Simple Carrot Salad
Spiritual Nutrition:
⚪️ White (Crown):
Garlic — supports purification, intuitive focus, and internal clarity
🟡 Yellow (Solar Plexus):
Lemon — encourages vitality, inner radiance, and mood lightening
🟠 Orange (Sacral):
Carrots — enhance creativity, fertility, and reproductive nourishment; rich in beta-carotene and symbolic of inner expansion
Nourishment Notes
The Medicine of Orange
Orange is the color of our reproductive system—warm, creative, and full of life. The female reproductive tract contains 13 to 14 different carotenoids, and many of them come directly from orange foods like carrots and sweet potatoes. One of the most important is beta-carotene, which plays a key role in ovulation and gives the corpus luteum its golden hue during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle.
Carotenoids don’t just support hormone balance—they also settle in our skin, protecting and nourishing us from the inside out. They’re fat-soluble, which means they stick around, helping us feel steady, safe, and resourced.
Orange is not just a color; it is a frequency of energy that supports expansion. It is the glow of the sunset, the playfulness of movement, the impulse to create something that has never existed before. Orange foods—especially when eaten in season and in whole form—nourish the sacral center, which governs the dance between emotions, hormones, sexuality, and intuition.
We don’t just eat for calories or nutrients. We eat to inform our tissues. Orange tells the body: “It is safe to open. It is time to grow.”
Whether you're preparing for conception, healing womb trauma, or bringing a new vision into form—eating orange plants is a subtle yet powerful act of alignment. Fertility, after all, is not just physical. It is the sacred capacity to bring life forward, in all its forms.
This dish comes from my Lebanese step-grandmother - These marinated carrots are a nod to her kitchen: humble ingredients, big flavor, and deep nourishment.
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Serves: 5 friends as a side
Ingredients
Local Organic Carrots – 10 large, peeled and sliced into rounds
Lemon – 1, juiced
Cold-Pressed Extra Virgin Olive Oil – 3 tbsp
Fresh Garlic – 2 cloves, diced
Fresh Parsley – 1 tbs, for topping
Method
Fill a large pot with water and bring to a simmer. Add your peeled carrots and cook until they’re fork-tender. Strain and set aside. Once cool enough to handle, slice the carrots into thick ½-inch rounds. In a small bowl, whisk together the lemon juice, olive oil, and diced garlic. Pour this dressing over the warm carrots and allow them to marinate for at least 30 minutes—or even overnight—for enhanced depth. Top with parsley just before serving, and enjoy this sacral-nourishing dish as a warm or room-temperature side.
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