Purifoid Meals and Snacks

I promised to write about some sample meals and snacks that would be easy to make and simple to include into your daily meals. Eating mindfully, moderately, healthfully, and regularly can be implemented with ease when you plan out your meals and snacks. You can do this by planning for just the meal, the day or even the week.

One way is to figure out what time you normally like to eat and make sure that you have always have something you can either fix quickly or have with you. Another way is have a schedule of eating and stick to it as often as you possibly can. For instance: breakfast, lunch, snack, dinner, snack. Mix it up how best suits you, your hunger, and lifestyle.

Juicy fruits like melons, pineapple, and berries are best for first thing in the morning. They are so light on your system and enable your body to expel all the toxins that have been in your system since the night before. The book Fitfor Life goes into detail about our bodies natural elimination cycle and how best to support it. After a high water content fruit you can move on to fruits like apples and then even dried fruit as you get hungrier. Fruit is highly portable and easy to take with you anywhere. Most fruit even comes in their very own package!

Lunch time is a great time for salad. It is still light on the digestive system, but can be tossed with some more filling additions. Once you have the basic washed lettuce in your bowl or on your plate, you can add things like sunflower or sesame seeds, lentils, almonds, tofu, wild rice, and lean beef or chicken if you are not vegetarian. Most veggies go excellently with all these additions-but some easy and filling ones are carrots, chopped zucchini or yellow squash, colorful bell peppers, and cauliflower or broccoli to add some mega- fiber.  If you have washed some veggies the night before, you just have to throw them in some containers, toss them with your lettuce, add your favorite toppings and low-fat dressing and you are set to go! You have a fiber-packed, vitamin containing, and protein filled salad!

Most people seem to get hungry a couple hours after lunch. This may just be a slump in the day, a sign that you are tired or bored or something else…but who cares? Have something to eat! This is a great time for something like a protein shake, protein bar, nuts or some soy or Greek yogurt. If you are exercising regularly, a snack would be important so that you have enough energy for a good workout.

Dinner time can be baffling for anyone. Busy people have even less time to do something healthful. You may find yourself exclaiming ‘what do I make?’ ‘It is too hot to cook!’  ‘I don’t have the time!’ There are solutions for this. It may not always be possible to be home at dinner time or even have the time or energy to prepare anything at all. That is ok! The point is to do your best when you can and try to fix something. 

Here are some simple ideas: Grab some black beans and drain them so that you do not have the extra sodium from the can. You can put those over whole-grain chips, add some hot sauce, avocado, and light dairy cheese or soy cheese. Beans also mix splendidly with different kinds of rice and you can always add avocado with or without some tomatoes and onions and you have a fresh and light, yet filling meal.

Below is the recipe for the greatest pita sandwiches. They have the whole package as far as nutrients and fiber go and will satisfy you for hours. Even though they taste yummy, there is no guilt whatsoever attached to these bad boys! See the recipe and if there are some ingredients that you do not like, just mix it up with ones you do!

Rae’s Pita and Hummus sandwiches:

Pita bread

2 tbsp. Hummus

4 chopped Greek olives

3 sliced Red Grape Tomatoes

1 tbsp. Sprouted or Regular Lentils

¼ of a Whole Avocado-cubed

Put your pita on a plate and spread the hummus evenly in the pita. Sprinkle the olives and lentils on top of the hummus so they can stick to something. Add the tomatoes and avocado and enjoy!

No cooking, no sweat, no guilt.