Eating healthy doesn’t have to be boring. It’s still possible to indulge in your favorite foods, while nourishing your body at the same time. Here we share clean versions of delicious recipes that will leave you feeling and looking incredible and not to mention, insanely satisfied!

Name: Meghan Swidler

Instagram: @thatplantbasedgal

Website: www.meghanswidler.com

Job description: Holistic Health Coach and Wellness Consultant

Favorite dish to serve at a dinner party: I love to make a miso maple glazed salmon for a big group! You can find the recipe (among many other recipes for an incredible dinner party) here.

Favorite skin food ingredient and why: Vitamin C! After using it regularly, I have brightened my skin’s appearance, have improved my skin’s texture, and have significantly less dark spots and blemishes. I swear by Agent Nateur’s Vitamin C powder mixed with Holi Water!

Top three Instagram accounts for inspiration: @jennazoe, @bonberi, @jesseitzler

Must-have cookbook: Nicole Berrie’s (@bonberi) cookbook available for pre-order launching May 17!

Three kitchen supplies you can’t live without: A microplane, a big IKEA stainless steel mixing bowl for salads, an incredible chef’s knife

Three things you always keep in your refrigerator: Homemade no-strain cashew milk in mason jars, Monty’s plant-based cream cheese, Wildbrine red cabbage and beet sauerkraut

Favorite online shop for kitchen supplies and / or specialty food items: I live in Los Angeles, so I absolutely love Erewhon Market. Fun fact: they recently launched nationwide delivery!

Go-to quick, healthy meal: My famous sliced avocado and tahini ‘toast’s on Ella’s Flats seed crackers, as they are quick to make and filled with fiber, nutrients, vitamins, minerals, healthy fats, and plant-based protein

Favorite healthy treat: Honey Mama’s chocolate OR a large pitted organic medjool date (from Rancho Meladuco Farm, ideally) stuffed with raw almond butter and flaky sea salt

Skincare mantra: Good skin comes from within (supplemented with the right products to support a healthy skin microbiome, of course).

Eat this recipe for: To get a diversity of plant-based whole foods (and fiber), providing bacterial diversity, richness, and resilience and ultimately strengthening your gut microbiome so that you can live a happy, healthy, meaningful life

Recipe:

#THATPLANTBASEDGAL HERBY AVOCADO LITTLE GEM SALAD Find the full step-by-step recipe here.

What you need:

• 1 box of organic little gem lettuce
• 2-3 organic Persian cucumbers, thinly sliced and halved into pieces
• 1 bunch of organic radishes, washed and thinly sliced
• 1 handful of organic fresh dill, chopped
• 1 handful of organic fresh mint, chopped
• 1/2 perfectly ripe avocado cut into small cubes

Simple lemon dijon dressing:

• 2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
• A touch of apple cider vinegar
• 1/2 squeezed lemon
• 1 Tbsp dijon mustard
• A touch of maple syrup
• Flaky sea salt

How to make:

1. Add little gem lettuce, cucumbers, radishes, dill, mint, and avocado to a mixing bowl.
2. Prepare the dressing, and add to the mixing bowl as well.
3. Toss to combine, serve, and enjoy!