Some diets tell you “It’s Wednesday and therefore you must have porridge” but the beauty of a 7 day detox is that you can suit your own tastes. You choose what you want for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks, so long as you keep the ingredients varied and eat a range of different-colored fruits and vegetables every day.

Breakfast choices

• Start-the-day cereal
• Oat porridge made with whole oats (not instant) and served with your choice of non-dairy milk, honey and nuts
• Millet or quinoa porridge with a dried fruit topping, served with non-dairy milk
• Compote of mixed dried fruits soaked in orange juice and served with live yoghurt
• Non-wheat bread toasted and served with nut butter or honey
• Poached organic eggs and steamed spinach on non-wheat toast
• Fruit salad of mango, papaya and melon topped with sesame seeds

Lunch choices

• Home made soups, served with non-wheat bread to dip in
• Salads – go for organic wherever possible.
• A Mediterranean vegetable omelet, with red onion, cherry tomatoes, courgette and peppers
• Goat’s cheese salad with walnuts sprinkled on top
• Ratatouille heaped on a slice of toasted wheat-free bread
• Non-wheat pasta with steamed vegetables and a simple tomato sauce
• A baked potato filled with Greek salad – feta cheese, tomato, onion, cucumber and black olives
• Crudites with Mexican dips

Dinner choices

• Your choice of organic oily fish served with heaps of seasonal vegetables and a squeeze of lemon juice
• Baked salmon with your vegetable accompaniment of choice
• Oriental stir-fried broccoli with nuts
• Pasta with artichokes and olives
• Quinoa and wild rice pilaff
• Spicy cannellini bean and tomato casserole
• Roast vegetables with sweet potato mash, served with fish if you like
• Masoor dhal with cauliflower
• Vegetable fried rice with nori
• Marinated vegetable kebabs
• A selection of roasted vegetables, including beetroot, aubergine, courgette, tomatoes and red onion, with pumpkin seeds and crumbled feta cheese on top

Desserts

• Any kind of fresh fruit salad
• Pomegranate ice cream
• Orange and date salad
• Blueberry salad
• Rice pudding made with non-dairy milk
• Crumbles made with oat and crushed nut toppings

Detox snacks

• Rice cakes (unsalted, plain or sesame seed), oatcakes or non-wheat bread with hummus, tahini, guacamole, goat’s cheese, nut butter or honey
• Some cherry tomatoes with a few chunks of goat’s cheese
• Half an avocado sprinkled with olive oil and balsamic vinegar
• Mixed nuts and seeds (health food shops have lots of nutritious mixtures)
• Raw vegetable crudites served with tahini, hummus or guacamole
• Some raisins or other dried fruits
• Any fresh fruit – melon, grapes, apple, pear, satsuma
• A fresh juice, smoothie or non-dairy milk shake

Post-detox dinners

• Any detox salads or vegetable dishes served with grilled organic meat, fish or chicken
• Pepper steak with two salads
• Chicken with chickpeas, olives and lemon
• Oriental stir-fries with fish or chicken
• All kinds of curry dishes