Meal Inspiration For The Seasons

This collection of recipes is designed to inspire you to embrace the bounty of each season, from the hearty, warming dishes of winter and autumn to the fresh, cooling meals of spring and summer.

You can create delicious meals that align with the year's natural rhythms by visiting your local farmer's market and incorporating regionally grown, seasonal ingredients. This not only supports your well-being but community businesses and, the environment.

Nb, Efforts have been made to ensure the winter-autumn meal ideas are gut-friendly but almost all recipes listed are also gluten, dairy, and sugar-free.

** Be sure to replace or remove any ingredients you know don't agree with you.

SUMMER + SPRING

During this time of year longer days and warmer nights fuel us with the energy and capacity to socialize, so enjoy the outdoors and stay up later. We sweat more, so fresh, hydrating meals are a winner. Our bodies tend to tolerate more cooling foods now, so enjoy fruits, salads, smoothies, juices, raw veggies and herbs like dill, coriander, aloe vera, peppermint, lavender and chamomile. It’s also the right time to ferment, so stock up on coconut water kefir, kimchi and sauerkraut.

Breakfast

• Crispy rice egg benedict

• Blueberry Overnight Oats

• Strawberry Matcha Chia Pudding

• Beetroot Raspberry Vanilla Smoothie Bowl

• Carrot Cake Overnight Oats

• Chai spiced smoothie

Lunches & Dinner Ideas

• Broccoli Crunch Salad with Creamy Ginger Almond Butter Dressing

• BBQ Salmon with mango avocado salsa (use asafoetida powder in place of garlic powder if preferred)

• Cucumber edamame salad

• Chinese Chicken Shredded Salad

• Mixed bean salad

• 10 minute Chopped Salad

• Kale Sweet Potato Mint-Maple Salad

• Shrimp ceviche tostadas

• Cashew Crunch Salad

• Spicy Salmon Topped Crispy Rice

• Vegan Sushi Wraps

• Summer Kitchadi Soup

Snacks - Misc.

• Healthy Mango Frozen Yoghurt

• Liver Cleansing Juice

• Green Goddess Salad with Tortillas

• Collagen Bliss Balls

• Gut Loving Jelly

• Matcha Chia Pudding

• Avocado cucumber sushi bites (optional add edamame for protein)

• Arugula Salad

AUTUMN + WINTER

Minimalist Baker Quinoa Porridge

Through autumn and winter, home-cooked meals are in order. Shorter days and colder temperatures lead to a slower pace of life. It's OK to sleep, rest and eat more. Our digestive fire is high so avoid raw food, chew more slowly and include warmer dishes that feel wholesome, hearty and nourishing. It's time to get out your slow cooker, grandma's secret recipe and consider more bone broths, soups, roasts and porridges. Drink strong herbal tea and infuse your meals with ginger, turmeric and cinnamon.

Breakfast Ideas

• Apple Cinnamon Date Porridge

• Crispy Rice Eggs Benedict

• Fermented porridge

• Simple but Good Breakfast Bowl

• Chai Rice Porridge

• Warm Chia Apple Siced Pudding

• Super Green Frittata

• Carrot Cake Baked Oats

• Avocado Sourdough with Savoury Sautéed Mushrooms

• Cheesy Vegan Pizza Beans

• Kitchari

• Amaranth Porridge

• Chocolate Quinoa Breakfast Bowl (optional: use monk fruit sweetener over coconut sugar, skip the coconut milk + add protein powder)

Lunch + Dinner Ideas

• Immune Boosting Chicken Soup

• Warm Green Bean Salad (add a serve of protein)

• Pan-seared Sablefish with Wild rice & Greens

• The Green Minestrone Soup

• Air Fryer Greek Lemon Chicken & Rice Bake

• Sesame Chicken Bowl

• Smoky Beans Coriander Cream Polenta

• Hoisin Chicken With Asian Greens & Brown Rice

• One Pan Chicken & Lemon Rice

• Mediterranean Halibut & Vege

• Creamy Pesto Butterbeans

• High Protein Creamy Tomato & Basil Beans

• Air-Fried Teriyaki Chicken, Brocollini Nourish Bowl

• Lemon & herb-baked salmon with asparagus and crispy crushed potatoes

• Cold Salmon & Potatoes With Dill Yogurt & Paprika Oil

• Pesto Risotto for One with Shrimp

• Asparagus & Braised Buterbeans

• Spiced Pumpkin Soup (optional swap coconut milk for rice, oat or almond)

• Roasted Brussels Sprout & Smashed Potato Salad (add serve of protein)

• Roast Vege Toasted Pecan Salad

• One Pan Honey Mustard Salmon

• Super Green Frittata

• Quick Cauliflower Soup with Halloumi Croutons

• Roasted Cauliflower, Quinoa, Mint & Pomegranate Salad

• Butter bean, Pomegranate & Hummus Nourish Bowl

• Halloumi, Quinoa, Avo, Mint Salad

• Warm Garlic and Sage Toasted Quinoa Salad

• Tempeh Snowpea Stirfry

• Rainbow Rice Noodle Salad

• Gado Gado Salad

• Mediterranean Chicken Bowl

• Sweet Potato Buddha Bowl (add greens)

• Tempeh capsicum Buddha bowl

• Lemon Chicken Soup

• Easy Congee

• Healthy Shrimp Burrito Bowl

• Mushroom Congee

• Chicken Multigrain Congee with Celery and Sweet Potatoes

• Stuffed Sweet Potato

• Vegan Broccoli Mashed Potatoes

• One Pan Garlic & Herb Roast Chicken

• Spicy Gochujang Tofu Rice Bowls

• Zesty Shrimp, Smashed Brussels & Garlicky Potatoes

• Japanese Sweet Potato with Miso Tahini Butter

• Crispy Sesame Salmon Bites (optional swap white rice for quinoa or millet)

• 1-pot Pumpkin Turkey Chilli
  

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