I am thinking, a post gym beverage amped with protein powder. A light and refreshing beverage that would please the gluten free/refined sugar free/vegan diet and also comes with that much needed caffeine kick. So for the cleanse day, I created this gorgeous coffee beverage with a strong generous shot of my favourite Nespresso Coffee (Dharkan) and blended it with homemade almond milk, dates, pure vanilla extract and a pinch of salt. With the weather promising (barely!) to warm up, I needed to create a coffee beverage which was nourishing and refreshing rather than being a good old punchy cup of pure java. But negates the clean and calm feeling I slip into during a juice/smoothie cleanse. Honestly if I had to go without it, I would've nodded off two paragraphs ago. I still have a piece of salmon or egg along with the 8-10 bottle of veggie and fruit juices and smoothies. And then I have been doing a simple one-day cleanse at home every other month. I did a 3 day cleanse for the first time earlier this year in winter! (sheer madness I tell you because I just couldn't get warm). A day when I won't feel like eating but rather nourishing my body without eating. There will be a day in between months of food and more food. And I think between my main meals which I am striving to eat mindfully, it is sufficient. Can you imagine my small framed body being able to take on all the food I cook? I graze. The person who is constantly cooking, can't eat much. It was then that I fully understood what my mum was trying to say to us all those years ago. You feel full but satisfied? - probably not. When you smell something for hours, it fools your stomach into thinking you have actually eaten it. But they also have an appetite killing property. The divine smells, the exciting aromas were always tantalising - still are. I cooked everyday and because of the work I did, several times a day. When I grew up and acquired a family of my own, cooking became second nature. How could someone not want to stuff their face with a dish so divine, you could smell it miles away. Even less when I was in my teens and my expanding tastebuds had suddenly opened up a whole new world of flavour sensations for me. My mum always replied with "The person who cooks can't really eat much!" when we admonished her for not digging in with gusto, a delicious meal she had toiled over.
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