Food to Improve Your Mood: Steamed Salmon Salad with Grapefruit-Ginger Dressing

FOOD TO IMPROVE YOUR MOOD By APage STEAMED SALMON SALAD WITH GRAPEFRUIT-GINGER DRESSING WHY IT WORKS: Season a one-lb salmon | Omega-3 fatty acids found in fillet with cumin and lime juice and steam until tender, about 3 minutes per side. salmon help balance stress hormones and SPICESS Set aside to cool for mood swings. GROUND CUMIN 10 minutes. Ginger contains the antioxidant gingerol, which helps fight Prepare the dressing by mixing together 5 tbsp of grapefruit juice, 2 tbsp olive oil, 1/4 cup white wine vinegar and 1 tbsp chopped fresh ginger. stress headaches. Baby greens are packed with magnesium to |help balance your moods. Avocados contain With a fork, flake the potassium to reduce blood pressure fish into course chunks; toss with 8 cups of baby greens and enough dressing to coat leaves. which climbs when we are stressed. The vitamin C in grapefruit PINE 4 NUTS curbs levels of Add 1 avocado cut into the stress hormone cortisol. thin slices and 1 cup of pithed and peeled grapefruit chunks. |Selenium deficiency is associated with |depression. Pine nuts are packed with selenium, as well as White wine vinegar Olive Oi Top with bean sprouts and pine nuts. other immune- boosting nutrients. Sources: http://www.healthcentral.com/anxiety/cf/slideshows/12-foods-that-fight-stress/oats/ http://www.self.com/fooddiet/recipes/2004/09/steam-salmon-salad-with-grapefruit-ginger-dressing HealthCentral