Whaddya Know! Fall Comfort Food Can Be Healthy – Beet and Pear Fall Salad

I know, I know…

I’ve been all “Embrace the final days of Summer!” blah blah blah….

I give in. It’s fall. The leaves are turning… or mostly turned. It’s EFFING cold outside. It’s windy…. rainy… all that. BUT with that comes many good things too…

FOR INSTANCE… fall fashion! Every girls favourite thing about fall.

Warm cozy drinks…. expect some recipes to come 😉 😉

AND best of all? You can wear your sweats and watch movies all day, being entirely unproductive. And not only do you get to not feel any guilt…. but you appear to simply enjoy the good things in life… like fall… and that’s charming as fuck.

Okay now really though…. The BEST thing about fall is all the comfort food

HOWEVER…. this then comes with a “winter body” and before you know it, you have some drunk girl resembling a shih tzu trash talking you at a party that only girls with summer bodies even get invited to anyways… but nobody wants to be yelled at by a drunk shih tzu.

(*** See Vanderpump Rules for reference)

Basically, just find ways to eat healthy this fall, yet enjoy the wonderful foods that come with this season.

Think: WARM. Warm foods. Root vegetables. Rich colourful meals.

Fall Health tips:

As much as you want to indulge, avoid white carbs as much as possible. You’re probably craving bread and potatoes. Choose brown rice instead. Have oatmeal for breakfast as opposed to toast.

Easy on the dressings. You’re probably tempted to choose the pasta with the rich white wine cream sauce. Opt for a drizzle of olive oil and fresh herbs instead. Same goes for your salads.

Go the extra Kilometre. We all know we’re about to be sitting on our asses more than usual. Add an extra 10 minutes to your workout. You’ll hardly notice and it’ll make all the difference

Okay, now, what you came here for.

I LOVE to make a hearty fall salad. Get your greens…. lots of warm veggies… make it a meal.

I find when I have warm veggies added to my salad, it’s more satisfying. I dunno, maybe it’s just me, but I feel like it’s more filling. Salads don’t have to be all leafy greens and watery cucumbers.

This one is super simple to make

Beet and Pear Fall Salad

Ingredients
1 beet, roasted
1/2 pear
Handful Spinach (or whatever greens you prefer. I love this with arugula too!)
Tsp pumpkin seeds
Tsp Goat Cheese
Drizzle honey
Drizzle balsamic vinegar

To Make
Toss the spinach (or greens of choice) on a plate. Add the roasted beets (cut in chunks), sliced pears, pumpkin seeds, and goat cheese. Then drizzle honey and balsamic vinegar to taste.

Yup. Pretty freakin easy.

I honestly don’t know how to measure goat cheese. 1 Tsp? I mean, more is obviously a good thing… but just take that messy chunk of cheese and crumple up as much as looks good to you.

BONUS: I love that there’s just a drizzle of balsamic and honey for the dressing. You know I hate store bought dressing…. Ready why if you haven’t already.

What are everyone’s favourite fall dishes? I’m dedicating this week to everything fall and Thanks Giving!

So expect more recipes to come. This is a great one if you’re expected to bring something to a family or friend dinner! All that requires cooking is the beets…. just wrap them in tinfoil, bake at 400 for about 50 minutes… rub the peel off (use a paper towel)… and you’re good to go! No mess. No pink fingers.

XOXO