It is fairly common for people to gain an average of one pound per year during the holiday season. Unfortunately, that one pound doesn’t tend to go anywhere, and those pounds accumulate as the years go by. There are several factors that contribute to this weight gain, such as lack of exercise or motivation to go to the gym, stress, or seasonal depression. One of the most common factors, though, is the fact that many holiday-themed meals contain hard-to-digest ingredients that are quite fattening. 

Most holiday favorites, from stuffing and pie to peppermint mocha lattes and beyond, contain lots of sodium, fats, unhealthy carbs, and refined sugars. These dishes may taste delicious, but they leave you feeling exhausted because of the energy required to digest them. Holiday classics like turkey, ham, and stuffing can take between one to two days to digest. Next-day bloating isn’t inevitable, though. You can avoid sluggishness and discomfort with the following strategies. 

Avoid Allergies Or Intolerances

Sometimes, people will willingly eat foods they know do not agree with them simply because those dishes are specific to the holidays. Sure, there are lactose-free versions of many holiday staples, but the body can still experience some side effects from eating these foods. The body stores excess water when you eat carbohydrates and the class of sugars found in milk products. When planning your holiday menu or eyeing certain holiday treats, try your best to not overdo it with foods that slow you down. Aside from milk and wheat products, onions, garlic, beans, Brussels sprouts, and cauliflower can cause digestive side effects in some people. 

Take A Walk

It’s no secret that working out is quite uncommon during the holiday season. People are busy with end-of-year projects, traveling, holiday parties, school events, and so much more. Plus, a lot of people plan to lose weight or get fit in the new year, but we all know how that resolution tends to go. Take a walk whenever you can, be it on your lunch break or around the neighborhood before you leave for work. Additionally, take a 15- or 20-minute walk after you finish eating to aid digestion. Encouraging blood flow helps kickstart your metabolism and sweat helps flush excess toxins from the body. 

Save Room For Fiber-Rich Foods

We believe the saying, “Save room for dessert,” should be changed to, “Save room for fiber.” The reason for that is most people do not eat a sufficient amount of fiber in their daily diet. Dense foods that are full of refined sugars, simple carbohydrates, and unhealthy fats take forever to travel through the digestive tract. Incorporating more fiber-rich foods, such as fruits and vegetables, can make digestion a little easier this holiday season. Consider starting your meal with a salad or blended vegetable soup. Focus on fibrous greens, as they will help you feel full without overeating. 

Drink In Moderation

In addition to the fattening, hard-to-digest foods, alcohol also contributes to sluggish digestion and bloating. Mixed drinks tend to be high in refined sugar and air buildup from carbonated drinks like beer or champagne can cause excess gas. Additionally, the extra carbs in beer can leave you feeling slow, bloated, and sluggish. 

Check For Additives

We don’t want to generalize or insult any home chefs out there, so we’ll tread lightly here. Many holiday dishes utilize canned, boxed, or frozen foods that contain a lot of preservatives and excess sodium. Even a holiday staple like turkey can contain added sodium and pesticides. Additives can slow the digestive process and lead to water retention, two things that increase bloating. This year, opt for cleaner foods that are homemade. Consider roasting some seasonal vegetables or making blended vegetable soups. Knowing exactly what’s on your plate and in your food can help reduce the risk of bloating.

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If you associate fall with root vegetables, you are already ahead of the curve. Parsnips, butternut squash, yams, rutabaga, turnips, acorn squash, and more are common to use during the fall. You can incorporate these ingredients into roasted vegetable medleys, stews, soups, and so much more. Although “hearty” and “comforting” tend to be adjectives associated with fall meals, you can change the narrative while still utilizing seasonal ingredients. 

In this article, you will find recipes that call for roasted fall produce and we didn’t forget to include a couple soups. After all, what is fall without a soul-warming soup or stew? This article also aims to showcase some more refreshing fall recipes that don’t weigh you down. Whether you want perfectly spiced snack, filling side dish, or energizing breakfast, we have you covered. If you like some of the recipes in this article and post them to your socials, make sure to tag us! We love seeing our Dherbs family make the recipes we publish!

Pear Ginger Smoothie

Enhance your fall with this perfectly balanced pear ginger smoothie. It’s the perfect combination of sweet, spicy, and aromatic. You won’t want to stop drinking it!

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Spiced Fall Fig Smoothie

This spiced fall fig smoothie embraces some classic seasonal spices, but don’t let the sweet, almost milkshake-like flavor fool you; it’s brimming with nutrients!

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Roasted Kabocha Squash Seeds

Is this your new favorite snack? It could be if you are willing to be a little experimental. While these are not cleanse-approved, the kabocha squash seeds fill you up and satisfy salty cravings.

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Pumpkin Spice Date Energy Balls

Have you been on the lookout for a healthy pumpkin spice treat? Well, you found it in these raw vegan date energy balls. 

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Roasted Chickpea Fall Salad

A delicious creation that is crispy and hearty! Made with kale, roasted chickpeas, pomegranate arils and more, this fall salad is to die for. 

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Fall Harvest Salad

A deliciously filling fall harvest salad contains golden beets, sweet potatoes, and uses a hearty base of mixed greens and quinoa. You will not be hungry after eating a bowl of this salad. 

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Fall Vegetable Soup

This vegan fall vegetable soup brings together unsung earthy root vegetables like rutabaga, parsnip, carrots, and butternut squash. Your fall season would not be complete without this soup!

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Vegan Pumpkin Pie Pudding

Fortunately for you, this pumpkin pie pudding is a healthy, guilt-free dessert that you’ll be enjoying throughout autumn. It is a wonderful vegan creation that contains nutritionally-dense ingredients, including raw cashews, pumpkin puree, pure maple syrup, and pumpkin pie spice.

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Is there anything better than a warm bowl of comforting soup during a crisp autumn evening? A relaxing massage on a tropical beach might rival the bowl of soup, but just imagine that it isn’t for the sake of our argument. The ingredients in that bowl of soup, though, can either benefit or harm your health. Fortunately for you, the soups in this article are made from whole food ingredients and free of preservatives, excess sodium, added flavors, and unhealthy fats. 

There are many different soups, yet people tend to stick to a few classics: chicken noodle, tomato, or minestrone. If you purchase these soups in their canned form, chances are they are riddled with sodium, saturated fat, and processed ingredients. If you tend to enjoy soup when you are sick, you don’t want to put harmful ingredients in the body. In order to recover more quickly, the body requires nutritious foods that contain essential vitamins and minerals. The antioxidants in vegetables can help fight inflammation and get you on the mend more quickly than a can of beef stew.

Now, you do not have to fall ill in order to enjoy a bowl of soup. Comfort your soul on a crisp fall evening with one of the following soup recipes. If you make one of these soups, drop a comment and let us know how you liked it!

Creamy Celeriac Soup

This soup has a luxurious texture and depth of flavor. There is a slightly nutty flavor that makes this the perfect warming fall soup. It’s very easy to make, containing many members of the allium family, including leeks, onion, and garlic.

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Roasted Root Vegetable Soup

Warm, comforting, and very filling, this roasted root vegetable soup includes root veggies like squash, carrots, and potatoes, and onion. Although we have a list of ingredients, you can take a little creative liberty with your root veggies.

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Zucchini Potato Soup

An easy, velvety zucchini potato soup that is perfect for the chilly days of fall and winter. It makes for a great non-dairy, filling dinner!

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Slow Cooker Butternut Squash Soup

Winter squash? Didn’t fall just start? You are not wrong but winter squash refers to squash that are harvested during the fall. And this soup uses one of the most notable squash of the season: the butternut squash. It’s easy to prepare, cozy, and has incredible depth of flavor.

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Tomato Lentil Soup

Get ready to feast on this culinary creation. This dairy-free, creamy tomato lentil soup is incredibly satisfying and packed with protein. It’s very adaptable, so you can put a little creative culinary spin on the recipe if the inspiration strikes.

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Creamy Vegan Carrot Soup

Feel a cold coming on? Warm your soul, soothe your sore throat, and enhance immune function with this creamy vegan carrot soup. Carrots contain phytonutrients that enhance the body’s defense mechanisms, making it more resilient against infections.

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Vegan Kabocha Squash Soup

This perfectly creamy kabocha squash soup is rich, satisfying, and packs a little kick from the ginger and cayenne pepper. One of the cooler aspects of kabocha squash is that it has a lower glycemic load than sweet potato and pumpkin, so it won’t spike your blood sugar. 

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Sweet Potato Kale Soup

This sweet potato kale soup is perfect for chilly fall and winter evenings! It’s filling and flavorful, so it wont’ last long at your table. Not only will it please your palate, but it will also keep your belly full without weighing you down.

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Fall is one of the most gorgeous times of the year, especially if you live in an area where the leaves change color. The cooler temperatures and shorter days have us craving a comforting soup. Why not use some of fall’s best produce items? Many of these vegetables are root vegetables, which are often overlooked because people don’t know how to use them. This soup is not just about warming the soul; rather, it is about discovering the often overlooked flavors in ingredients like parsnip and rutabaga. Rutabaga and parsnip do not give this soup its signature orange color. This soup contains carrots and butternut squash, which provide beautiful sweetness to contrast the more assertive ingredients.

This soup is truly an appreciation of autumn’s quieter, deeper flavors. It is a reminder to step outside your comfort zone and utilize under-appreciated ingredients that offer rich flavors and comfort. Rutabaga belongs to the turnip family, but it has a sweeter flavor, so that classic bitter radish flavor will not surprise your taste buds. Parsnip is like a cross between a turnip and carrot, and if they ripened under a little cover of snow, they will be much sweeter. You can find that out if you purchase them from a local farmer’s market. In case the rutabaga and parsnip have a slightly bitter flavor, the butternut squash will help balance the soup with its natural sweetness.

Our hope is that this recipe helps you find joy in transforming humble vegetables into something that is both filling and satisfying. Perhaps you had a parent or grandparent that used to make magic with whatever was in the house. This soup may fill your home with the nostalgic aromas of the past and remind you of autumn with the family.

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When the days are slightly cooler, you want a meal that is warm, filling, and comforting. This kale soup is exactly the recipe you’ve been craving, whether you know it or not. It is a light broth that contains nutritionally dense ingredients and aromatic spices, such as thyme and rosemary. The squeeze of lemon gives this hearty soup a delicately bright finish that makes each spoonful better than the last. So if you are looking for a dish that is equal parts healthy, delicious, and cozy, this soup is it!

When it comes to making a great vegetable soup, it’s all about layering flavors. First and foremost, you have to sauté the aromatics. Cooking the onion, carrots, celery, and garlic with the rosemary, thyme, salt, and pepper helps to give somewhat of a caramelized flavor. You don’t want to cook them fully; rather, you just want to par-cook them until they are nice and fragrant. You’ll add the beans and broth to the same pot and then bring to a boil before reducing to a low simmer. Only add the kale in the last few minutes of cooking, or else it will get too soft. You want the kale to retain some texture when you spoon the soup into bowls. The same goes for the lemon juice, because you want the soup to retain that tang when you slurp it up.

When it comes to kale, you can choose the variety you enjoy best. You can opt for green curly kale, Tuscan kale, lacinato kale, or even dinosaur kale. Don’t have kale on hand or can’t find it in the grocery store? You can swap it for another sturdy green, such as Swiss chard or collard greens. Just make sure to taste and season the soup as you go. Some of you may prefer more lemon juice, while others want to add more black pepper or rosemary. Feel free to experiment with flavors, even though this recipe is solid as a rock!

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Clean eating is one of the best ways to aid the body’s natural detoxification processes. When you eat unprocessed, plant-based foods, the body has an easier time processing the food, which aids healthy elimination. As the weather starts to cool down, though, you may be a little timid about eating raw, plant-based meals. The mornings are brisk so smoothies may not appeal to you. Nobody wants to think about juicing with winter on the distant horizon. Fortunately, you can enjoy this carrot ginger soup raw and it’ll help warm up your insides.

Naturally, the carrots color this raw soup a beautiful orange, but carrots don’t warm you up. The provide a lovely sweetness that complements the spicy ginger and raw jalapeño. Those are the two ingredients that will keep you warm, alert, and feeling fresh and clean. Eating dinner can help reduce fermentation, constipation, and other causes of intestinal gas and bloating. Whether you consume fresh, ground, or pickled ginger, it has a warming effect on the body. It can brighten dishes and provides lots of antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antibacterial properties that benefit myriad bodily processes.

Similarly, raw jalapeño helps to warm you up from the inside. Unlike ginger, jalapeño tastes spicy. The reason for this is because it contains capsaicin. This plant compound tricks your brain into thinking that you are eating something hot. As you swallow the spicy food, the capsaicin spreads throughout the body, creating a warming effect. That means that every sip of this raw carrot ginger is going to warm you up until you finish the bowl!

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This isn’t your ordinary vegetable soup because this soup is made with roasted vegetables, which offer deeper, richer flavors and a subtle smokiness. Once you roast your vegetables, blend them together to make a creamy, addictive soup. Although there are many adjectives that can accurately describe this soup, it is simply delicious. Blending all of the ingredients together helps create a rich, creamy consistency. And the great thing about this soup is that is is great for all culinary skill levels. It is very beginner-friendly!

Why should you roast vegetables instead of steaming or sautéing them? While steaming is a great way to cook vegetables, you miss out on the caramelized flavor and delightful smokiness that comes from roasting them. But not all vegetables roast equally, as some take longer to cook than others. For example, it takes longer to roast tomatoes and bell peppers than it does to roast beets and parsnips. Because this recipe contains bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, carrots, and sweet potatoes, make sure to cut them appropriately to ensure even roasting. It is more important to cut the sweet potatoes and carrots thinly and the rest of the ingredients can be roughly the same size.

This recipe includes various vegetables, but you can make this soup with a few adaptations. You can use whatever vegetables you have on hand and incorporate different spices. Do you like a little spice? Throw some cayenne or chili powder into the mix. Consider adding beans for more protein. Opt out of the oat milk if you want a soup made strictly of vegetables. Don’t be afraid to put your own creative spin on this!

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Some bowls comfort the soul, others leave you wanting more flavor. Fortunately, you don’t have to go out to eat if you want to enjoy this gut-friendly miso soup in a much healthier way. You can quickly and easily make it at home and omit the tofu!

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Anyone can say that their New Year’s resolution is to eat healthy foods and lose weight. To put that plan into action is a different story entirely. It can be very challenging to start eating healthier foods, especially if those foods aren’t in regular rotation in normal recipes. So how does one start “eating healthy” all of a sudden, for example, as a New Year’s resolution? Well, it is quite easy to eat in a healthier way with a list of recipes to choose from.

For any resolution, it is best to have a plan and an accountability partner. Having someone accompany you on your health journey means that you can share recipes with that person. Is there a slightly competitive nature? Absolutely, but the support system is truly the gift of an accountability partner. Plus, if you eat out together, you can take turns finding healthy restaurants to try, which can open your eyes to new possibilities with different foods. 

If you want to start making healthy changes in the kitchen, then you need to have recipes to choose from. This article aims to help you on your path to better help by providing you with a series of recipes. Some of the recipes are raw vegan, meaning that our cleansers can enjoy them, while others are for vegans and vegetarians. Some of these recipes may even help detox the body after a long and indulgent holiday season. Eating healthier just makes you feel lighter, and the best part is that you don’t have to sacrifice flavor to feel this way! Here are some healthy choices to get you started on a healthier year of eating. 

Chocolate Banana Chia Pudding

Enjoy this chocolate banana chia pudding as a healthy breakfast or snack. It contains seven simple ingredients and is even simpler to make.

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Refreshing Winter Fruit Salad

Colorful, refreshing, and rich in nutrients, this winter fruit salad is tossed in a citrus lime dressing that perks up your taste buds.

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Digestion Supporting Green Drink

This green smoothie is loaded with fiber and beneficial for everyone, whether you are irregular or have a stellar digestive system.

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Tasty Tabbouleh

Learn how to make an authentic, tasty tabbouleh salad that is the perfect, refreshing, light dish you need for your diet resolutions.

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Vegan Butternut Squash And Chickpea Stew

There’s nothing like using seasonal produce to make delicious recipes. That’s why we love this hearty butternut squash and chickpea stew.

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Roasted Root Vegetable Soup

Warm, comforting, and very filling, this roasted root vegetable soup includes root veggies like squash, carrots, and potatoes, and onion.

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Sautéed Zucchini Hummus Wraps

Cooked to perfection, the buttery zucchini rolls up beautifully with the rest of the fresh ingredients in these vegan hummus wraps.

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Vegetable Detox Soup

This vegetable detox soup is the perfect, flavorful one pot recipe that helps you get back on track after a season of unhealthy eating.

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Coconut Cream Pie Chia Pudding

Dive into dessert in the healthiest way possible! A spoonful of this coconut cream pie chia pudding will excite your taste buds.

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Lemon Ginger Immune-Boosting Sorbet

Obey the sorbet! Boost your immune system with a bowl of this sweet and tangy dessert. Ginger lemon sorbet is exactly what you need in life.

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Roasted root vegetables can be an incredible side dish. It’s often a colorful medley ingredients, including squash, potatoes, onion, carrots, garlic, turnips, parsnips, or beets. While this soup doesn’t use all of those ingredients, it does use a few winter staples, some of which exhibit impressive antioxidant properties. In fact, three of the ingredients in this soup are excellent sources of beta-carotene!

Although we have a list of ingredients, you can take a little creative liberty with your root veggies. We don’t recommend using beets because they will turn your soup red quickly. The combination of sweet potatoes, butternut squash, carrots, and parsnips is quite tasty and the ingredients complement one another. If you want your soup to be more peppery, swap out the parsnips for some turnips. Just make sure that you always include red onion in the roasting pan, in addition to the onion you’ll sauté for the the soup base.

After the vegetables are nicely charred and fork tender, you’ll need to transfer them to a blender, along with your soup base. Now, if you have an immersion blender, you can pour the roasted vegetables into the large pot with your soup base and blend that way. Choose your own destiny, but make sure to savor the flavors along the way!

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