🥣 Better Than Borscht Bowl

 ✨ A vibrant, plant-powered spin on classic borscht flavours — transformed into a nourishing bowl you’ll want on repeat. The star is the Better Than Borscht Sauce: creamy, tangy, beet-forward, and bursting with dill. With a scoop of medicinal mushroom blend, this recipe ratchets up the nervous-system nourishment, supporting calm focus, resilience, and long-term vitality.

💜 Better Than Borscht Sauce

🥕 Ingredients

• 2 medium beets (raw or lightly roasted)
• 1 green apple, cored
• ⅓ cup fresh lemon juice 🍋
• ⅓ cup apple cider vinegar
• ⅓ cup flax oil 🌱
• 1–2 cloves garlic, chopped & rested 10–15 minutes before blending 🧄
• 1–2 Tbsp maple syrup 🍁
• 1 packed cup fresh dill (stems & leaves, washed)
• 1 tsp medicinal mushroom powder blend (reishi, chaga, lion’s mane, cordyceps, or a mix) 🍄
• Water as needed to thin

Method

• Wash and trim beets. Peel if not organic.
• Rough-chop beets and apple.
• Add all ingredients to a high-speed blender.
• Blend until silky smooth, adding water gradually for a creamy, pourable consistency.

🌱 Bowl Components

1. • Base starch: 1 roasted sweet potato (or Japanese yam / red potato)
   • Whole grains: ½ cup cooked brown rice or quinoa
   • Greens: 1 large handful spring mix, arugula, or baby spinach
   • Onion: thin slices of red onion or chopped green onion
   • Veggie rainbow: shredded carrot 🥕, cucumber slices 🥒, tomato wedges 🍅
   Optional add-ins: roasted squash cubes 🎃, steamed cabbage ribbons, or extra shredded beets

🥗 Assembly

• Place greens in the bottom of your bowl.
• Add roasted sweet potato wedges and a scoop of rice or quinoa.
• Layer on onion, shredded carrot, cucumber, and tomato.
• Drizzle generously with Better Than Borscht Sauce.
• Garnish with extra dill or parsley.

🌟 Nutrition Commentary

• Beets: Detox-supportive, rich in compounds that boost circulation and stamina.
• Flax oil: Omega-3 powerhouse for brain and nervous system health.
• Garlic: Allicin supports immunity and reduces inflammation — activated when chopped ahead.
• Mushrooms: Functional blends like reishi, lion’s mane, chaga, or cordyceps support immune modulation, stress resilience, gut health, and cognitive clarity.
• Sweet potato + grains: Fibre and steady energy for balanced blood sugar.
• Dill + greens: Antioxidant-rich, supportive of digestion and immunity.

💫 This is a bowl that nourishes your body and upgrades your resilience — from gut to brain to nervous system.