If you know me, you know I am a lover of food and the creative process that is cooking. I wake up sometimes and I envision what the meals for that day are going to look like and I do my best to bring my vision to life. I like to incorporate a lot of healthy ingredients to my cooking but there are some dishes that just reach out to the sweet-toothed Mercy and I go all in. So being aware of all this, I decided to go on a 4-day detox to try to give my system a bit of a break from all the junk food I had been injesting and also because I was feeling a bit bloated.
In this post I will focus on sharing the meal plan and recipes but I will encourage you to check out my medical feature post which will be coming out later this month. It will be an expose on the idea of 'detox diets' and if at all it is needed, with some details on my personal detox experience. I know I am sharing a detox diet right now but I would also like to delve into the science of it all to reveal if we are actually doing more harm than good through such meal plans.
I decided not to do a strict juice or smoothie diet because the inclusion of solids is honestly not going to adversely affect the idea of the plan. In fact, I would advice adding an egg and avocado sandwich with wholemeal bread to the breakfast and having a small portion regular meal for dinner, in addition to the smoothie. In essence, you can incorporate this 4-day plan to your regular meals. Ok, I'll stop there for now as I will be going into more detail in the medical post.
So check out the recipes below and if you do give it a go, please feel free to let me know. I would love to know about your experience. Until then, have an amazing week.
Lunch recipes
Oatmeal
Ingredients are as listed above.
Method
1) Prepare rolled oats using your preferred method. You can either cook it or prepare it in the microwave.
For cooked oats: Place 1/3 cup of rolled oat,1/3 cup of water and 1 cup of almond milk in a small saucepan and cook on medium heat and stir regularly for about 5 minutes or until desired consistency is achieved.
For microwaved oats: Place 1/3 cup of rolled oats and 1 cup of almond milk in a microwave bowl and microwave it uncovered for 2 minutes. Stir the oats and heat it up for another 2 minutes.
2) Dish oatmeal into a bowl and allow it to cool for about 1 minute.
3) Garnish it with fruits and nuts. (I sprinkled some desiccated coconut on mine to give it some more flavour)
Green salad
Ingredients are as listed above
Method
1) Dice 1 avocado, 1 green apple and 1/3 of a cucumber into small cubes and place in a bowl.
2) Squeeze a lemon and add its juice to the bowl and mix.
3) Serve in a salad bowl.
Note: You can add some slices of fruit such as lemon, orange, lime, strawberry and/or cucumber to your water.