Turmeric: The Golden Root
Turmeric is a powerful root that is in the same family as ginger! While ginger is known for it’s benefits with digestion, settling the stomach, and detoxing the body, turmeric works as an anti-inflammatory when consumed. Turmeric relieves inflammation and nourishes the body with a high concentration of important nutrients such as vitamin C, B vitamins, calcium, iron and magnesium among others.
The main reason that turmeric is so powerful within the body is because it contains a compound known as Curcumin. You can find a decent supplement by searching for one that contains about 90% Curcuminoids. Otherwise, play with adding turmeric to recipes such as:
-smoothies and cold-pressed juices
-turmeric milk lattes
-roasted vegetables
-salad dressings and dips
-soup
-tofu scramble
-curry
-cauliflower rice
-oatmeal
-chia pudding
I love turmeric personally for it's flavor and sense of grounding when I eat it! I love reaching for a nourishing and calming turmeric milk latte made with spices and unsweetened plant-based milk such as almond milk, right before bed or in the afternoon when I start to feel I need more energy. I've noticed that I have learned so much about myself by experimenting with foods that have high-nutrient profiles, such as turmeric. My body starts to crave those foods instead of the “food-like substances” or junk foods that I may have craved before (ahem, college). Training the body to love consuming powerful herbs and spices, plants, plant-proteins and healthy fats can be such an empowering process. I hope you make something yummy like this turmeric latte recipe soon. Let me know how this made you feel.
Lots of love...
Make with Madelene
Turmeric Latte
I advise playing with flavors on this recipe! Maybe you like lotss of cardamom or smaller amounts of black pepper, it's totally up to you. Sip slowly and feel connected to the Earth through this warming latte.
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups plant-milk (coconut, cashew, almond, you choose!)
pinch black pepper
pinch Himalayan pink salt
pinch cardamom
pinch cinnamon
pinch cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon coconut oil
1 teaspoon turmeric powder
Prep Steps:
heat your milk and coconut oil together in a small saucepan
as it warms, add your spices and using a whisk, quickly whisk to combine until your milk is frothy and well blended
add some extra cinnamon on top
enjoy!
