I was inspired this week by both my sister, who started a "clean eating" regiment, and my friend Katie who is doing a cleanse based on eating mostly vegetables, fruit, small amounts of complex carbohydrates, and nutritional supplements. I always try to eat pretty healthy, but when you surround yourself with other people who follow the same or similar habits, it makes sticking to your goals much easier!
In celebration of Katie’s decision to cleanse, I agreed to help her meal prep for the following week. This, after a morning of volunteering harvesting crops in my church’s garden, then an insanity master class at the gym – a near perfect (and exhausting) day! Meal prepping can be time consuming and not so fun by yourself – but meal prepping with a friend 1. Is More fun 2. Twice the people means everything goes faster 3. Allows you to cook more food, yet not eat the same thing 5 days in a row :) Win-Win…win.
In celebration of Katie’s decision to cleanse, I agreed to help her meal prep for the following week. This, after a morning of volunteering harvesting crops in my church’s garden, then an insanity master class at the gym – a near perfect (and exhausting) day! Meal prepping can be time consuming and not so fun by yourself – but meal prepping with a friend 1. Is More fun 2. Twice the people means everything goes faster 3. Allows you to cook more food, yet not eat the same thing 5 days in a row :) Win-Win…win.
The “basic” rules of the Standard Process cleanse diet:
- 21 days in length
- Diet consists of twice as many vegetables as fruits, Raw (if possible – if cooked, not for very long), organic (if possible), ½-1 cup of lentils or ½ cup of wild or brown rice per day. There are also some starchy veggies like sweet potatoes that are limited (only ½ per day) and no corn is allowed.
- No processed foods, alcohol, caffeine, tobacco, nuts/seeds, dairy, or grains (except wild/brown rice).
- 4-7 teaspoons of oil per day (coconut oil, fish oil, flax seed oil, extra virgin olive oil, grape seed oil).
- Can’t have meat until day 11 (and then, only lean meat in small amounts)
- There are a bunch of supplements that go along with the cleanse. More info of those here: https://www.standardprocess.com/Standard-Process/Purification-Program/Program-Diet
What we prepped:
- Herbed Pesto + brown rice
- Sweet potato + cinnamon + coconut oil
- Fresh salsa (tomatoes, jalapeno, garlic, onion, salt),
- Guacamole
- Roasted butternut squash and red onion w/ EVOO
- Spaghetti Squash with mixed herb pesto (basil, parsley, chives, thyme, oregano, rosemary, garlic, lemon, olive oil, salt)
- Vegetable Lentil soup
- Kale Chips
It was quite the marathon of cooking. A lot of what we prepped is cooked because the raw stuff will often be freshly prepared green salads, cut veggies, raw smoothies etc.
Once everything was cooked, we portioned out meals for each of us for the week. Katie left with two huge bags of food and I have a fridge full of healthy food!
Once everything was cooked, we portioned out meals for each of us for the week. Katie left with two huge bags of food and I have a fridge full of healthy food!
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