TRADITIONAL RED HERRING SALAD

SALADSINSTAGRAMSTARTERSSIDESSCD RECIPE 4

Dec 27

Christmas is over and another year is coming to an end. What did I expect of the year 2023? What did it actually bring? So many things happened that I could not foresee. Many things I had wished to be different happened nonetheless. Other things happened that surprised me positively and brought me much joy. Many of us work hard on improving our lives, our finances, our happiness. But often, we forget that we cannot control every little detail and that there are many variables that influence where we were going.

Healing my body and mind had a lot to do with sorting out what is real and important and where to let go and trust in the process. When you heal with nutrition, the body starts leading the way. It uses the nutrients to clean up and detoxify, it uses the nutrients to strengthen the immune system. This is what I wanted, but what I did not expect was the unpleasant symptoms that come with healing. Headaches, stomach pains, blurred vision, dizziness, heart racing, feeling extremely cold, hair loss, just to name a few that were all part of my healing process. I knew that my path was right and would eventually free me of my chronic fatigue, SIBO, IBS, Migraines, and severe allergies, but in the beginning, I really had no idea how this would take place.

It is the same with anything in life. You cannot control every detail. All you can do is work hard on your goals, taking the obstacles one at a time and trust in the process. If you keep doing this consistently, eventually everything will turn out maybe not the way you expected it but always the way it was supposed to be.

Taking the right path will lead you there, but there will be some turns and obstacles you did not expect. Trying to let go and relax was the hardest thing for me to learn. I still struggle occasionally, catching myself trying to control the outcome instead of sitting back, waiting, and letting it all fall into place. Healing itself will lead the way. If you are going in the right direction, the outcome can only be right.

I think 2023 was the year of learning to fully embody the trust that healing has his own ways and that there will always be something I did not expect. Most of my healing had been linear for 11 years, but when menopause hit me last February, I was very surprised that I was thrown back into my most severe detox days. The symptoms were different but it was not easy to go through a physical and mental throwback like this one. I needed to learn to let go of my expectations, stop controlling the outcome, and once more embrace the healing process.

Trusting in the process and stop controlling the outcome is my take form 2023. That said, I am ready for 2024, whatever it will bring.

Wishing all of you a Happy New Year!

INGREDIENTS
for the salad:
6 salt herring filets, rinsed with cold water (I ordered from SCANDINAVIAN Specialties)
1 small beet
1 large Honeycrisp apple
1 small white onion or shallot, minced

for the dressing:
1/2 cup mayonnaise
3 tbsp plain yogurt (if you are sensitive to lactose I recommend homemade 24 hour yoghurt)
1 tbsp dijon mustard
1 tsp honey
1 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
1pinch white pepper
1 tbsp dill, minced

INSTRUCTIONS
for the salad:
Wrap the beet in aluminum foil and bake in the oven at 350° F/180° C for 40 to 50 minutes until soft. Remove from the oven and let cool. Remove the aluminum foil and using a paper towel rub off the peel. Cut the beet into small pieces and add to a bowl.

Peel and core the apple and cut into small pieces. Add to the bowl.

Cut the herring filets into small pieces and add to the bowl.

for the dressing:
Add the mayonnaise, yoghurt, honey, mustard, dill, and white pepper to a small bowl and mix until well combined.

Add the dressing to the salad bowl and carefully mix until well combined.

Refrigerate the salad for at least one hour.