Healthy Cleanse-Friendly Recipes for the 21-Day Reset

I love the 21-Day Reset program I created to support people through temporary nutrition-dense diets because there will always be foodies who blow my mind with new, fun recipes! This week, I learned about quinoa crust pizza. It's not the pizza you get at the store, but it is delicious and hits the spot when you are avoiding grains. I couldn't find a recipe I liked, so I made something up with the food I already had meal-prepped, and it worked out wonderfully.

Quinoa Lentil Crust Pizza (or focaccia)

Makes 1 medium-sized pizza

Ingredients:

• 1 cup cooked quinoa

• 1 cup soaked and drained red lentils ( soaked overnight)

• 1 cup of flax egg: 1 cup of warm water mixed with 2 TBS of ground flax seeds and let sit for 5 minutes)

• 1 TBS chia seeds

• 1 tsp dried basil

• 2 tsp dried oregano

• 1 tsp onion powder

• 1/2 tsp garlic powder

• 1 tsp salt

• toppings: I used thinly sliced tomatoes and shallot

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 400°

Add all the ingredients in a blender and blend until combined. Pour out onto a baking sheet covered with a silicone mat. Spread to just over 1/4" thick, top with thinly sliced veggies. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and let it cool for 10 minutes. Initially, it will appear undercooked in the middle but will set up as it cools.

My husband and I have made this Veggie Shake recipe for over a decade. If you like a spicy bloody mary or vegetable juice, you will love it. When we aren't cleansing, we will drink it with sausage or nitrate-free liverwurst on the side. Don't knock it until you've tried it!

You can play around with this recipe using the veggies that bring you the most joy. I am a huge fan of beets, but I know they are not for everyone.

Veggie Shake

Serves 2

Ingredients:

• 1 fistful of leafy greens

• 1/2 beet diced

• 1 carrot chopped

• 1 celery stalk chopped

• 1 lemon peeled

• 1-2 cloves of garlic

• 1 TBS EVOO

• 1 TBS apple cider vinegar or Fire Cider

• 1 TBS liquid aminos

• a dash of cayenne

• 1 tsp turmeric

• 8+ ounces of broth or water

• salt and pepper

• 1 large ice cube

• Optional: avocado, fresh herbs, a little horseradish, 2-4 TBS of collagen powder

Directions:

Layer the ingredients in your blender greens first for a suitable liquid blending base. I have a Blendtec, and as powerful as it is, when I add the root vegetables first, I have to put extra liquid in to get it going, making the shake much thinner than I want it. Blend and serve.

Let me know how it goes if you try these recipes! I have lots more to share so stay tuned.

~Corinne