This week I’m dishing up a yummy ‘Mini Detox Menu’ to keep you healthy, clean and glowing from the inside out.
Breakkie
• Bircher muesli or raw muesli with sheep or goat’s yoghurt. Add fresh fruit and raw activated almonds if you’re feeling hungry! Worth noting that sheep and goat’s dairy are often better tolerated than cow’s dairy as their protein-fat structure is easier to digest.
• Dandelion tea or a dandelion latte (if you’re lucky enough to have a good coffee shop that does these!) instead of coffee. Green or white tea OK too. Dandelion helps cleanse the liver and purge toxins; green and white are packed full of antioxidants!
Lunch
• Mixed bean and/or lentil salad with spinach leaves, diced tomato, haloumi (or goat’s cheese) and avocado. Season with olive oil, squeezed lemon, fresh herbs (we like basil), rock salt and ground pepper.
• Peppermint or ginger tea (drink an hour after lunch to avoid diluting digestive enzymes) to soothe a bloated tummy and ease digestion.
Dinner
• Oily or white fish in a pine nut and herb crust or baked in foil with fresh herbs and organic butter. Serve with a bitter greens and beetroot salad. Bitter greens include chicory or endives, rocket, watercress, mustard greens etc.
• 2 squares of dark chocolate – we like Loving Earth as it is raw and sweetened with agave
• Fennel tea to combat bloating and fluid retention
Snacks
• Detox juice: choose either apple/pear + green veggies or beetroot/carrot/ginger
• Celery and/or carrot sticks with hummus or fresh guacamole
• Raw activated cashews or almonds
• 1 or 2 pieces of fresh fruit
