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In times of stress it's especially important to look after your health. That's why I decided to take a break from chocolate and other "comfort food" (aka emotional eating), and stick to an alkaline diet for a week, as a sort of cleanse.
As I've already written a detailed blog post on my alkaline diet detox two years ago, I'm going to skip the introduction to the alkaline diet, and get right to the meal plan!
→ The general rule is: avoid processed foods, meat, dairy, eggs, fish, sugar, grains, alcohol and caffeine. Instead, eat natural, wholesome foods, the majority being vegetables.
What I ate : 7 Day Alkaline Meal Plan
- DAY ONE -
Breakfast
- Buckwheat tigernut barley porridge (ground tigernuts, ground roasted barley, buckwheat flakes, hot water, unsweetened almond milk, dried dates, banana, fresh berries)
Lunch
- Leftover curry from the day before (basmati rice, zucchini, hokkaido pumpkin, red bell pepper, chickpeas, coconut milk, ginger, Indian curry powder)
- Leftover curry from the day before (basmati rice, zucchini, hokkaido pumpkin, red bell pepper, chickpeas, coconut milk, ginger, Indian curry powder)
Dinner
- Broccoli quinoa salad (quinoa, broccoli, red bell pepper, peanut butter)
Snack
- homemade raw protein bar (dates, almond flour, cacao powder, flaxseed, cinnamon, salt)
- dates dipped in almond butter
- Broccoli quinoa salad (quinoa, broccoli, red bell pepper, peanut butter)
Snack
- homemade raw protein bar (dates, almond flour, cacao powder, flaxseed, cinnamon, salt)
- dates dipped in almond butter
- DAY TWO -
Breakfast
- Strawberry shortcake smoothie (banana, frozen strawberries, almond butter, oats, vanilla extract, cinnamon, nutmeg)
Lunch
- leftover broccoli quinoa salad from the day before, with a dollop of homemade hummus
Dinner
- rice lasagna (cooked whole grain rice layered with thinly sliced zucchini, red bell pepper or carrots, diced tomatoes, garlic and herbs) - similar recipe (but with rice)
Snack
- pomegranate fruit bar
- mango fruit bar
- dates and almonds
- DAY THREE -
Breakfast
- Apple pie chia pudding (chia seeds, unsweetened almond milk, vanilla bean, agave syrup, cinnamon, applesauce, banana, leftover quince from the day before (alternatively: apples), chopped almonds, coconut yogurt)
Lunch
- leftover rice lasagna from the previous day
Dinner
- leftover rice lasagna from the previous day
Dinner
- Turmeric cauliflower curry (cauliflower, coconut milk, red bell pepper, canned tomatoes, red lentils, ginger, garlic, turmeric, cinnamon, cumin)
Snack
- raw protein bar (dates, cashews)
- dates and almonds
Breakfast
- Superfood smoothie (banana, frozen mixed berries, coconut milk, baby spinach, ginger, flaxseed, cinnamon, turmeric, hemp hearts)
- raw protein bar (dates, cashews)
- dates and almonds
- DAY FOUR -
Breakfast
- Superfood smoothie (banana, frozen mixed berries, coconut milk, baby spinach, ginger, flaxseed, cinnamon, turmeric, hemp hearts)
Lunch
- soba noodle stir-fry (buckwheat noodles, red bell pepper, leek, zucchini, green beans, celery stalks, mung bean sprouts, ginger, spices)
Dinner - soba noodle stir-fry (buckwheat noodles, red bell pepper, leek, zucchini, green beans, celery stalks, mung bean sprouts, ginger, spices)
- Potato bean and zucchini salad (potatoes, needle beans, zucchini, onion, garlic, sesame seeds, tahini, spices)
Snack
- trail mix
- orange fruit bar
- DAY FIVE -
Breakfast
- Millet porridge with fruit compote (millet, water, almond milk, raisins, vanilla bean, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom, shredded coconut, quince, applesauce, dates, walnuts, sesame seeds)
Lunch
- leftover potato bean and zucchini salad from the day before, with an additional side salad made of raw fennel, apples, spring onion, and sesame
Dinner
- Brown lentil soup with broccoli and basmati rice
Snack
- a few slices of gluten-free banana bread (bananas, buckwheat flour, ground oats, coconut oil, chopped pistachios)
- DAY SIX -
Breakfast
- Congee (rice, water, unsweetened almond milk, cinnamon, cardamom, kiwi, passion fruit, hemp seeds, coconut yogurt)
Lunch
- leftover brown lentil soup from the day before
Dinner
- coconut yogurt with carob powder
- peanuts
- apple
- charcoal smoothie
- amaranth fruit bar
- DAY SEVEN -
Breakfast
- Coco quinoa bowl (cooked quinoa, unsweetened almond milk, shredded coconut, banana, fresh blackberries)
Lunch
- Potato salad (potatoes, avocado, chickpeas, red bell peppers, pickles, celery, radishes, spring onion, mustard)
Dinner
- Potato salad (potatoes, avocado, chickpeas, red bell peppers, pickles, celery, radishes, spring onion, mustard)
Dinner
- leftover potato salad
Snack
- Avocado chocolate pudding (avocado, banana, dates, cacao powder)
In terms of beverages, I consumed mostly filtered tap water, as well as some unsweetened Ayurvedic teas. I aim to drink at least 2 litres a day.
As always, I took my daily B12, and I also took some natural valerian pills each night to ensure a profound sleep.
To further detoxify my body, I did oil pulling every morning.
If you give it a try, let me know how your alkaline week goes :)
♥
Maisy
3 Comments
Love your blog. It is so inspiring!
ReplyDeleteWhere r the recipes for the meal plan
ReplyDeleteHi Jeremy, this is generally "just" a meal plan, not a recipe collection! I listed the ingredients I used (without exact measurements because there were none) for each meal, and in cases where I used actual recipes, I linked them accordingly. This blog post is meant to give you an idea for what you can eat on an alkaline detox :)
Delete~ Maisy