Recipes for detox diets ii - nutrition detox
Detox diets are not only used to lose weight, but also to keep the body clean. Do not confuse a detox diet with a detox plan, since the latter is more punctual and sporadic, while the former are sustained over time.
We recommend that, in addition to the healthy detox recipe plans that we will provide below, you complement them with physical exercise to keep your body in optimal conditions.
Allowed and forbidden foods in the detox.
The foods you should avoid are: dairy products, foods with gluten, eggs [allowed in moderation], simple carbohydrates such as sugars, soy, infusions such as coffee, sodas, alcoholic beverages, red meat and peanuts.
On the other hand, the foods you should include in your detox diet are: green vegetables, gluten-free foods, whole-grain pastas and rice, stevia, legumes, white meats, fruits, nuts, coconut water, coconut oil, olive oil, vegetable milks, vegetable protein powders, apple cider vinegar and infusions such as green tea.
Light Eggs Benedict
- Cut two slices of whole wheat bread.
- Toast them until golden brown.
- Cut an avocado and mash it.
- Spread the mashed avocado on the toast.
- Place them on the avocado toast.
- Serve with green tea or natural juice.
Chickpeas with vegetables
- Boil 60 grams of chickpeas and set aside.
- Cut two carrots into thin strips.
- Slice 1 cucumber, 1 avocado and 1 radish.
- Place green vegetables of your choice on a plate.
- Add the prepared ingredients on top of the bed of greens.
- Sprinkle sesame seeds to taste.
Mixed salad
- In a bowl, mix the following ingredients: grapefruit juice, 1 peeled tangerine, 1 peeled lemon, 1 cup chopped cauliflower, 3 sliced Brussels sprouts and pomegranate seeds.
- Macerate these ingredients in the refrigerator for 7 to 9 hours.
- Add olives and celery to taste.
- Prepare a salsa with: ½ avocado, ½ orange, beet juice and 1 tablespoon of oil.
- Place the ingredients in a blender to make the sauce.
- Add the sauce to the salad.
- Serve with an infusion to taste.
Three delights noodles
- Cut 3 large zucchini into strips.
- Reserve 3 tablespoons almond butter.
- Reserve 3 tablespoons of gluten-free tamari sauce.
- Reserve 2 small cans of anchovies in olive oil and chop.
- Reserve 2 handfuls fresh basil, chopped.
- Reserve 3 teaspoons curry powder.
- Reserve 1½ tablespoons fresh rosemary.
- Mix all these ingredients in a bowl.
- Season with salt to taste.
Baked cauliflower with spices
- Bring a large pot of water and a little olive oil to a boil.
- Once boiling, add ½ cauliflower and cook for 15-25 minutes.
- When ready, remove the cauliflower, remove excess water and place on a baking sheet.
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees for 3 minutes.
- Sprinkle the cauliflower with thyme, rosemary and oregano before baking.
- Add grated cheese to taste.
- Bake for 10-15 minutes at 180 degrees.
Artichokes with brown rice
- When boiling, add 4 artichokes.
- Cook for about 60 minutes.
- Remove the artichokes, remove the skin and discard the outside, use only the inside.
- Boil 60 grams of brown rice in another pot of water for about 30 minutes.
- In a frying pan, prepare a sofrito with ½ onion, ½ bell pepper and ½ clove of garlic.
- Mix the sofrito with the rice and artichokes, and sauté for 5 minutes.
- Season with salt and parsley to taste.
Sautéed green asparagus
- Clean 4 mushrooms and cut into slices.
- Clean 15 asparagus, remove the tails and cut into slices.
- You can cut them as you like.
- Wash 3 tomatoes and dice them.
- Wash 2 peppers and cut into strips.
- Clean 4 cloves of garlic and chop them.
- Sauté the garlic and tomatoes in a pan.
- Then add the asparagus and peppers to the sauce.
- After 5 minutes, add the mushrooms and sauté them.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Spinach with egg
- Boil water with a pinch of salt in a pot.
- Add 500 grams of spinach.
- Drain the spinach to remove excess water.
- Chop ½ clove of garlic and add it to the pan.
- Stir in the spinach and sauté for 3 minutes with 2 tablespoons of olive oil.
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees for 3 minutes.
- Place spinach on a baking sheet.
- Grate 2 portions of cheese over the spinach.
- Crack 4 eggs over the spinach and cheese mixture.
- Season with salt to taste.
- Bake for 10 minutes at 160 degrees.
- Once ready, remove the tray and enjoy your dish.
