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8 Delicious Recipes Featuring Foods with Zinc for Hair Growth!
By Jacqueline Samaroo
Taking good care of your natural, textured hair and your scalp can involve using a wide range of products. What we must remind ourselves of, however, is that beautiful, healthy-looking hair starts on the inside. To nourish it, you will have to eat a balanced diet with foods that contain plenty of good-for-your-hair vitamins and minerals.
One of those minerals is zinc. Luckily, getting zinc from the foods you eat isn’t hard to do. Regardless of whatever healthful diet you may be adhering to, we’re pretty sure plenty of foods with zinc for hair are already a part of your daily meals.
But, isn’t it always great when you can find new and exciting (and tasty!) recipes that feature foods you already have in your pantry and refrigerator? Yes, it is – especially when you know those foods are helping you to grow the full, strong, and healthy hair you want!
That’s why we’ve scoured the internet to find these eight awesome and awesomely easy recipes featuring foods with zinc for hair growth. Enjoy!
To find out just how vital zinc is for your hair, read 5 Amazing Benefits of Zinc for Hair Growth You NEED to Know!
Here are the eight zinc-rich recipes we have lined up for you
The wonderful thing about foods high in zinc for hair growth is that they are usually rich in other nutrients, too. Plus, there are many recipes that include foods with vitamin C and zinc, as well as selenium and zinc-rich foods for you to partake of.
Meats are some of the best sources of zinc, but many options of vegan foods with zinc can be found – as you’ll see from the recipes we have in store for you!
- Pepita Guacamole
- Muesli
- Almond Butter
- Jamaican-Style Chickpea Curry
- Garlic Oysters
- Five Bean Casserole
- Curried Crab with Coconut and Chili
- Fruit and Yogurt Smoothie
Eight recipes with zinc-rich foods for hair and scalp health
Our line-up includes plenty of seeds, peas, and beans as well as seafood (delicious crabs and oysters). Keep in mind that these are still just a few of your options when it comes to foods with zinc. The mineral can also be found in good quantities in various meats, such as beef, pork, lamb, and chicken.
1. Pepita Guacamole
Prep. Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
Pumpkin seeds
This tasty, nutrient-packed guacamole dish is as easy as putting all the ingredients in a bowl and combining them with a fork. And… you’re done!
Your pepita guacamole will be soft, crunchy, and spicy thanks to its avocado, roasted and chopped pumpkin seeds (pepitas), onion, cilantro, and jalapeno. A little fresh lime juice, freshly ground black pepper, and kosher salt help to bring all its flavors together.
Click here to see the full recipe.
2. Muesli
Prep. Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes
Oats are a good source of zinc, as are walnuts and sunflower seeds. This recipe has them all, along with other vegan foods with zinc, including wheat germ and wheat bran. Brown sugar and raisins are added to the mix for sweetness and all you have to do is store it in the fridge until you are ready to dive in!
Serve with milk, fruit juice, or freshly sliced fruits and know you’re eating something great (and yummy!) for your hair.
Click here to see the full recipe.
3. Almond Butter
Prep. Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Yes, there are many brands of almond butter for you to choose from on the supermarket shelves – but, wouldn’t it be nice to make your own with ingredients you choose and control.
The really wonderful thing about this almond butter is that it’s made with just five simple ingredients – raw almonds, ground cinnamon, salt, vanilla extract, and either maple syrup or honey. That’s it – no preservatives and no additives.
Roast your almonds then blend them until smooth and creamy before adding your other ingredients. Use your almond butter as a topping for toast or an ingredient in your smoothie or any way you like!
Click here to see the full recipe.
Related article: Curly Haircare: How Does Almond Oil Help In Hair Growth? 5 Wonderful Benefits
4. Jamaican-Style Chickpea Curry
Prep. Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
This Jamaican-style chickpea curry is loaded with herbs and spices for tons of flavor. Chickpeas give you appreciable amounts of zinc, iron, and manganese – all of which are hair-healthy minerals.
To make this dish, start by cooking onions, garlic, ginger, paprika, curry powder, and thyme in coconut oil. Once their fragrance has taken over your kitchen (and likely, your whole house!) add tomatoes, carrots, chickpeas, coconut milk, water, and allspice. Finish up with salt and pepper then serve and enjoy your zinc for hair growth!
Click here to see the full recipe.
5. Garlic Oysters
Prep. Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
Oysters top the list of foods with zinc! In fact, oysters are really nutrient-dense and are among the best selenium and zinc-rich foods you can find.
Begin by preparing garlic butter and setting it in the fridge to solidify a bit. Safely clean and open your oysters (the recipe explains completely how this is done). Add garlic butter and Romano cheese (yum!) to your oysters and set them to bake.
All that’s left is to impress your guest with your homemade “restaurant classic!”
Click here to see the full recipe.
Related articles: While we’re on the subject of seafood with zinc for hair, check out this recent post on caviar for hair:5 Amazing Caviar Benefits for Skin and Hair Care.
6. Five Bean Casserole
Prep. Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
Total Time: 2 hours 40 minutes
Eat your beans! Why? because they are packed with zinc for general health and well-being, of course! The five beans you’ll need for this recipe are butter beans, lima beans, chickpeas (aka garbanzo beans), kidney beans, and baked beans. You will also need bacon and it’s good to know pork is a source of zinc, too.
Start by frying, draining, and crumbling your bacon then sauteing onion and adding in some brown sugar, mustard, garlic powder, salt, and vinegar. Lastly, add the beans and bake. You’re done – a delicious sweet and sour bean casserole that’s great on its own or paired with your favorite veggies and starch.
Click here to see the full recipe.
7. Curried Crab with Coconut and Chili
Prep. Time: 30 minutes
Inactive Time: 35 minutes
Cook Time: 2 hours
Total Time: 3 hours 5 minutes
Next in our recipes of foods with zinc is a scrumptious curried crab that sure to delight anyone you invite over for dinner! It has quite a long ingredients list but they are the kinds of things you most likely already have in your kitchen or can easily get a hold of.
Fair warning: The recipe starts out with live crabs – so this is not for the faint of heart!
Some of the spices that add wonderful flavor to this curry are cumin seeds, fresh ginger, garlic, and green chili. Of course, there is also turmeric and coconut milk in it as you would expect with any good curry dish.
Click here to see the full recipe.
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- 8 Spicy (and Easy!) Recipes with Turmeric for Hair Growth
- The Terrific Benefits of Turmeric for Hair Growth – Curly Hair Ingredients 101
8. Fruit and Yogurt Smoothie
Total Time: 5 minutes
Rounding out our foods with zinc for hair is a comforting fruit and yogurt smoothie that is perfect any time of day! it only takes five minutes since that’s all the time you need to blend up your ingredients. Along with the yogurt, you’ll need sugar, milk, strawberries, and pineapple juice as well as a banana. Sooo sweet and easy!
Click here to see the full recipe.
Did we include any of your favorite foods in our choice of recipes featuring foods with zinc for hair growth? Let us know!
