Welcome to 21 Days of Detoxing with clean, whole, real food – for the past 21 days I’ve been posting a new recipe here each day. You can wait until the next time I run this program live, or get yourself the DIY version available here.
Congratulations to all of my detoxers – we made it!
Every time I run this program, the personality of the group is a little different. I have to say, this spring’s group has been THE most self-sufficient, get’ er done detoxers I’ve ever had. No whining or complaining here, just wham bam I’m gonna do this great thing for myself and that’s that.
Mostly moms in this group – so it all makes sense. The strongest, smartest women in the world, right? Happy Mother’s Day to us all!
Welcome to 21 Days of Detoxing with clean, whole, real food – boy do I have some good stuff in store for you! From now until May 13th you can find a new recipe here each day. You can wait until the next time I run this program live, or get yourself the DIY version available here.
We’re in the home stretch! Along the way everyone has given rave reviews of all our detox recipes here on the blog and in the official detox cookbook – it gives me such hope that we CAN move away from processed, prepared stuff and develop a preference for real, whole food.
Such important work. Whether you’ve been detoxing or just following along, I salute you!
Today’s recipe is from about a year ago when I recreated this restaurant beet salad at home. If you’ve never prepared beets, I know they can be scary. But they are round, friendly lil’ guys. I swear!
My beet tips?
1. Don’t peel them, just scrub. Way easier.
2. Wear gloves or handle them under running water to avoid staining your hands
3. When you get home from the store, immediately scrub those suckers and throw ‘em in the oven. That way they are ready to go when you need them.
Welcome to 21 Days of Detoxing with clean, whole, real food – boy do I have some good stuff in store for you! From now until May 13th you can find a new recipe here each day. You can wait until the next time I run this program live, or get yourself the DIY version available here.
19 days in and our detox group is going strong. You know, it’s all about giving our bodies a chance to “breathe” – to lighten the toxic load and catch up with the detoxifying work that happens naturally. But it’s also about learning new skills and creating healthy habits that will last long beyond these 21 days. I think that’s the most important part.
Speaking of learning something new – let’s talk about nuts. They sit in a bowl at parties. They get chopped up and added to brownies.
It was a real eye-opener when I learned how many interesting other ways nuts can be used. I’ve made vegan “meatloaf” with mushrooms and nuts. Last year’s detox group enjoyed vegan cheese made from nuts. But ranch dip? This one was new to me! I’m so, so glad I begged another recipe from Sara at DStreetWellness.com because this is a keeper, my friends.
Whether you’re vegan or not, this is a great example of a food that many of us would buy at the store when it’s really quite easy to make yourself. And when you buy it at the store, the ingredients will be something a little less desirable…genetically modified soybean oil, MSG, and plenty of sugar. Here’s what the Hidden Valley Ranch ingredient label says:
Welcome to 21 Days of Detoxing with clean, whole, real food – boy do I have some good stuff in store for you! From now until May 13th you can find a new recipe here each day. You can wait until the next time I run this program live, or get yourself the DIY version available here.
Keeping it simple in the kitchen doesn’t mean eating plain brown rice. With the right formula, you can make a million meals and never even look at a recipe!
Today’s recipe (from Jennifer at healthcoachandcook.com) plays with a very basic detox formula of mine. Ready?
Welcome to 21 Days of Detoxing with clean, whole, real food – boy do I have some good stuff in store for you! From now until May 13th you can find a new recipe here each day. You can wait until the next time I run this program live, or get yourself the DIY version available here.
Confession: I’ve never grilled anything in my life until this summer. I mean, I’ve prepared stuff for the grill. I’ve handed food to the person grilling, served grilled food, certainly eaten grilled food.
But stand over the grill myself? Intimidating! I generally rule the kitchen and let my husband handle the outdoor stuff. Divide and conquer? Or just stupid gender roles?
While I still have no idea how you do it with charcoal, I’m proud of myself for figuring out this gas grill we have on the patio. Ha – I bet you’re laughing at me. That’s ok. I’m kinda laughing at me too.
Welcome to 21 Days of Detoxing with clean, whole, real food – boy do I have some good stuff in store for you! From now until May 13th you can find a new recipe here each day. You can wait until the next time I run this program live, or get yourself the DIY version available here.
Ever get a facial? Here’s my question: Why is it ok for an esthetician to squeeze the heck out of my pores but a no-no for me to do it myself?
I just don’t get it.
Anyway, I’ve had a few facials in my life and they usually go like this:
Me: I have oily skin
Esthetician: Actually your skin is quite dry
Me: But it’s always oily
Esthetician: It needs to be moisturized. Hydrated. Your skin is really dry.
Me: But then won’t it be too oily?
I guess the thing is, my skin was always chronically under-hydrated, which made it produce more oil. But since I was a teen I’ve been drying out my skin on purpose! Oh, the acne! Oh the Clearasil!
Welcome to 21 Days of Detoxing with clean, whole, real food – boy do I have some good stuff in store for you! From now until May 13th you can find a new recipe here each day. You can wait until the next time I run this program live, or get yourself the DIY version available here.
Plant-based foods are often square pegs, forced into a meat-lover’s round peg world. Beans? Let’s make burgers out of them. Almonds? We can make it into milk! And soy…? Apparently we can make that into anything we damn well please, from tofurky to corn dogs to ice cream. Some of these substitute uses are perfectly natural and healthy. Others are super questionable.
Welcome to 21 Days of Detoxing with clean, whole, real food – boy do I have some good stuff in store for you! From now until May 13th you can find a new recipe here each day. You can wait until the next time I run this program live, or get yourself the DIY version available here.
A few weeks ago I was in a huge rush to get dinner made. Actually, my husband was making dinner and I just wanted some greens to go with it. So since I already had a bunch of chopped kale in the fridge, I threw it into a pot with water and told him to give them a quick steam. I hate steaming greens but figured, hey, it’ll be fine.
They came out gray and soggy and awful. My husband said they tasted like cafeteria green beans. And he was right! Moral of the story: Do not steam your greens until they are gray!
Luckily there are about a gabillion ways to cook greens so that they are delicious, full of life, and totally nutritious. It just takes a little skill and know-how. Today’s recipe marks the 2/3 mark of our detox program, and I hope my wonderful group of ladies have learned a thing or two about preparing greens by now!
Here’s a recipe that makes the most out of another very common, often misunderstood green vegetable: cabbage.
Welcome to 21 Days of Detoxing with clean, whole, real food – boy do I have some good stuff in store for you! From now until May 13th you can find a new recipe here each day. You can wait until the next time I run this program live, or get yourself the DIY version available here.
Let’s make friends with a new grain today, shall we? As counter-intuitive as this may sound, buckwheat is not wheat. It’s actually not even a grain.
Um…it’s a fruit seed. Who knew? Most of us consider it a grain because it looks like a grain, cooks up like a grain, can be made into flour like a grain…you get my drift.
Why bother with it? Here’s why:
It’s a complete protein
Like some other gluten-free “grains” (quinoa, amaranth, teff…) buckwheat contains all essential amino acids, including the oft-forgotten lysine. I hear cheers from the vegetarian/vegan crowd!
Buckwheat is a gluten-free food
Gluten-free doesn’t necessarily mean spending a lot of money on specialty breads or crackers. Choosing naturally gluten-free foods is the cheaper, healthier option.
Welcome to 21 Days of Detoxing with clean, whole, real food – boy do I have some good stuff in store for you! From now until May 13th you can find a new recipe here each day. You can wait until the next time I run this program live, or get yourself the DIY version available here.
Early on, one of this year’s detox ladies told us that she had never had kale before. She’d never prepared it in any way, yet she jumped in and made kale chips! What a fearless woman!
If you’ve never had kale, eating it raw may seem absolutely insane. That’s what I used to think. The secret?
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