PMS Preventing Chocolate Raspberry Brownies

By Julia Miller

on Oct 29, 2022

Eat your way to hormone balance by including seed cycling in your daily regimen!

Seed cycling is the idea of rotating between pumpkin / flax / sesame / sunflower seeds depending on days 1-14 or days 15-28
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Seeds contain lignans which can help support estrogen balance, Vitamin E & B6 to support progesterone and zinc & selenium for egg health.
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THE BENEFITS
✨maintain the balance of estrogen & progesterone
✨ add a source of omega-3, zinc, magnesium, selenium (which are the building blocks for making hormones)
✨anti-inflammatory properties (which minimize cramping, headaches, bloating & breakouts)

Recipe

— ingredients—
1/2 cup medjool dates
1/4 cup hot water
1/4 cup cacao powder
1 cup seed cycling blend
2 eggs
Dark chocolate
Raspberries

— instructions —

Preheat oven to 350 F
In a large bowl — Remove the pits rom the dates, then pour the hot water and soak them for five minutes
Add cacao powder, seed cycling blend, and eggs to a bowl. Add that all to a blender and mix on high speed until batter forms.
Spray a brownie pan, then add batter
In a separate bowl — mash a handful of raspberries, then swirl into the brownies
Bake for 25-30 mins until golden, while the brownies are baking — Melt chocolate
In a bowl, add chocolate chips with 1 tsp oil , microwave for 20 seconds
Drizzle over brownies, top with flaky salt, and enjoy being PMS free! (;

Take charge of your hormones through adding in this easy remedy!