Fortunately, we have some version of rice and beans or lentils each day (usually at lunch , it seems). And while our recipe calls for just plain boiled lentils or beans, you can add some spice to that to make the dish more palatable.
Here’s what I did last night. Dinner called for:
Broccoli: 2 spears
Garlic Powder: 1 TBSP
Lentils: 1/2 cup boiled
Onion : 1TBSP choopped
Spinach : 1 bunch
Tomato: 1 small
Since it didn’t specify what kind of lentils, I used red baby lentils. They have a milder, slightly sweeter flavor and cook very quickly. I sauteed the onion in a shallow pan, and added a bit of Tumeric (it’s a spice that’s good to use while on a cleanse). I added the lentils, garlic and then about a cup of water for them to boil in. When the lentils were almost done (about 10 minutes), I added the broccoli and some spinach. To be honest, I didn’t use an entire bunch of spinach, only about half of it. And since I missed having asparagus at lunch, I added in 3 spears of asparagus, too.
The green veggies got a little steaming and the garlic/tumeric/onion combination was yummy. Feel free to experiment with other spices each day. Good for a cleanse are tumeric, cumin and cayenne.
Share some of your tips below!
Hi Mina,
It’s great to hear from you. For hunger in the evening, feel free to add some more greens, a glass of almond milk or an apple.
Keep up the great work.
Cheers,
Gin
Hi Melissa,
Definitely give it a try. Adding garlic, tumeric, cumin, cayenne, or other spices is all good.
For tonight, I’ll create a huge salad and add all of the veggies in. So black beans, lentils or tofu, depending on what’s called for. I personally don’t care for tofu, so I sub in black beans or lentils. Then use olive oil and/or lemon juice for dressing. I would also steam the asparagus and broccoli and add them in.
On other nights, if the dinner isn’t a salad, you can just toss everything in the pan and do a quick, light stir fry (like in the recipe).
We also had a few people make salsa on days when we’re supposed to have a tomato and/or onion at some time during the day. And, since you missed the dinner that’s I used the recipe for, you can sub that dinner in for a night to change it up a bit.
Hope that helps!
Cheers,
Gin
That recipe looks yummy indeed, i didn’t realize we can cook some of our meals, that’s the way to go, so far I have just felt light headed, not enough energy of course and hungry in the evening. But poweing through.
This actually looks really good… but this was the day I felt like I was dying.
It looks like dinner is the same (or very similar) for the next 3 days and I am unable to watch the webinar from work, were there any creative ideas on the dinner for tonight that was also the same for day #1, at the webinar???