Chicken Wild Rice Soup

Peaches & Cream
(cream is cold coconut milk whipped with cinnamon) 

Lemon Pepper Grilled Walleye with Sauteed Kale

Turkey Burgers with Eggplant/Lettuce Buns and Sweet Potato Chips

Steak and Egg
(this is what I get for breakfast when Dr. Josh doesn't have to teach…yum) 

Italian Veggie Medley

Italian Veggie Medley & Rice

Quinoa with Veggies

Bacon, Eggs, & Sweet Potato Hashbrowns

Steak, Shrimp, & Sauteed Kale & Green Beans

Blueberry Chia Seed Muffins (for Dr. Josh's sweet tooth) 

The past 3 days we've had some yummy dinners including: lettuce wrapped tacos, butternut squash and herbs, and cauliflower soup with sweet potato chips. As we continue on and finish the remainder two weeks we look forward to even more energy, maybe a few more pounds and inches, and a habit of healthy eating that will continue! 

We actually got a little creative this weekend and made some detox friendly cookies! Dr. Josh just can't shake the sweet tooth so we made pumpkin, lemon and vanilla shortbread cookies using coconut flour. These were eggless, gluten free, dairy free cookies, so they were dry but tasted pretty good.  They aren't that pretty either, but they seem to be calming Dr. Josh's sweet tooth. 

So most of the weekend was salads and leftovers from the week, but we did make a vegetable soup with lentils. It was very filling and hit the spot…plus as an added bonus there are lots of leftovers for the week. 

Most of the tiredness and the other detox side effects have passed. We are ready for this next week and excited to start feeling more energized and toxin free! 

Nothing really new to report. The detox headaches are gone for the both of us.  We still have some moments were a cup of coffee would be fantastic. Especially when it's brought into the office and we can smell that wonderful aroma :) However, the chia seed bars do give us some energy, and they make for a great snack. 

We made quinoa stuffed green peppers for dinner tonight. I have to give a shout out to avocado oil…it really makes sautéed veggies have a great taste. I have never used it before, I'm an avid coconut oil user, but decided to give it a try and love it! I've been making kale chips and using it to sauté veggies and it's been really great! 

P.S. Dr. Josh did make "fried" bananas last night. He cooked them on the stove top with coconut oil and honey…they were tasty. Even on the detox you can satisfy your sweet tooth! 

One thing I miss while doing the detox is a crunchy, salty snack. I've become pretty addicted to veggie straws…thanks to Brayden (the little man loves them). So I decided to fix that and made some kale chips. Lightly salted in avocado oil, they sure hit the spot…Brayden even ate some and kept going back for more.

Dinner tonight was gardener's ratatouille. A  stew consisting of tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini, green beans, summer squash, and garlic. It was both harty and filling. 

Dr. Josh has a plan for some dessert tonight, since he always misses the sweets while doing the detox. His trips to Cold Stone have been put on hold for now, but he plans on making fried bananas with honey tonight when his sweet tooth hits. I'll update you on that tomorrow :)