On days one through six of the cleanse I enjoyed meals packed with whole, healthy foods. This led up to a three-day juice/raw food diet.
Oh, there was juice! Here’s how it shook out:
Saturday: Lemon water upon waking, 8am juice, 10am juice, noon juice, 2pm juice, 3-5pm Master Cleanse beverage (water, maple syrup, lemon juice and cayenne pepper) as needed, 6pm juice.
Sunday: Lemon water upon waking, 8am juice, 10am and noon Master Cleanse beverage and then…..food:
2pm Spinach-Papaya Salad
6pm “Udon Noodle” Soup
I loved both of the raw meals. My husband, the omnivore? Not so much.
I especially loved the dressing on the lunch salad—key ingredients: almond butter, tomato seeds and plum paste. The “noodle” soup rocked my world. Fresh coconut water (yep, we picked up a whole coconut at Whole Foods) was the base for the broth, which was poured over julienned carrots and snow peas and topped with scallions. Both recipes, on the 14-day cleanse meal plan provided by my nutrition counselor, were created by raw chef Roxanne Klein.
Monday: Lemon water upon waking, juice at 8am and 10am and a Master Cleanse beverage at noon. I enjoyed a fruit and nut salad at 2pm and an Alfalfa Sprout & Avocado salad at 6pm. I devoured it and then, doh! I realized I didn’t a take picture! Trust me, it was beautiful and it was tasty!
I’m on the home stretch of the cleanse! Just four more days. Saturday night I’m cracking open a bottle of red wine to enjoy with my last cleanse meal. Sunday morning? Coffee, baby!
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I finally cleaned up my recipe page. I think you’ll find it much easier to use. Let me know if you try some of the recipes!
