CLEAN: Day One

   This morning I had a raspberry and green tea matcha smoothie from the Clean recipes. It was really tasty. I probably should have taken pictures of the smoothies too, but I usually forget. I am not a morning person! I'll try and remember tomorrow morning! 

   Went to the gym and did a good schweaty 30 minutes on the elliptical today which actually felt really good. I notice once I go on a cleanse and really get good and clean about what foods I'm eating, knock off the sugar, gluten, dairy, etc. I start feeling a lot better. Energy returns that I hadn't been experiencing, thought processes are a lot clearer, I sleep better (especially after a guided meditation!) that stuff is like super strength Nytol for me. Once these pieces start falling into place, I notice I can go bigger, faster, stronger- where normally just getting out of bed is painful and should earn applause. I'm looking forward to bumping up my workout another couple of notches next time! 

   So my super schweaty self ran into Fred's and got a bunch of produce for soups this week. I noticed they had wild cod on sale and got some. A lot of the time when I'm cooking, I just let ideas come to me and this was one of those days. I wound up with a sauté of cremini, zucchini, onion, and garlic. On top of that I put my cod that I had pan fried in some olive oil. I seasoned both sides well with sea salt, pepper, onion and garlic powder, and some smoked paprika. I topped that with some vegan pesto I had made and frozen a few weeks ago, and the cashew cream from last night. I had meant to cook my rainbow chard from the garden along with the zucchini, but I forgot! So did that separately with some garlic and put that on top. I brewed some herbal blueberry superfood tea, poured it over ice, and added a few drops of liquid stevia for a treat. 

   

Green Pea Soup

   This recipe is from the Clean website as well. I changed it slightly since there were some ingredients I didn't have, and others I did. I used some left over chicken broth I had stashed from a few nights ago, and the cashew cream again. It was really nice, and I didn't feel hungry or deprived at all after having a blended soup for dinner. This particular soup was really easy and fairly quick to make. I decided not to boil my peas for 10 minutes like the recipe said. I think I simmered mine for maybe five before blending.