Lunch Recipes

All the lunches were prepared the night before, to be taken to work.

Avocado Tartine

(1/2 avocado with lemon, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper on whole grain toast)

Tuna salad with Celery Root and Apple Slaw

My advice is to slice the celery root as thinly as possible, it is quite woody, but delicious. This would also be good with cabbage or sliced broccoli, I bet.

1 can tuna (albacore is milder and flakes nicely on top of this salad)

1 medium celery root, sliced into thin strips (1/8 inch matchsticks)

1/2 tsp salt

Juice from 1/2 lemon

2 tsp chopped celery leaves or parsley

1 apple sliced

1/3 cup toasted walnuts

Vinagrette:

* 4 tsp lemon juice

* 1 1/2 TBSP apple cider vinegar

* 1 tsp mustard

* 1 1/2 TBSP walnut oil

* 4 TBSP canola oil

* Salt and pepper to taste.

Toss the celery root with lemon and salt and sit for 1/2 hour to tenderize. Drain and add to the apple slices, and toss with vinagrette. Sprinkle the walnuts on top, and add the canned tuna.

Chicken Salad with Apples and Walnuts

Technically this wasn't on the cleanse, it was my improvisation, based on ingredients I had at hand. The Miracle Whip totally violates everything the cleanse stands for, but a girl's got to have her vices.

1 poached chicken breast, cubed

1 apple, chopped and tossed with lemon juice

1/4 cup walnuts, chopped and pan-roasted

2 TBSP Miracle Whip salad dressing

Salt and pepper

Combine and serve with 1 whole-wheat pita. Or on a bed of raw baby spinach. Or a little of both, like I did.

Raw Kale Salad with Almonds and Proscuitto

They suggest that you eat this with Roasted Butternut Squash, but to be honest, I was getting a bit bored with butternut squash, so just had the salad instead.

Genius moment: When I found the bagged kale salad (with carrots slivers and cabbage) premade in the Whole Foods produce dept.

3 cups premade kale salad (Score!)

1/4 cup almonds

4 slices proscuitto

olive oil and vinegar

Toss and enjoy.