Delicious Detox

Is "Delicious Detox" an oxy moron?  Looking up the word "Detox" online results in numerous methods to clean out your body and very few of them seem appealing.  For example, you can go all juice, or you can take a variety of supplements/pills to help your body "flush" the toxins out.

This gives me the impression of either being very hungry (and feeling very sloshy) or having to swallow horse pills in a variety of colours.  Neither one conjures up the adjective, "delicious". 

Starting Monday, I'm going to put the book "Delicious Detox" to the test.  The book claims these are "fast and easy recipes to boost energy and improve health".  I'm hoping they all taste good too!

What I CAN'T have:

• Beef, Lamb, Pork, or Goat
• Eggs, Shellfish, or Soy
• Wheat, Oats, Rye, Barley
• Spelt, Kamut, or White/Whole Wheat Flours
• Tomatoes, Eggplant, or Corn
• White Potatoes, or Mushrooms
• Oranges, Bananas, Melons, Dried Fruit, or Fruit Juices
• Peanuts, Peanut Butter, Peanut Oil, Corn Oil, Vegetable Oil, Canola Oil, Butter, or Margarine
• Alcohol, Caffeine, Sugar, Vinegar, Dairy, MSGs, Preservatives, or Sulphites

If you're thinking..."Geez, what CAN I eat...this sounds like I'm giving up the entire contents of my fridge/freezer/pantry", don't panic.  There's a great list of things you can eat on this detox.

What I CAN have: 

• Chicken, Turkey, Fish, and Beans
• Quinoa, Amaranth, Millet, Buckwheat, and Brown Rice
• Gluten-free flours
• Gluten-free pasta
• Plain brown rice cakes/crackers
• Any other vegetables (other than those on the "can't" list)
• Any other fruit (other than those on the "can't list)
• Unsalted raw almonds, walnuts, brazil nuts, and pecans
• Almond butter, and other nut bothers
• Pumpkin seeds, Sunflower seeds, Flaxseeds, and Sesame Seeds
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Sunflower Oil, and Sesame Oil
• Rice and Almond Milk
• Herbal Teas (Green, White, or Rooibos)
• Sea Salt
• All Herbs & Spices

The book suggests a detox of 3 weeks, but as I'm going to be vacationing before 3 weeks is up, I'm opting to do just 1 week.  That might extend to 10 days, but it depends on how "delicious" this detox is.

The other thing I'm keeping in mind is that a lot of detoxes require you to spend a fair bit of money.  I want to see if I can do this detox on my budget of no more than $40.00 a week in groceries.  That said, there is kale &  a head of broccoli in my fridge, a container of sunflower seeds in my pantry, 2 yams in my veggie drawer, olive oil under my sink, and frozen blueberries in my freezer, so I don't have to buy any of these items (roughly $10.00 worth of groceries).

Psyching myself for the detox,

The Loon