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Detox Recipes for quick a simple dishes that take no time to
prepare. Nowadays, no matter how healthy or young you are, you will
always be exposed to toxins inside of what you eat. With all these
toxins ingested everyday, you will need to detox your body once in a
while to eliminate the foreign substance build up within your body.
While going on a diet is part of a body detox program, it does not mean
that you can only eat food or drinks that are not so friendly to the
taste buds. There are lots of detox recipesdetox recipes will provide you with all the
essential nourishments that your body needs and at the same time provides the
much needed antioxidants and other substances that will remove the toxins in the
body.
Recipes for a detox diet may include a diversity of ingredients, depending
on which area of your body you want to cleanse, as well as what your personal
tastes and preferences are. The goal is to detoxify your body with healing foods
that will revive your body from within, and increase
your energy and overall well-being. As a general rule in detoxifying yourself,
consume more fiber and drink lots of water as it is the most basic form of detoxifying your body.
Consuming lots of fruits , vegetables, beans and nuts is another easy way to detox your body.
A detox diet recipe
helps to get rid your body of accumulated toxins. Detox foods are well
know for being tasteless and this may make it hard for some but a detox
diet recipe will make your foods tastier, without you being worried
about your health. Here are some recipes for detox diet:
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.
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!
Juice Cleansing Instructions
You must only use freshly squeezed fruit, veggies and herbs. Try experimenting with combinations of
beets, celery, carrots, apples, cucumber, garlic, ginger, cilantro, wheatgrass and cayenne pepper.
All are excellent for cleansing.
It’s actually best to use a variety of different ingredients and vary your juices as much as possible -
they all contain different important cleansing properties.
If you are juicing at home, you can add the also pulp from the juiced vegetable to make a broth.
Just add water to a pot with the pulp and simmer for 15-20 minutes, then season the broth with cayenne pepper.
If you don’t have a juicer, you can buy the juice in your local health supermarket or juice bar.
Ingredients:
1 Cucumber with skin
1/2 bunch Fresh Parsley
1 4-oz. tub Alfalfa Sprouts
4 Sprigs Fresh Mint
Water
Blood Builder (Iron-enriched)
Ingredients:
2 bunches Grapes
6 Oranges
8 Lemons peeled
1/4 cup Honey
Water
Radiant Juice
1 large eating apple, quartered
1
orange, peeled but with some pith
2 large carrots, topped, tailed,
and peeled if not organic
1-inch piece of fresh gingerroot, peeled
and sliced
Put all ingredients into a blender or food processor and whiz until
smooth.
Tomato Juice with Garlic and Green Onions
8 large tomatoes
2 fat bulbs green
onions, trimmed
4 large sprigs basil
6 large springs oregano
Roughly chop the tomatoes and green onions and put into a blender or
food processor with the leaves from the basil and oregano. Whiz until
smooth.
Mango, Kiwi, and Pineapple Juice
1 large ripe mango, pitted
4
kiwifruit, peeled
1 medium pineapple, top removed
Simply put all the ingredients in a blender or food processor and
whiz until smooth.
Carrot and Beet Juice
4 carrots, topped and tailed
4 medium
beets
3 large sprigs basil
Put the ingredients into a blender or food processor and whiz until
smooth.
Radiant Lemonade
Vitamin A is essential for healthy, radiant skin and you’ll get it in
abundance from the carrots in this juice. The bonus comes from the
radishes—their natural constituents stimulate the cleansing function of
the liver, making this the perfect juice when you’ve been a bit
overindulgent or your digestive system seems slightly sluggish.
1 large carrot, topped, tailed, and peeled
if not organic
10 radishes, topped and tailed
1 apple, quartered
1
beet, topped and tailed
juice and finely grated zest of 2 lemons
up
to 1-1/4 cups naturally sparkling mineral water (optional)
Juice the first 4 ingredients. Add the lemon juice and zest. If you
want a longer, fizzy drink, add the mineral water.
Watercress Soup
Watercress is one of the truly great radiant foods. It's hugely
antioxidant, especially protective against lung cancer, and rich in
iron, which makes it a key to inner beauty.
1 tbsp. olive oil
1 medium onion,
finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
3 bunches
watercress, with stems
1 quart vegetable stock
3/4 cup plus tbsp.
plain yogurt with live bacteria
Heat the oil in a large saucepan and sauté the onion gently until
soft. Add the garlic and continue to cook for 2 minutes. Add the
watercress and continue to cook gently until it wilts. Add the stock and
simmer for about 10 minutes. Transfer to a blender or food processor
and whiz until smooth. Serve hot or cold with a swirl of yogurt in each
bowl.
Zucchini Pasta
14 oz. thin pasta, such a spaghettini
4
medium zucchini, grated
1-1/4-inch piece fresh gingerroot, grated
4
tsp. extra-virgin olive oil
4 tsp. freshly grated Parmesan cheese
4
green onions, finely chopped
1-1/2 cups bean sprouts
Cook the pasta in a saucepan of boiling water according to the
package directions. Transfer to a large serving bowl and mix in all the
other ingredients. Serve immediately.
