Gut Healthy Prebiotic & Probiotic Bowl

Gut healthy and YUMMY!🤤 As part of my Gut Health series I wanted to finish it off with a recipe that meets the marks of practical, tasty, AND incredibly healthy. You will love this simple bowl that can be made in minutes at home. I packed in everything that you need for a healthy gut and immune system. Yes- that means PREbiotic fiber and PRObiotic goodness. Enjoy!

Yields 2 servings

INGREDIENTS

Bowl

·       1 medium cooked beet, peeled

·       1 handful baby spinach

·       ½ cup uncooked buckwheat or quinoa 

·       2 tbsp kidney beans canned

·       2 tbsp chickpeas canned

·       1 cucumber

·       1/2 avocado

·       2 tbsp sauerkraut

·       4 pickles

Dressing

·       Around 15 raw cashews

·       2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

·       1 squeeze lemon juice

·       salt & pepper to taste

Toppings

·       1 tbsp seeds sunflower, pumpkin, chia, hemp, sesame, flax

·       A sprinkle of sprouts

PREPARATION

1.     Cover the cashews in water and set aside for the dressing.

2.     Cook the buckwheat or quinoa in water for about 15 minutes. Drain and put at the bottom of two bowls as the base. You can cook the grains in vegetable or bone broth to add extra taste.

3.     boil or bake the beetroot, peel and once done, dice it into small pieces.

4.     Drain the chickpeas and beans. Season them to your liking (herbs, pepper, salt).

5.     With a vegetable peeler make a few ribbons with the cucumber and roll them.

6.     Cut the avocado in half, peel it, and thinly slice it.

7.     Slice the pickles. Add the spinach to the bowl.

8.     Place the sauerkraut, pickles, avocado, chickpeas, beans, diced beetroot and cucumber ribbons on the buckwheat or quinoa and spinach in the bowl.

9.     in a food processor blend the cashews, oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper to a thick dressing. pour onto bowl.

10.   Sprinkle seeds and sprouts over the bowl.