Day 14

As the saying goes, “you are what you eat.”  And by eating incredibly healthfully these past two weeks, I’ve as a result been feeling incredibly healthy.  Often, detox comes with the assumption that you can’t eat anything except for grapefruit.  And as we all should know, that’s not healthy.  A grapefruit could never provide you with all the nutrients and minerals you need to be healthier.  Sure, the point of a detox is to rid your body of toxins, but you also need to replace those toxins with fruits and grains and vegetables and beans that will restore your health.  And I can proudly say that while I detoxified my body, I did in fact eat food.

Now in my case, I wasn’t sick or overweight or anything of the sort when I decided to do a detox.  I just felt like I needed a cleansing.  After all, a girl can only eat so many baked goods.  And as a seventeen year old with a serious sweet tooth and an undying love for cheese leading an incredibly busy life, if I can do it, I really believe anybody can do it too.

Now, for the last supper (and breakfast, dinner, and snack) of my detox.

Breakfast: Millet with banana, toasted pecans, and almond milk.

Lunch: Coconut, tomato, lentil stew and roasted cauliflower, brussels sprouts, and red onions.

Snack: Apple and banana, oatmeal, almond cookies.

Dinner: Sushi – Since it’s just vegetables, fish, and rice, I assumed it would be detox friendly. It was my last day anyways.

Now I’m off to eat some chocolate.  It’s time for a reunion.

Day 13

Breakfast: Blueberry banana smoothie with soymilk, chia seeds, and hemp seeds. – If you haven’t noticed, I enjoy this smoothie quite a bit.  Although smoothies are incredibly flexible, I’ll include a recipe today.

Lunch: Red pepper, carrots, brown rice crackers, hummus, an apple, and almonds.

Dinner/Snack:  Celery sticks and almond butter, apple, and banana oatmeal almond cookies.  What I love most about these cookies is that you can tell people you can eat cookies even if you’re on a detox diet.

Banana-Blueberry Smoothie

Ingredients

• 1 banana
• 1/4 -1/2 cup soymilk (depending on what consistency you’d like.  Add more for a thinner consistency and less for a thicker, more icy-like consistency.)
• 1/2 – 3/4 cup frozen blueberries (or any variety of frozen berries/fruit)
• 1 tablespoon shelled hemp seeds
• 1 tablespoon chia seeds

Preparation

1. Blend banana and soymilk until smooth in a blender.
2. Then add berries, blend until smooth.
3. Finally, add the hemp and chia seeds and blend until smooth.
4. Enjoy a delicious ice cold smoothie.

Banana Oatmeal Almond Cookies recipe adapted from here. (These are sugar-free, dairy-free, and wheat-free, and gluten-free)

Ingredients

• 2 cups rolled oats
• 3 ripe bananas
• 1/3 cup coconut flakes
• 1/4 cup melted coconut oil
• 2/3 cup almond meal (or oat flour)
• 1 teaspoon almond extract (vanilla or coconut would be great too)
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 – 3/4 cup toasted, sliced almonds

Preparation

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line baking sheets with silpat or parchment paper.
2. Mix together dry ingredients: oats, almond meal, coconut flakes, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt.
3. Mash bananas, then mix with coconut oil and almond extract.
4. Mix the banana mixture into the dry mixture.
5. Fold in the toasted almonds.
6. Drop the mixture by the tablespoon on the baking sheets.
7. Bake the cookies 12-14 minutes.
8. Remove from oven and let cool on baking sheet.

Day 12

Breakfast: Blueberry banana smoothie with soymilk, chia seeds, and hemp seeds.

Lunch: Carrots, brown rice crackers, hummus, and apple.

Snack: Two glasses of almond milk.

Dinner: I was exceptionally busy so scrambled eggs, spinach, waffles, and two slices of bacon it was again.  Oh, and some pineapple for dessert.

Day 10

Breakfast: Banana-Blueberry smoothie made with soymilk, chia seeds, and hemp seeds.

Lunch: Mini carrots and hummus, brown rice crackers, and an apple.

Snack: Almonds and an apple.

Dinner: Vegetable Fried Rice and two glasses of almond milk.

Day 9

Breakfast: Banana-blueberry smoothie made with soymilk, chia seeds, and hemp seeds.

Lunch: Leftover beans, mini carrots, brown rice crackers, and an apple.

Snack: Almonds and an apple.

Dinner: Spinach, tomato, basil, and olive oil salad with leftover chicken.