Tips for Wild Rose Cleanse follow through

1. Buy all your food for the week on Sunday! 

2. Prepare a meal plan and write it all down, including what you will eat for lunch and have a snack chart beside the meal plan so when you are hungry at home you will know what to go for!

I personally don't find this very difficult but I read a lot of online blogs and reviews on the Wild Rose Cleanse before starting it and I found it interesting that a lot of folks had difficulty with snacks.


Prepare cut veggies for the week: cucumber, peppers, broccoli, carrots, celery

Prepare hummus for the week: lemon, tahini paste, chickpeas (from dried - you must cook themyourself!), roast a pepper and mash in if you wish, salt, pepper, paprika, chopped coriander, cumin

Prepare "filling" salads for the week:
Roasted squash + chickpea salad: Roasted squash, cooked chickpeas, steamed green beans, green onion, onion, 

Make a large amount of salad and chip away at at during the week!: spinach, lettuce, tomatoes, berries, cucumber, peppers, celery, carrots, sprouts, seeds, nuts... any combination

Salad dressings: 
lemon + avocado + oil
lemon + avocado + oil + mint
lemon + cinnamon + oil
lemon + oil + pepper
avocado + oil
avocado + mint + oil
cilantro + mint + avocado + oil
cilantro + mint + avocado + oil + lemon
(add water to any of them to water it down or replace oil)

3. Know your snacks and prepare!

Rice or corn cakes with: 
almond butter
almond butter + cinnamon
almond butter + apples + cinnamon
almond butter + avocado
any other nut butter EXCEPT peanut butter
avocado
avocado + apples
avocado + peppers
hummus
hummus + apples
hummus + peppers or any veggies!
guacamole

Make a smoothie!:
Alter any of these to suite your needs... this is what I usually do though.
Green: Kale, spinach, mint, avocado, un-sweeteend almond milk, cinnamon if you like it, dark raw cacao or carob powder if you want a chocolate flavour
Berry: strawberry, mint, raspberry, un-sweeteend almond milk, spinach, avocado 
Chocolate lover:  Carob or/and raw cacao powder, chia seeds, un-sweeteened almond milk, mint leaves, almond butter

Make your own granola bars (no-bake even!) with: oats, quinoa puffs/quinoa soaked, chia seeds, mint leaves, basil leaves, almond butter (or any nut butter EXCEPT peanut butter), cinnamon, sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, nuts (except peanuts)

Fruit for a sweet fix: apples, pears, plums, apricots, nectarines, apple-pears, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries - can even make a fruit salad

Tea: any herbal tea, make your own tea with fresh ginger, lemon, mint, cinnamon, cloves, anise, etc.. etc..!

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I think after all this I will keep on with a meal plan, it helps to avoid the stress of what to eat this morning/lunch/dinner/tomorrow?! And saves money as you aren't overbuying and running to the store because you "need" that other ingredient.