Monday Motivation: The glowing skin recipe - Salmon risotto

Salmon Risotto

If you follow me on the ole gram or if you watch my stories you might’ve seen that I I’m working on naturally detoxing my body with whole foods after years of being on “the pill.”

When it comes to detoxing, did you know that your liver naturally detoxes your body every single day? Yep, it’s not just alcohol! It constantly works to detox your body from toxins whether they come from the food you eat, the products you use on your skin, the air around you, even things like laundry detergent and dish soap. In order to detox your body in a holistically healthy way, you can eat foods that support your liver in doing its natural processes, and eliminate certain foods that may disrupt the process for a period of time. Remember, it’s not a forever thing, it’s simply to rebalance your body if need be.

I’m doing this whole food detox by tailoring my diet to anti-inflammatory foods, high in antioxidants. This includes a double dose of my veggie, fruit, and berry capsules, plenty of leafy greens, colorful vegetables, berries, and plenty of healthy fats, especially omega 3’s. Ideally, you’d like to be eating around a 4:1 ratio of omega 6 to omega 3's to support your body to the best of your ability. Omega 6s include foods like red meat, canola oil, sunflower oil, or soybean oil. However, most Americans have a ration of around 15-25:1! That’s crazy! Focusing more heavily on omega 3s can help bring your body back in balance. Good sources of omega 3s include:

• Salmon

• Chia Seeds

• Walnuts

• Flax Seeds

• Hemp Seeds

• Oysters

• Mackerel

• Most Fatty Fish

I’m also abstaining from inflammatory foods like dairy, soy, gluten, grains, and processed or artificial sugar for about 30 days to help the process. At first glance that may sound pretty intense, but in all honesty it’s really not! I naturally don’t eat things like soy or processed sugar much anyway, and with healthified meals like the ones on my website, staying away from gluten and dairy can be easy! Would you be interested in a blog post all about that? Or an IG story? Leave a comment or shoot me an email if so and I’d love to get that going!

A few weeks ago I put this salmon (full of omega 3’s) and DF risotto (full of fiber and micronutrients) on my story and so many of you said you’d love the recipe! Well, friends, here it is! And perfect timing for my transition into a higher healthy fat and veggie packed diet during this birth control transition process! Whether you’re on a transition from the pill like me or not, omega 3s are the natural way to glowing supple skin, and shiny and strong hair. If you’d like to learn more about eating for healthier hair and skin, go ahead and read my blog about it here.

The Recipe - Serves 2 

*If you’re making this completely dairy free, replace the greek yogurt with a dairy free cheese, preferably made from nuts.

+ What You Need:

• 2 4 oz. salmon filets 

• ¼ cup greek yogurt (or DF cheese, see above note)

• 2 tbsp nutritional yeast 

• ½ yellow onion 

• 2 cloves garlic 

• ½ cup chicken bone broth 

• ⅓ cup full fat coconut milk 

• 10 oz. cauliflower rice 

• 1.5 cups asparagus 

• ½ cup mushrooms 

• 4 slices all natural turkey bacon 

• 2 tbsp avocado oil 

  +What To Do:

• Pre-heat your oven to 375 

• Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper or foil 

• Mix the greek yogurt and nutritional yeast. Divide the portion in 2 and spread over each filet. 

• Bake the salmon for 12-14 minutes. 

• Cook the turkey bacon until crispy and set aside. 

• Meanwhile, place 1 tbsp avocado oil in a sauce pan with the diced onion and cook until fragrant. 

• Add another tbsp of oil if desired, the asparagus, and mushrooms and cook another 5 or so minutes until soft. 

• Add the cauliflower rice cook until warm. 

• Add chicken bone broth and coconut milk bringing it to a boil. Once boiling, reduce heat to a simmer. Stir in bacon once cooked.

Serve with salmon immediately. I love to top it with a bit more nutritional yeast for DF, or a high quality parmesan cheese if you tolerate dairy.

Did you know that some people thrive off a higher fat and protein diet (hi, hello, this is me!) and some people thrive off of a higher carbohydrate moderate fat and protein diet? In going through my journey to food freedom I’ve learned to find more love in the lifestyle of health and wellness rather than the aesthetic side of things. In doing so, I’ve lost extra weight I put on after fighting to work through my fears with food, I’ve cleared my skin, and learned to find that balance of consistent energy throughout the day instead of needing coffee to pull me through the afternoon. Are you ready to finally find that ultimate healthy lifestyle for yourself? If so, I created my 6 week e-course “Thrive: Food, Fitness, and Life” just for you, sis. It’s 6 weeks to connect with your body, learn to hear what your body is asking for, respond appropriately, ditch any extra weight hanging around, and discover the most confident, happy, and absolute best version of you in every aspect. Click here to see if it is the perfect fit for you!