7-Day Juice Cleanse Diet: The Rest of the Recipe

This one is called Red Dawn

This is officially my 6th day on this juice cleanse diet. Whew!

I've already blogged about  Day 1 Breakfast and Day 1 Lunch. But I must admit that I never really stuck to this diet alone (sorry!) because... well... I really felt so hungry!  Oops! Although I did manage to just eat a cup of rice, a bunch of microwaved green leafy vegetable (saluyot and kangkong), 1 egg and 1 small baked milkfish which lasted me one whole day each day of this diet. It's still pretty healthy albeit limited. Plus one egg a day prevents breast cancer by 12%!, did you know that? I read that somewhere before...  And when I need to work all night, I just make a veggie and tuna sandwich with cheese (So I guess I can really never go Vegan... I just love egg and cheese so much!) The rest of the time, I was taking my vegetable and fruit shakes. The regular food was just there when I really can't take the hunger pangs anymore. Coz when I get hungry, I get gassy and my tummy blows up like a balloon. That's one of the downside of having GERD which is why I can never manage to get a flat tummy no matter what I do. But lo and behold, after Day 3 on this juice cleanse thing (coupled with one regular meal per day), my tummy does look a bit flat these days.  Plus I lost a few pounds too! Yey! It also helps that I've also been caffeine-free for 6 days now which means less acidity in my stomach therefore less gas and less bloatedness. I wish to continue that. I feel so much better without caffeine in my system! I feel more alive and awake! Weird huh? Well, that's coz the enzymes from the fruits and vegetables I've been ingesting are giving me so much nutrients that my body really needs.

Anyway, I'll share with you here the rest of the recipe for the 7 Day Juice Cleanse. If you have enough discipline in yourself to stick to it, please do. Don't be like me so you can experience all the healthful benefits it has to offer. As for me, at least my body is getting used to it now. I've been craving less and less for the usual food I eat which is a good sign. I'll continue incorporating the vegetable and fruit shakes in my diet  and perhaps one day I'll just be surprised that I've given up fish, rice and dairy too. (^_^)

This one's called Dr. Oz's Green Drink

Check out my previous posts for the first two recipes:
7-Day Juice Cleanse Day 1 Breakfast
7-Day Juice Cleanse Day 1 Lunch

Some tips:

• I usually add water so it's easier to blend.
• When it gets bitter for my taste I put a little honey.

Here's the rest of the recipe starting dinner for day 1:

7-Day Juice Cleanse Day 1 Lunch

I've started with the Juice Cleanse yesterday. However, I've encountered some minor booboos along the way. Please bear with me. I'm only human after all...

7-Day Juice Cleanse Day 1 Breakfast

I've been eating pretty healthily for a long time now. Though I haven't shared here my latest food inventions (they're mostly on my personal facebook account - please like also my public facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/thesexynomad), trust me when I say that I eat mostly vegetables these days. I seldom eat meat except for the occasional hotdogs when I am running out of fish or running out of time to cook anything decent but that's just once in a while, hehehe. 
 

But don't worry, I am reviving my food blog and I'll be posting here once again the dishes I make which are also perfect for people who are very busy like me but would like to know what quick healthy meals (and sometimes not-so-healthy... blame it on my cravings!) to prepare that can last a whole day. 
 

For now, I just want to start sharing here this 7-Day Juice Cleanse diet given to me by Quennie. She's the same friend of mine who invited me to join the 2-week International Youth Seminar and Meditation Retreat in Taiwan back in 2012 and now she's inviting me to come visit her resort once again, Natura Vista in Bohol, for a Raw Food Detox and Mindfulness Retreat this coming October 24. Unfortunately, my next visit to the Visayas region won't be until March next year. So I asked her if she could give me the recipes of the diet she's been using which transformed her from being sexy and fab to being super sexy and mega fab! And she gladly sent it to me. Thanks so much Quennie!!! And now I'm going to start sharing them with you.

Kailan Leaves (Chinese Broccoli) Dishes - My Own Invention

So I have been harvesting my own Kailan leaves or Chinese Broccoli for a few weeks now and I've been inventing dishes for this kind of vegetable since. I wanted something not so oily so I try to avoid the stir fry kind. 

Here's what I first came up with:

Figaro New Dinner Meals

I'm so happy that Figaro is now introducing healthier meals! Hurray!

The answer to a healthy dinner is here. Figaro, the first Filipino coffee company believes your promise to a healthy start this year with new Dinner Meals to develop your plan to wellness. Introducing Chicken Rice Bake (P150), a cup of flavorful chicken, bell peppers, mushrooms, carrots, rice in creamy white sauce baked to perfection and topped with mozzarella cheese baste. A complete meal of meat and vegetables baked to perfection, Figaro's Chicken Rice Bake is the answer to move away from the oily fried dishes you promised to keep away this year. Be full without the guilt because Chicken Rice Bake is just a cup to regulate your cravings for more rice at 2012.  Paired with a cold glass of lemonade, Figaro's Chicken Rice Bake is the answer to complete you this year.

Smoked Salmon on Toast - good food for acid reflux and GERD

I've been taking my medicines for 6 days now (Domperidone GI norm 10 mg and Omeprazole Omepron 20mg) and I am continuously learning my lesson... One of which is to not eat anymore when I'm about to go to bed. Though it was only a bowl of fish, eggplant and rice that I ate on Saturday evening, which are all included in the safe foods for GERD, I woke up nauseous the next day and threw up everything I ate several times! Tsk, tsk, tsk.

GERD and Acid Reflux Foods - My So-Called Healthy Diet Before. WHAT WENT WRONG???

So it's official. I'm not pregnant but I do have GERD. Its symptoms started exhibiting in October when we were in Misibis Bay. Just so you know, you would have GERD if you have the following symptoms:

• You feel like you want to burp but you can't.
• It feels like there's something stuck in your throat.
• It's hard to swallow. Worse, it's painful to swallow.
• You're experiencing heartburn more than usual.
• You hear a regurgitating sound in your throat like there's air twirling in there.
• You throw up your food (this has never happened to me but it happened to Peter and it was painful watching him).
• The food you've already swallowed backs up to your mouth (this always happen s to me).

Early signs and possible causes of GERD:

The Red Rice and Vegetable Diet

We originally made this blog to journal the food we make at home. But because of time constraint brought about by our busy work schedules, we ended up eating out more, or ordering food delivery or take out. Moreover, when we travel, we of course have no choice but to dine at a restaurant we like which we also share here (more to come on this after this post).

Lately though, Peter and I have fallen into our old routine of making our own food at home. This was due to the following factors:

1. We're not getting any younger and if we want to eat healthily in order to lose weight then we might as well start making our own food again.

2. Making our own food at home considerably brings down our food expenses.

3. We have complete control over what we want to eat.

4. Peter recently resigned from his job in order to set up his own digital PR/Advertising business. He's currently enjoying doing work from home half the time which means, if he doesn't want to keep eating what I make (mostly Adobong vegetables), then he has no choice but to start making dishes for us since he is the better cook anyway. ^_^

Below are some of the dishes Peter prepared the past week since we got back from our Cebu-Bohol-Siargao trip...

vegetable salad with cheese and citronella dressing + pâté on french bread

Magalawa Island Food Fiesta

When we went to Magalawa Island last weekend, my hubby and I were expecting a feast just like the one we got at Cagbalete island when Koryn first organized a trip for us. Since we availed the food package at Magalawa island, we were indeed offered some kind of Filipino food fiesta!

There were times, we weren't able to take photos of the food anymore because of hunger and how inviting the food was. Here are two food photos though that we were able to take before we ate them all.

Boracay Buffet @ Bamboo Bar

So there we were in Boracay... after more than an hour of walking from Stations 3 to 1 and back, we ended up near where we came from which was at Boracay Station 3. For us, it has the most appetizing and affordable buffet we can find --- dinner buffet at Bamboo Bar at Station 3 for only Php250.00.

Strawberry Salad with Chicken Bits

This has been my diet for the past week, well, since I got back from Baguio basically. I bought some lettuce and strawberries so I really have no choice but to eat them. The other day, I ordered some dishes from Chic-Boy, one of which was a whole roasted chicken, that I haven't finished yet so you can also see chicken bits in my strawberry salad.

Johnny Chow @ Resorts World

It was the eve of my birthday and the day Pops was heading back to the US. We were shopping at Resorts World when we decided to take a break and have a hearty late lunch. We chose Johnny Chow (at the 2/F of Newport Mall) because the place looked festive enough, Pops can smoke and we got interested with the waitresses donning blonde wigs and cosplay-like costumes. ^_^

Anyway, we picked the right restaurant because Johnny Chow serves all sorts of Asian dishes which we love. They also give complementary pot of tea and refillable bowl of steamed peanuts.


Check out the dishes we ordered:

Impressca and the Story Behind the Healthy Food Choice

I had the opportunity to try out the salad and sandwich offerings at Impressca when I went shopping at the 3-day sale of SM Cubao. They had just opened that same day and I have a feeling that it will be a brand that many food lovers, particularly vegetarians and health conscious folks, would surely patronize and enjoy. I read about how it started and I was very inspired. I thought, why not publish here the very essay written by its owner on how it all started? So here it is. The following is an essay by Elizabeth Ella Echano, the brain behind the new and very impressive food outlet, Impressca.

“For the Love of Creation”

I came from humble beginnings but with enormous dreams. My parents were teachers, thus, I was nurtured to broaden my horizon leading to a personal intuition towards entrepreneurship. I learned in college that success is “One percent luck and ninety-nine percent sweat”. In everything I do to try to gain headway in my pursuit for a meaningful business, I am always guided of this line from Martin Luther which consistently become my cling in every step I’m on … “I have so much to do (today) that I should spend the first three hours in prayer.” I am starting my entrepreneurial story with the above lines because IMPRESSCA’s birth is 100% guts plus 100% faith.

Lunch #1 at Zenz Restaurant at Mines View Park Hotel

I am very picky when it comes to eating out. This is probably because I mostly like very flavorful dishes and detest those Western bland ones which I normally found to be served in restaurants I've visited before. This is why I resort to my own cooking 90% of the time. And so I was really surprised and happy to have enjoyed the dishes that were served during my stay at Mines View Park Hotel in Baguio from Sept. 23-24. We were always served with buffet but I was assured that their regular servings are always hefty and worth the price you pay for.

Let me show you the dishes I had together with my fellow bloggers who got invited to visit the place and experience it all for ourselves. Here's the lunch we had:

fresh leaves and carrots

Because we were in the land of not just strawberries but fresh vegetable produce, it's only normal to expect really, really fresh vegetables. And they did serve us with those!

lettuce with bread crumbs and cheese

I liked the way the textured bread crumbs, twist of cheese and a bit of vinaigrette blended with everything.

beef caldereta and rice

I seldom eat caldereta for fear of chewing a gummy beef portion, but the one they served us was tender and delicious!

chicken in sesame and barbecue sauce

I will never get tired of this chicken dish.

breaded fish chips

I like fish but rarely eat fish chips coz they mostly taste like bread rather than fish! But this one exceeded my expectation. The fish inside was flavorful so I didn't mind eating the breaded part.

mango gelatin... sweet, mangoey and yummy. ^_^

I'd love to come back there again, but this time, I want to enjoy it with my hubby. There are still so many Continental and Asian dishes I'd love to try next time.

Strawberry Sinigang at Mines View Park Hotel in Baguio

I had the privilege to taste Zenz Restaurant's (located at Mines View Park Hotel in Baguio) very innovative dish, Strawberry Sinigang, yesterday noon. Me and 19 other bloggers had a wonderful stay at Mines View Park Hotel and we were served with very wonderful healthy and tasty entrees, one of which is this unique strawberry dish:


The Strawberry Sinigang we had included freshly-picked strawberries to give the dish the sweet-tangy flavor broth and delightfully fruity charm.You can have your choice of shrimp, fish, beef or pork for meat.

As for what I had, it was Pork Strawberry Sinigang. I super liked it! It had the tangy sinigang taste with a strawberry twist. I thought it would taste weird, but everything actually fused together. Yum Yum!!!

Zenz Restaurant is located inside Mines View Park Hotel, 1 Apostol St., Outlook Drive, Baguio City.

To find out more about the hotel, please click Yes to Mines View Park Hotel in Baguio.

Baked Scrambled Egg with Corned Beef

I guess by now you know how I love to take one egg in the morning, or at any time of the day as long as I get to eat one, for health purposes. I abuse my body so much that I know I should at least compensate by trying to eat healthy food.

So anyway, there's only so much one can do with an egg, right? Since I discovered that eggs can be baked, I thought of making my usual scrambled egg, but this time, I added a can of corned beef and garlic slices too!

Whenever I scramble an egg, I add about two tablespoons of fresh milk to make it creamy, then I dash a bit of ground pepper to taste. Since corned beef is already salty, I didn't add anymore salt. Then I put it some sliced garlic. I mixed everything together and poured it in my bakeware. I placed it inside the oven and baked it at 200 degree celsius for 10 minutes together with my usual vegetables which I grilled.

Voila! It tasted so wonderful! I ate it with my veggies and java rice. Yum.

Bon appetit!

Wimpex Oven Toaster Grill Rotisserie

Over the weekend, my husband and I treated ourselves with a brand new mini oven that can bake, toast, grill and practically cook anything. This Wimpex oven has space for extra large capacity of up to 30 liters and my husband, Peter, couldn't be any happier. It uses AC 220V/60Hz 1500W.


Peter will test it this coming Saturday. He plans to cook up a feast by baking some chicken and salmon. But then I couldn't wait. I was craving for some grilled vegetables and baked scrambled egg so yesterday, I used it.


I always eat one egg a day. Yesterday, I scrambled one and added a bit of fresh milk, salt, pepper and Italian herbs in it. I poured the mixture on a bakeware and placed it inside the oven.

Grilled Chicken, Baked Scrambled Egg and Rice Leftover Delight

Whenever I cook, I try to cook a lot in one go so I won't have to spend so much time preparing food for my next meal. I can just eat what's left and that's that. But sometimes, I do get bored with the same dish to I try to make something different out of what's left from my previous meal.

Here's how I did my Grilled Chicken, Baked Scrambled Egg and Rice Leftover Delight:

Gourmet Pancit Canton

When I'm running out of ingredients in the fridge and pantry, and the only food that's left to eat is a pack or two of instant noodles, I try to make it special and healthy as much as possible. They taste so good that I've started craving for them at least once a month. When this happens, I take out 2 packs of Lucky Me instant pancit canton from the pantry and turn it into my own gourmet pancit canton.

So as usual, the noodles are cooked by soaking them in boiling water for a few minutes then draining them out through a strainer. While waiting for the water to boil, that's when I do the rest of the "magic".

Whopper Tuna Sandwich

Every time I want to go on a diet (meaning, I try not to eat rice), I make myself some sandwich. But see, I have a huge appetite and one tiny sandwich won't be enough. So, what I do is make one huge sandwich as long as I make sure that I use wheat bread and fill it with a healthy tuna spread in between the slices of toasted or grilled wheat bread.

Here's how the tuna spread is done (while toasting or grilling the wheat bread).