CÉCILE CHARLOT

Meal Planning is a critical way to keep a consistent practice of healthy habits. It also is a major source of anxiety in many households, incurring a feeling of lack of control, failure, and often ending with a trip to the closest Fast Food drive-through. 
 
If Meal Planning also is for you the equivalent of a slow descent to hell, allow me to  propose a 3 menu suggestions that should end your worst nightmare and help set you a healthier path.

Breakfast

• Water and a squeeze of fresh lemon juice
• 1 of the breakfast recipes or raw almond butter on whole grain toast

Mid-morning Snack

• Strawberries
• Water

Lunch

• Tomato salad (extra virgin olive oil + balsamic vinegar + sea salt & pepper)
• Grilled asparagus (extra virgin olive oil + sea salt & pepper in the oven)
• Oven-baked chicken thigh (extra virgin olive oil + lemon juice + sea salt & pepper. I also love to add capers)
• If need be, 1 cup of cooked quinoa

Mid-afternoon Snack

• A handful of raw almonds
• Water

Dinner

• Detox Herbs & Shrimp Broth

Breakfast

• Water and a squeeze of fresh lemon juice
• 1 of the breakfast recipes or raw almond butter on whole grain toast

Mid-morning Snack

• Blueberries
• Water

Lunch

• Cucumber salad (extra virgin olive oil + balsamic vinegar + sea salt & pepper)
• Fresh peas - Fava beans, sugar snap peas, snow peas, green peas (shelled/trimmed, boiled in water for 1 minute + extra virgin olive oil + sea salt & pepper)
• Oven-baked white fish (extra virgin olive oil + lemon juice + sea salt & pepper)
• If need be, 1 cup of cooked quinoa

Mid-afternoon Snack

• 2 squares of dark (>70% cacao) chocolate
• Water

Dinner

• Hot & Sour Mushroom Soup

Breakfast

• Water and a squeeze of fresh lemon juice
• 1 of the breakfast recipes or raw almond butter on whole grain toast

Mid-morning Snack

• Apricot
• Water

Lunch

• Radishes (plain or with a bit of sea salt)
  
• Roast artichokes
• Oven-baked salmon (extra virgin olive oil + lemon juice + sea salt & pepper)

Mid-afternoon Snack

• 1 spoon of raw almond butter (direct from jar to mouth)
• Water

Dinner

• Lentil-Rhubarb Soup

 Makes 1 serving

• 1 frozen banana (peel before freezing)
• 2 tablespoons freeze-dried acai powder (available online or in health food stores)
• 1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk
• 1 tablespoon maple syrup
• Fresh fruit, blueberries for example
• Granola (optional)

Blend the frozen banana, acai powder, almond milk, and maple syrup into a thick, smooth consistency.

Spoon out into a bowl and top with fresh fruit and granola if desired, or just enjoy plain.

Makes 2 servings

• 1 cup coconut water: for liquid and electrolytes
  
• 1 tablespoon raw almond butter: for protein, fat, and binding
• 1 tablespoon coconut oil: for fat and binding
• 1 tablespoon raw honey: as a sweetener and for its natural enzymes
• 2 tablespoons hemp protein powder
• 3 tablespoons raw cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon raw maca root powder: for stamina and libido
• 1 teaspoon camu berry powder: these berries have the highest concentration of vitamin C on the planet (read more on camu camu from NaturalNews here)
• 1/3 bag frozen blueberries
• 1/3 bag frozen raspberries

Put all items in your blender in the above order. Blend until smooth.

1) Complete the questionnaire

• Take time to reflect on your answers: Which ones surprised you? Which ones do you want to transform?

2) Feng Shui your intimate space

• De-clutter
  
• Buy new bedding in warm or neutral colors if necessary
  
• Research/source decor and art that speak to you 
  
• Make the first night in your "new" space and bed a ritual: take a hot shower, moisturize, light up a candle and revel

3) Pick 2 of the 8 proposed health practices (in doubt, pick the first 2)

• Implement every day until we meet again
  

4) Try 1 or more of the Meal Planning options

5) Attempt 1 Breakfast recipe

6) Journal how you want to feel with your body, sensuality and sexuality