The holiday season is here! A time where I love nothing more than gathering with friends and family over good (and good for you) food.
I've whipped up some of my favorite Christmas recipes to inspire your own healthy holiday spread. From fresh seafood to salads, sides, and a mouth-watering mango dessert, they’re not only delicious but good for your gut.
For a healthy holiday boost, try filling half of your plate with salads and veggies—a great accompaniment to any ‘main event’ Christmas meal.
And when the rest of your schedule goes out the window, keep up your GLOW® habit with one teaspoon a day. Your holiday tummy (and skin!) will thank you.
Carla x
Carla’s Christmas menu
Fresh prawn platter
I love having fresh seafood at Christmas (it's summer in Australia, after all!) and prawns are always on the table. A great low-fuss option, just add a squeeze of lemon and you’re done!
Buckwheat and seeded bread
Gluten-free bread often gets a bad rap but this seeded loaf is delicious (especially fresh from the oven) and packed with omega-3 fats and collagen-boosting minerals. Serve with cultured butter for some probiotic power.
Fig, pomegranate, radicchio, orange and feta salad
This vibrant salad is one of my favorites and tastes as good as it looks. Juicy figs and oranges are served alongside radicchio which contains inulin (a prebiotic), which increases bile production and helps us utilize skin-loving fats.
Buckwheat noodles with miso-roasted pumpkin, caramelized onion and umeboshi plum salad
Pumpkin and plum make for a superstar pairing in this moreish noodle salad. Buckwheat noodles are an excellent source of collagen building manganese and also contain rutin—a bioflavonoid that not only helps to boost and maintain capillary health but helps the body stabilize vitamin C and use it in collagen production.
Chermoula-baked barramundi
This gorgeous baked fish is my Christmas menu centrepiece. I love that I can prepare the chermoula paste ahead of time and leave the fish coated in the fridge overnight. It certainly makes for easy cooking come Christmas morning.
Mango & passionfruit cheesecake
It wouldn’t be a festive feast without the perfect finisher. This gluten and dairy-free wholefood ‘cheesecake’ is a total crowd-pleaser, with fresh and zesty mango and passionfruit really taking it up a notch. Another recipe that can be made ahead of time to save stress on the day!
