Back from School Holidays and definitely feeling the need for a bit of a detox....too much red wine at the snow. Very much in love with Natalia Rose's Green Lemonade and Raw Food Detox Diet (if this Detox can make you look like her, I am up for it)...a bit extreme in some ways (raw food till dinner)...the usual suspects are banned...flour, sugar, processed foods...but red wine and dark chocolate are allowed (yeah!)....in a nutshell, her philosophy is that we do not eat enough enzyme rich foods (raw fruit and veg) and do not allow our digestive system enough rest...so, basically you have juices and fruit till lunch, then salad and then a larger meal at dinner which can incorporate some cooked foods (though you are not to combine protein with starch)...works for me as I love juice and salad and would prefer a big dinner (with red wine and chocolate)...the cornerstone of the diet is the Green Lemonade juice...sounds yuck (a technical term my kids use), but is delicious (seriously) and honestly makes you feel so much better...I am drinking it twice a day now. So what has this to do with being green? Well, one of the biggest changes I have made in my life is around our food consumption...more organic, less processed, more local...less cooking just seems to be a natural extension of this and while the Raw Food movement can be extreme (I promise not to buy a food dehydrator), there is a lot we can take from this approach to a more greener diet....besides, I LOVE my Green Lemonade.
Green Lemonade from the Raw Detox Diet
1 head celery or romaine lettuce
5 to 6 stalks kale (I use spinach as well)
1 to 2 apples (you may want to use more apples if you are not used to vegetable juices)
1 lemon (I love lemons so often use 2)
1 to 2 tablespoons ginger (optional)
3 comments:
The last two weeks I have been making a "green" detox juice. I swear it sounds revolting, but it is beautiful. Even my boys love it (I don't tell them what's in it!). 4 brussel sprouts, 6 florets brocolli, handful of green beans and 1 apple. I use the cold pressed juicer which extracts every drop so there is no wastage. Try it, you will be surprised - great post and I love your blog.
My inlaws swear by a similar green juice, but with cucumber and chinese bitter melon (ugghhh) in it as well. Yours probably tastes better and it sounds like it is still doing the trick. XX
I will have to try this recipe - many thanks for posting the ingredients. The image you've included is just adorable.
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