Menu Plan Monday

This week my menu plan includes 2 dinner menus. One is the plan for the foods I will be eating while on a food-based cleanse. The italics are the foods I’ll prepare for my family. Most nights a portion of each plan overlaps. Leftovers will become my lunch the next day.

Monday Root Vegetable Soup (I made a large pot on Sunday afternoon), small piece of salmon. Kale.
Quinoa with Salmon and Kale

Tuesday Roasted Beets and Sweet Potato Fries, potassium broth
Spinach Frittata, Roasted Beets, Sweet Potato Fries

Wednesday Pumpkin Soup and baked squash with a touch of maple
Brown Rice, Baked Tofu and squash or soup if they want.

Thursday Kale and Sweet Potato Soup, fermented daikon and carrots, broccoli
Venison Steak, Baked Potato, Broccoli

Friday Leftover salads from lunches, leftover soup
Rice Pasta with olive oil, garlic broccoli and parmesan

2 menus? Double cooking? I rarely cook a separate meal for the kids. I prefer that we eat family style, sharing the meal on the table. A few times a year though, I do a cleanse. During this time I prepare separate dishes for myself. Sometime the family eats them; sometimes the meals are take-out, or pasta-quick-type meals. I find that by creating a menu, going to the grocery store once, and preparing extra to use at other meals, makes the entire process manageable. All the meals here require less than 30 minutes of my time to prepare.

During the 2 week food cleanse, and I don’t worry much about the family meals. If a day gets to busy or ‘the plan’ doesn’t work out, they will get Annie’s Gluten Free boxed mac n’ cheese. I do not go off my cleanse.

I cleanse to let go of toxins, weight and stuck emotions. I try to be patient with my self this week. I also cleanse to revitalize my body’s life force, and promote cell rejuvenation. I cut out/back on caffeine, and no refined sugars, processed foods, gluten, or dairy.

If you would like to know more, the details can be found in my newsletter. As a busy mom of 2, I tell you how and why I do a food based cleanse so that you can give it a try. If you haven’t signed up for the Mompreneur Wellness newsletter and would like to, the opt-in is to the right of this post.

In addition to the information I share in the newsletter, I will be offering a supported mini-cleanse in late January and a longer spring cleanse in March or April. Stay connected to find out more.

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