Things that I am excited to share but I just want to do it in my own time whenever I feel inspired and not just because I have to and just putting out random things out there so just know that a lot is brewing under the surface
And I just want to be intentional with my spoken word and this space I’m creating on here and at the end of all of this that I just shared the most permeating thought is just my gratitude to be witnessed throughout throughout all different seasons of my life and
That you care to watch my journey so thank you so much for being here and receiving from me and making me feel so seen and loved in the world I’m so grateful for this community and I just feel so held within this space and I just want to keep bringing beautiful
Things to this space as if it were an altar so I’m just sending you a lot of love wherever you’re out in your journey with your body with your health I’m so proud of you for navigating life and doing good things for yourself but um I
Hope that you can take some deep Bell breaths until I see you next and I hope that is soon okay bye