Nine-day liver detox – the recipes
Here are all the recipes you'll need to try on Patrick Holford's nine-day liver detox plan
Patrick’s primordial soup
Serves 2-3
•1tbsp coconut oil or olive oil
•1/2 red onion, roughly chopped
•1 garlic clove, crushed
•1 large carrot, peeled and chopped
•1 large sweet potato, chopped
•1 heaped tsp grated fresh root ginger
•1/4tsp turmeric
•2tsp Marigold Reduced Salt Vegetable Bouillon Powder
•1/2 red pepper, diced
•75ml coconut milk
1. Heat the oil in a large pan and gently sauté the onion and garlic for a few minutes until softened.
2. Add the carrot, sweet potato, ginger, turmeric and bouillon powder. Just cover with boiling water and bring to the boil. Cover and simmer for about 15 minutes or until the veg is soft.
3. Add the red pepper and coconut milk, then blend until smooth and thick.
Essential seed mix
1. Half-fill a glass jar that has a sealing lid, with flax seeds and half with a mixture of sesame, sunflower and pumpkin seeds.
2. Keep the jar sealed and store in the fridge to minimise damage from light, heat and oxygen.
Grind a handful of the seed mix in a coffee or seed grinder. Use 1 tablespoon in Superfood Muesli. Store remainder in the fridge. Use over the next few days with salads and smoothies.
Superfood muesli
Serves 1
•40g whole rolled porridge oats
•1tbsp ground almonds or desiccated coconut
•1tbsp Essential Seed Mix
•1/2 small apple, grated
•1tbsp berries, such as raspberries or blueberries, or dried fruit such as sultanas
•1/2 tsp ground cinnamon, or to taste (optional)
Place all the ingredients in a bowl and cover with double the amount of boiling water.
Stir and leave to thicken for a couple of minutes until the oats have soaked up the water and become soft and plump.
Super greens mix
Serves 1
•1/4 bag watercress, rinsed and dried
•1/4 bag baby leaf spinach, rinsed and dried
•A good handful of basil leaves
•A good handful of parsley leaves
•1tbsp extra virgin olive oil
•Squeeze of lemon juice, to taste
Whizz all the ingredients together in a mini blender or food processor. Or, finely chop the herbs and stir in the oil; the mixture should hold together in a similar way to pesto.
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•The Holford 9-Day Liver Detox, Patrick Holford and Fiona McDonald Joyce, (Piatkus, £10.99).
