Time for another What I Ate Wednesday! On Monday, hubby and I started a detox diet which is basically just clean, healthy eating for 4 weeks. Week 1 focuses on fruits, veggies, nuts, and seeds. Week 2 you add in beans and lentils and organic soy. Week 3 you add in eggs and gluten free grains. We decided to do this to get back to our healthy eating. I have been eating way too much sugar lately!
I am still nursing Little Man so I am eating some grains and beans during week 1 as well. I have been feeling pretty good; had some major sugar cravings the last couple days but good otherwise. Hubby had a killer headache on Monday from the lack of coffee. Yesterday hubby started having some intestinal issues though including nausea and still is not feeling well this morning so I am thinking that he caught a stomach bug and that is not from the diet. I hope the rest of the family can avoid it!
So, this edition of WIAW is a very clean eating day!
Breakfast was oatmeal with banana, peanut butter, flaxseed and almonds.
A smoothie with pomegranate juice and frozen berries for a snack.
Lunch was a kale slaw which was delicious! I am including the recipe for this at the end of this post.
For a snack I had some almonds and cashews that I didn’t take a picture of as well as a smoothie with almond milk, peanut butter, banana, and flax.
Dinner was steamed broccoli with roasted butternut squash with shredded cabbage and a tahini dressing. Very good!
The dressing was 1/4 cup tahini, juice of half a lemon, 1 T olive oil, a splash of apple cider vinegar, pepper, cumin, and a pinch of cayenne. Yummy!
For dessert I made a fruit pie. This pie was awesome and has no added sugar!
In a food processor pulse together 1 cup dates with 1/3 cup each of cashews, walnuts, and almonds. Add 1 tsp vanilla. Press this into the bottom of a pie dish for the crust. Top with sliced bananas, sliced strawberries, pureed strawberries, mixed berries, and oranges. It really was delicious! I will definitely be making this again and taking proper photos so I can do an actual post on it!
Ingredients
- 2 cups kale, sliced into small ribbons
- 4 cups shredded cabbage (I used packaged slaw mix)
- 1/4 cup parsley, chopped
- 2 T olive oil
- 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
- juice of half a lemon
- 1/4 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 T chia seeds
- 2 T pumpkin seeds
- 2 T slivered almonds
Instructions
- Place the kale, cabbage, and parsley in a bowl.
- In a small bowl combine the olive oil, vinegar, lemon, and paprika.
- Pour over the kale mixture.
- Top with the seeds and nuts.
- Salt and pepper to taste.
Notes
Adapted from Whole Living
All of this looks fantastic! Your cleanse sounds a lot like the one I’m on (4 days to go!). You’ll get over the cravings pretty quickly. The most surprising thing to me is that at this point I don’t really have a desire to eat any differently… except a little nut butter would be nice.
Good luck on the detox! It sounds like a yummy way to do one.
This all looks so good, especially the smoothie–yum! I haven’t been eating so well lately–when I get stressed, I want sugar. But then I don’t feel good from eating all the sugar. :/ I hope the rest of your detox goes well!
Oooh, so many good ideas here! The kale salad looks awesome. And I’ve seen similar recipes for pie that I’ve wanted to try, must make it soon! Yes- I’ve been eating too much sugar too. Nice job on the clean eating day!
I absolutely adore kale, but I’ve never tried it raw. I’ll definitely be giving this a try.
I hope you like it! This was my first experience with raw kale also and I was pleasantly surprised.
So glad you liked kale raw! You must make massaged kale salads, perfect for your detox. If you look up choosingraw.com she has some great ones, and google will find you the recipe for whole foods vegan kale waldorf salad that is amazing
Wow I LOVE this post! Me and my boyfriend have been thinking of detoxing so this is so helpful!
Love your blog, so glad to be your newest follower! xoxo
Glad you found it helpful. The hardest part of the detox for me is the sugar!
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