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Seed Cycling

These are recipes that I've designed to go along with female hormones. Eating in conjunction with your cycle can support healthy hormones as they eb and flow. These recipes focus on either the menstrual phase, follicular stage, ovulatory stage, or luteal stage.

Seed cycling focuses on eating flax and pumpkin through days 1-14 and eating sunflower seeds and sesame seeds through days 15-28 (or the first half and second half of your cycle - as a healthy cycle can vary between 28-35 days). This is a natural approach to support your hormones alongside other lifestyle factors.

If we were sitting down together, I would share that the key is: that these seeds need to be eaten consistently. I've created these recipes, to make it easier for myself to regularly include them into my everyday eating, so now I want to share these recipes with other women who desire to live holistically. If you want to hear more about eating with your cycle, listen in to this episode I did on the PMS Made Peaceful podcast. I learned about the benefits of seed cycling in my nutrition training.

  • A glass cup filled with light brown smoothie with pumpkin seeds on top, with leaves in the backgrounds.
    Pumpkin Seed Smoothie (Super Creamy)
  • Light brown energy bites with flecks of oats and dark chocolate chips with pumpkin seed on top and cinnamon sticks beside it.
    Pumpkin Oatmeal Balls
  • A pottery bowl with granola in it that contains pumpkin seeds and oats.
    Granola with pumpkin seeds and flax
  • A child's hand reaching for a granola bar with pumpkin seeds on top.
    Pumpkin Seed Bars
  • A pile of cookies with melted chocolate chips on top with hemp hearts.
    Hemp Cookies
  • A flat lay photo of a dark red smoothie with hemp hearts, cherries, strawberries, and raspberries on top.
    Smoothie for Your Period
  • A brownish pink smoothie in a glass with tahini on top with raspberries.
    Luteal Phase Smoothie
Danika-vanderpyl-hiking-with-mountains

Hey hey! I'm Danika.

I'm certified in holistic nutrition, and I create snack recipes! Because unprocessed, wholesome, nutrient-dense snacks are hard to find, but I want everyone to know they are easy to make!

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  • A pottery bowl with granola in it that contains pumpkin seeds and oats.
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