21 day juice detox - day 19

Today I was really busy preparing for Max's birthday gathering which is happening tomorrow. So busy at the supermarket and starting to make some things to go in the dehydrator. Mmmmm....we're having mushroom and squash burgers, layered russian salad, thai salad and Max's birthday cake - chocolate coconut cream cake....YUM YUM!!

I went to my sister in law Shakira's house and she made us a beautiful avocado and mango salad with hemp and pumpkin seeds, which I am going to recreate at home as I have loads of mango and avocado at the moment. She also made a delicious smoothie which was invented by our friend and fellow raw food educator and naturopathic nutritionist, Sarah Barber. Sarah has a nutrition consultancy business and she also runs workshops in raw food and raw chocolate. Her business is called Pure People, you ca check out her site here: pure-people.co.uk The smoothie Shakira made is on Sarah's website. It's called Cherry Garcia and is an amazing marriage of two of my favourite flavours, chocolate and cherry. It was  heaven in a glass, I really felt like I was drinking the nectar of the Gods. You really should try this one!

Here is the recipe from Sarah's website:

1/2 cup frozen cherries
1 frozen banana
2 tbsp. raw cacao powder
2 tbsp. hemp seeds
1 tbsp. agave
1/2 - 1 tsp. spirulina or chlorella
1 1/2 cups pure water

Blend until smooth. Sip and savour like the God or Goddess you are!

Wishing you raw health and happiness,

Natalie. x

www.rawlifestylecoach.co.uk

21 day juice detox - day 16

Had a very busy day filled with yoga today. Taught my lovely private client Cheryl this morning and then went for a hot yoga session at Serenity Hot Yoga in Dorking. Then had my Tuesday class to teach this evening. We were working on our hips today, and I think some of my students surprised themselves at the end seeing their legs wrapped in full lotus! Well done class!

I have my son Max's birthday barbeque this Saturday, so I have decided to start introducing solid foods slowly over the last few days of my detox in order to be able to make and eat some lovely celebration raw food dishes for the party, plus of course the special raw chocolate mousse cake I am planning to make! So I had some berries today to start the process slowly. After not eating for such a long period of time its really important to make the transition slow and simple for the body, otherwise you'll end up feeling very ill indeed. I must say it felt very strange to be chewing after all this time!!

My main juice today was a lovely sweet dark green concoction, I added in some chlorella to begin getting my system used to having protein again. It really filled me up as I'm not used to it anymore! Chlorella is a blue-green algae cultivated as a food because of its exceptional nutritional profile and its ability to chelate heavy metals such as mercury and lead out of the body. It is an excellent detox food, and also great after exercise as a recovery tonic. Its good for children as well.

Chlorella cleanser juice recipe:
5 apples
5 pears
1 bunch celery
1 cucumber
1/2 bag spinach
Chunk fresh ginger
Juice of 1 lime
1 tsp. chlorella

Juice everything sandwiching spinach between apples and pears. Pour into blender adding lime juice and chlorella and blitz to mix.

Wishing you raw health and happiness,

Natalie. x

www.rawlifestylecoach.co.uk