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During a detox or cleanse
it is obviously essential to feed your body with as many nutrients as possible
while eliminating all harmful foods and liquids.
Depending on the type of detox you
are undertaking, the below will be useful to you as a basic core of
detoxifying, cleansing recipes.
All of these recipes are
acceptable regardless of the detox method you chose, however, some
detox/cleanse programs are more flexible than others so do feel free to add
ingredients that are acceptable on your detox/cleanse plan. With all detox and cleansing diets getting enough nutrients is essential, so we recommend our Moringa Plus multivitamin/Super food. There are no fillers or binders and it has the highest nutritional value of any multivitamin or super food product currently available. No company has accepted our challenge to compare our Moringa Plus to any other their products. We urge you to compare our Moringa Plus to your present multivitamin or super food. Shocking isn't it.
Detox & Cleanse Recipes
The aim of the recipes below is to give your body an abundance
of nutrients in a way that it will find easy and effortless to digest and
utilise. Please feel free to contact us if you
have any other recipe suggestions that you would like to publish here!
Alkalising Raw Soup
Serves 2
This is definitely a highly
energising soup and is a big favourite while on a cleanse or detox. Contains
avocado which is high in EFAs and cucumber which is well known for its
cleansing properties. The taste of this soup can be dramatically altered by the
use of the herbs and spices mentioned or by alternating between lemon and lime.
Ingredients:
1 avocado
2 spring onions
1/2 red or green pepper
1 cucumber
2 handfuls of spinach
1/2 clove of garlic
100ml of light vegetable Bouillon (yeast free)
Juice of 1 lemon or lime
Optional: coriander, parsley, cumin.
Blend the avocado and stock to form a
light paste, then add the other ingredients and blend.
Vegetable Super Juice
Serves 2
This juice is a popular one for
breakfast as it gives your energy levels a boost, wakens your digestive system
whilst giving your body a nutrition, yet gentle start to the day. 250ml mixed
with 250ml of distilled water is usually enough to keep me going until
lunchtime. If you are keen to get '5-a-Day' this is a pretty good start!
Ingredients:
1 whole cucumber
4 sticks of celery
2-4 handfuls of spinach
8 lettuce leaves
Any other greens!
Optional boosters: parsley and fresh alfalfa sprouts
Juice all ingredients and mix 50/50 with distilled water.
Add optional lemon juice to taste to boost the alkalinity of the juice.
Healing Detox Juice
Serves 2
A sweeter, more subtle juice which still packs a
nutritional punch! The combination of the carrots, spinach and parsley provides
an excellent source of antioxidants, while the celery lends its cleansing
properties.
Ingredients:
3-4 Carrots
125g Fresh Spinach
Handful of Flat Leaf Parsley
2-3 Sticks of Celery
Juice all ingredients (putting celery through last). Mix with
water to taste or drink neat (your preference).
Warm Broccoli Soup
Serves 2
This is definitely a winter
favourite and destroys the myth that all raw food has to be cold and
unwelcoming! By steaming the broccoli for just 5-6 minutes, the meal remains
raw, but gains enough warmth to give that filling, comforting feeling of soup.
The texture given by the broccoli and the kick of the ginger make this an
excellent choice for those new to alkalising.
Ingredients:
1/2 Avocado
6 -8 Decent size Broccoli Heads
1/3 Red Onion
1 Celery Stick
Big Handful of Spinach
An Inch of Root Ginger
Cumin (Optional)
Lightly steam the broccoli (5-6 minutes) and put with
all ingredients in a blender. Add garlic, pepper, Spices of Life to taste. The heat
from the broccoli makes this a lovely, gently warmed soup great for winter.
Autumn Tomato & Avocado Alkalising
Soup
Serves
2
This is a nice soup to have either cold (a bit like gazpacho)
or warmed (on a slightly chilly morning or evening)
Ingredients:
5 large ripe (preferably vine) tomatoes.
1 ripe avocado
1 spring onion
1/4 cup ground almonds (freshly done yourself, not packet)
1 cup broth from Swiss Vegetable Bouillon
1/4 teaspoon dill seed
Dash cayenne pepper
Sea salt & cracked
black pepper to taste
All you need to do is place all of the ingredients into a
blended (except one of the tomatoes) and blend! Depending on whether you are
going cold or warm - then place the soup into a pan and warm very slightly.
Warming so that it is not painful to put your finger into still means that the
soup is raw. Add the last tomato (sliced) on top and serve!
Voila!
Creamless Spinach Soup
This simple soup will revitalize your system as part of a Detox diet.
Servings: 2
Ingredients:
1 pound of spinach
1/2 cup diced onion
1/2 cup diced carrots
1/2 cup diced celery
1/2 cup diced leek
3 cups water
1/2 teaspoon Thyme
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 teaspoon chopped garlic
Recipe:
Sauté the onions, carrots, celery, leek in a pot with the oil and garlic.
Add the water and Thyme, simmer for one hour then leave to cool for one hour.
Puree in a blender, then put back in the pot on medium heat.
Add the spinach, cook until it wilts, and serve hot!
Cleansing Vegetable Broth
Many people believe that foods rich in the alkaline minerals sodium,
potassium, calcium and magnesium help to neutralize toxic acids that can harm
the body. This soup is overloaded with all those ingredients and should help
you feel great!
Ingredients:
2 cup carrot tops
2 cups celery tops
2 cups beet tops
2 quarts distilled water
3 cups celery stalk
3 cups water
2 cups red skinned potato peeling 1/2 inch thick
1 small zucchini
Recipe:
Chops all the vegetables into small pieces. Place them in a pot and bring to
the boil. Reduce heat and simmer, with the lid on, for 30 minutes.
Poached Red Snapper on Kale with Red Pepper Coulis
Did you think that cleansing food needs to be bland and tasteless? Well
here's the proof that its not!
Servings: 2
Ingredients:
6 four-ounce pieces of red snapper
juice of one lemon
1 teaspoon peppercorns
1 bay leaf
3 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
2 teaspoons garlic, chopped
2 pounds of kale
2 red peppers
1 cup basil
Recipe:
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Place the snapper pieces in a shallow baking tray,
covered with water, and add the lemon juice, peppercorns and bay leaf. Place in
the oven for 30 minutes.
While the fish is cooking, sauté the kale with olive oil and garlic. Place
the kale on plates - this is the base of the dish. Now broil the peppers until
blackened. Remove the skin and seeds, dice, and sauté the pieces with olive oil
and basil. Allow to cool and puree.
To complete the dish, divide the Kale between 6 plates. Place the fish on
top, and drizzle the coulis!
Warm Broccoli Soup
This hearty and filling soup is all goodness, and it tastes great too!
Servings: 2
Ingredients:
1/2 Avocado
6 -8 Decent size Broccoli Heads
1/3 Red Onion
1 Celery Stick
Big Handful of Spinach
An Inch of Root Ginger
Recipe:
Lightly steam the broccoli, for 5-6 minutes. Place it and all the other
ingredients in a blender. Add garlic, salt and pepper to taste.
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