Your Nourish & restore Food Support

Welcome to your Nourish and Restore food support box and our virtual support realm. Nourishing yourself when life ebbs and flows, is not always the easiest thing.

Your Food Support

Below are the menus, so you know, depending on what box you have (3,5,7 day support), whats inside! Now, our approach is in no way prescriptive, or protocol when it comes to what to eat when. I want you to be mainly guided by what you are feeling like eating, because seeking food pleasure, joy and comfort, is an important part of a heathy life. It’s also helpful to tap into how your body is feeling with regard to digestion.

If you are looking for a little more direction , I’ve put all menus (below) in the order I would recommend eating them, if you have compromised digestion or are simply wanting to follow a plan, because decision fatigue can be real! You might however not be eating these meals consecutively (days in a row) thats okay! You might want one of the ‘lunches’ as dinner.. This is a-okay too, of course!

Resources to add to your fridge.

In your box we’ve given a nourishing breakfast framework to give you inspiration. Starting the day well nourished can have such a positive impact, and lots of these ideas and tips can of course be used across other meals too. The prepping food elements ahead/ leftovers piece on there is a particularly useful one for using across meals. I do like cooking a few things on. a sunday for the week ahead. Quinoa, Rice, gluten free pasta, new potatoes then ready to use, or roasting some veg, making a few yummy condiments up (greek yog with hot sauce mixed in and a herby dressing) to funk up eggs, or drizzle over other meals to elevate them. Just half an hour of food pottering can go a long way as the week progresses and energy and willing fades into the distance.

SIDEKICKS

A few ideas for what you can have alongside your meals, to extend them if you wish

— Baked sweet potato — Such a good nourishment ally, breakfast lunch or dinner, or in brownies!

— Cooked quinoa/buckwheat (convinience pouches of these are handy)

— Basmati rice (optional: cooked in broth for extra goodness)

— Homemade chips, cooked in Grass fed Tallow or Ghee ( both vailable from Ossa Organic) or Extra Virgin Olive Oil.

— Gluten free pasta, I like the brown rice pasta (perfect for the Slow Braised Beef, Tomato & Almond Ragu)

— Pop a soft boiled egg on top of a soup/ meal!

The importance of Hydration

Your morning herbal tonic is a blend of supportive herbs for calming the nervous system. Herbal teas all day long is great — Being well hydrated in general will support digestion,energy and emotional regulation. Even fresh herbs in hot water such as Rosemary or Thyme postpartum work well. Bone broth as a warming drink is a great nourishment ally too, very comforting! A few other nourishing drink options are — Smoothies, Mineral rich dried Seaweed in boiling water w/ a drop of Toasted Sesame oil, or Ghee, Miso in a mug, Functional Mushroom/ Adaptogenic Lattes or Warming Cacao/ Golden Milk, or homemade electrolyte drinks. If consuming coffee, to support your nervous system avoid coffee on an empty stomach, nourish first, or save the coffee until the afternoon. Adding collagen to coffee is always a winner too.

Enjoy your food support. Please get in touch if you have any questions via the contact us page.

Sending warmth and love

Kate

MY PARTNERS

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