Peri-menopause can be overwhelming.
One minute you have all the plates spinning in a very busy life and the next, you’re experiencing brain fog, can’t sleep through the night and have energy crashes during the day. You just don’t feel like your ‘old self’ anymore.
The good news is… you can reclaim your energy and mojo, get back into sleeping like a baby and regain mental clarity and a memory for where you placed your car keys, using nutrition and lifestyle.
But Louise, I feel too overwhelmed with exhaustion and hot flashes to overhaul my whole diet and lifestyle! I don’t have the time to spend cooking every night and what you’re asking of me is too much in this chapter of my life!!!
Here is the good news! When you are changing your diet, habits and lifestyle, you are going to experience the most success when you only take teeny, tiny, baby steps.
We have all done those diets that cut out whole food groups, measure or weigh our foods and require us to cook separate meals from the rest of our families and we know it is not sustainable. This repeat fail on diets throughout our lifetimes erodes our self-trust and puts us into a battle with our bodies.
This is why my online downloadable nutrition course Menopause U suggests taking only three tiny baby steps in each of its 13 modules. Your baby steps will guarantee your success and keep you out of overwhelm while you shore up nutritional deficiencies, cut uncomfortable symptoms and feel your energy bouncing back!
Peri-menopause is the perfect time of life to unpack the baggage of ‘diet culture’ we have carried through life as girls of the low fat not fat generation! Now is the time to start to take small, manageable, steps towards the body and lifestyle you desire for yourself. Shame and guilt are not a part of this process…remember, we are ditching ‘diet and restriction’ to ‘deeply nourish and nurture’ our bodies through hormonal change, offering our body the support it is crying out for, in the only language it knows…symptoms.
Always look at your plate and think about where you can add MORE nutrition to your meal. Follow your pleasure! This recipe for a moth popping Chimichurri Salsa is designed to be fast, easy, and to tickle your taste buds when you add it to your meals.
Flavour packed and full of nutrition, this easy to prepare, make-once-and-eat-all-week recipe sits in your refrigerator so you can add dense nutrition to every meal you eat. (Add it to eggs with slices of avocado for a protein rich, flavourful breakfast!)
Put is on a chicken breast or piece of salmon. Dollop onto the macaroni and cheese you made for the family or into a lunchtime sandwich. Dip roasted potatoes in Chimichurri salsa and add it to mayonnaise for a nutritious, quick and spicy tuna melt.
The more you eat, the more nutrition your body receives from the vitamin C and mineral packed leafy greens. Heart healthy olive oil and garlic support your cardiovascular health and your blood sugar is balanced with lemon and vinegar. This salsa deepens the nutrition in your meal while helping your digestion to absorb maximum nutrition from your food.
If you want to start today, using nutrition as a tool to manage your menopause experience, follow the recipe instructions below and get Chimichurri Salsa on hand in your refrigerator or download my FREE recipe book and pick one recipe to try.
Ingredients
1/2 cup fresh cilantro roughly chopped
1/2 cup fresh parsley roughly chopped
1/2 cup fresh basil roughly hopped
1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/2 tsp red chilli flakes
1/2 tsp dried oregano
3 -4 garlic cloves sliced (How spicy do you like it?)
1/2 red onion diced
1 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 tsp coconut or other unrefined sugar
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar
Instructions
Place all of the ingredients into a blender or tall container for a hand blender.
Blend until you have a chunky salsa/ sauce
Add more olive oil if you need more liquid and adjust vinegar to taste.
Place the Chimichurri salsa in a glass jar or container in the refrigerator and use throughout the week to add dense nutrition and delicious mouth popping flavour to your meals.