Food For Your Chakras: Citrus Mint Salad

Heal your root, sacral, heart, and third eye chakras with this easy recipe! Serves around 6-8 portions.

Citrus Mint Salad-adapted from a recipe by Valerie Winebrenner

The Recipe:

1. Wash 1 pint of raspberries and 1 pint of blueberries under cold water. Wash and cut 1 lb of strawberries. Peel 2 oranges and remove the pith (and membranes from the flesh of the fruit, if possible). Add all of these to a large mixing bowl.
2. Zest 1 lemon and 1 lime, add this into a smaller bowl you have.
3. In the smaller bowl, combine 3 T of Honey, 1 T of lemon juice, 1 T of lime juice, 2 T of orange juice and 1 T of freshly chopped mint to the lemon and lime zest.
4. Whisk the contents of the smaller bowl to make the dressing, then pour this over the fruit in the larger bowl. Toss the fruit, being careful not to crush the delicate raspberries.
5. Garnish with more mint or coconut if you wish. 

The Energetic Benefits:

• Foods that heal and restore the root chakra: strawberries, raspberries
• Foods that heal and restore the sacral chakra: strawberries, oranges, lemon, orange juice, lemon juice, honey
• Foods that heal and restore the heart chakra: mint, lime, lime juice
• Foods that heal and restore the third eye chakra: blueberries

To boost the energetic effects, spend a moment meditating to create a flow of white light coming out of your hands. Place your hands around the bowl of prepared food and imagine the white light swirling throughout it and cleansing it for around a minute. 

Enjoy~

My personal notes and thoughts: I loved this recipe, it was extremely sweet but bursted with healthy, natural sugars and flavors. I could feel the sensual fruit, perfect for healing and awakening the sacral, moving directly towards my lower chakras, as well as this sweet uplifting taste of mint. This was absolutely delicious, and I had it for both a dinner and breakfast! Fruit can be a little expensive, so this might be a recipe you want to budget for, but it was definitely worth it. A really delicious treat for your sacral energy, and the perfect meal for summer.