There are so many natural ingredients that can help you debloat, and certain foods which are almost guaranteed to add weight to your middle. If you’ve over-indulged on fat, sugar, salt or alcohol, these recipes can help you quickly get back on track. When you’re feeling bloated, fennel can be your best friend. I include several recipes in my Juice Fast Program that contain fennel because it is uniquely capable of helping belly bloat go way down.

VIVA LA MEXICO and VIVA ITALIA! Yes, ladies and gentleman we have both Mexico and Italy to thank for the culinary superstar known as Caesar salad. Caesar salad was invented by Italian American Caesar Cardini while he was operating his restaurant in Tijuana Mexico. Cardini was a restaurateur who had restaurants in both San Diego and Tijuana. He was reportedly in Mexico to avoid Prohibition Era laws.

I made this salad for my family last night as the main dish, and everyone was absolutely BUZZING from the bursts of flavor from the blackberries, gojis and papaya blended with the creaminess of avocado and the crunchiness of cauliflower. A hint of Himalayan salt and the slight sour twist of rice wine vinegar, and this salad will surely be an often requested menu item in our house! I’m juicing right now, so I will have to wait to get my share!

Salads for lunch or dinner are my go-to all time favorite meal. I really do love salads, and I love experimenting with so many different combinations of sweet and savory, fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds, flavored vinegars and different dressings. I love salads for the truly endless taste combinations, and mostly, I love salads for how I feel after I eat them.

Salads are one of my favorite meals. I think the reason I love them so much is because there are truly endless versions of an incredible lunch or dinner. There are countless greens to choose from, lots of different fruits and vegetables to add in, crunchy additives like a few nuts or seeds, dates and raisins, figs and apricots and so much more! But the most fun for me is creating healthy vegan dressings that do not contain toxic oil.

Carrot salads are incredibly easy to make, and filled with crunch, sweetness and nutrients! You can't beat that. I vary the way I make my carrot noodles. Sometimes I use my hand held spiralizer, other times a cheese grater, and sometimes I prefer the wider "noodles" you get from a regular vegetable peeler. It's all about the add-ins and the dressing that give carrot salad life!

Looking for a quick, easy, and super-flavorful raw dinner? I think you've found it. This Mexican-flavored raw taco salad is so ridicuously easy that it can be prepared in a matter of minutes. No huge long laundry list of ingredients, and no soaking/sprouting/growing/waiting! My kids make this often for their own lunch. The flavor combo is perfect and can always be adjusted to what you need and like.