I don’t diet, cleanse or detox very well. I can’t do juice cleanses, milkshakes or skinny weeks. I tried but I just can’t. I’m just not strong willed enough, and so I am the ultimate detox failure.
Hallelujah to those that can but I can not.
My inability to go without or in some cases take in and drink to cleanse comes from many places but mainly I like eating. I like eating with my children, putting food in my gob and the ritual that goes with it. I also believe that the body can do a great job of detoxing itself and honestly I have enquired to various companies because I thought there was an easier way, but the reality is I’m cheap too. I think you just need to drink more water and viola your own your way to a cleanse. What I do think the body can’t do very well is reset its self of sugars I don’t believe sugar can be detoxed out as easy that’s my theory, and I’m sticking to it.
So my point I don’t believe in diets, I don’t believe in detox what I do believe in is moderation however the point of this post is when the husband comes home some swings particularly after a bad one I will eat myself silly. I will eat too many chips. Too many cakes and drink far too much wine, the word moderation goes out the window, and I am the essence of a glutton. There isn’t a bag of chips to large for me.
Typically though when he goes back to work, all goes back to normal and I have a food hangover from hell, and this is where this soup came from. Remember the cabbage soup diet of the 90’s? Then the kick start a diet of the 00’s? Well, this is an adaptation of that I use to ‘reset’ the insulin levels when husband is back at work that and I like soup. Love soup.
I love soup.
Now there is a whole diet that went with that soup but again diets are not my thing I eat it this once a day for a couple of days along with everything else in moderation and bobs your aunt I am back to feel like my normal self, my aim is not to lose weight just feel ‘better’, I think looking at me weight loss is not high on my list of things todo and that’s plain to see. However if you want more info and the exact recipe go here. t should be mentioned I am not a dietician or professional-please seek your GP before commencing any sort of ‘diet’ or lifestyle changes.
So this became my all time favourite really good vegetable soup. I have halved the recipe and added my extras so its a bit of a mishmash.
A good Vegetable soup.
What you will need:
1 tomato
1 can of crushed tomatoes
1 onion
4 cups of stock {any beef, chicken or vegetable- I use beef}
1 medium leek
3 sticks of celery, including leaves
1 cups green beans
2 crushed garlic cloves
2 bay leaves
a teaspoon of oregano
1/2 capsicum
75 gms of spinach, cabbage or kale.
3 carrots
Handful of parsley
Salt, pepper
How to:
Chop all veg into small pieces.
Mix all ingredients in a large pot filled with water. Bring to boil and boil rapidly for 2 -5 minutes.
Reduce heat and simmer until all veg are tender.
To make it more robust add some pasta, bacon, peas and potato and naturally serve with bread dripping with butter.
