The Pantry Cleanse...

So I emptied my pantry to get it ready for the cleanse... by putting you know healthy stuff in to it... so here's my starting point.

Two prime shelves right next to the fridge... but what to put inside?



Look at my pretty jars!

 I'm anal, so instead of having random boxes and bags of grain I keep them in labeled canning jars.  That's brown rice, millet, quinoa and oatmeal.  There's one for corn for airpopping too. 

I have more grain in the back pantry.

I love rice.  That's 3 other kinds.  I'm weird.

Then it's the fixins-

Sea Salt and Flax Seed- for oatmeal and smoothies.

Veggie Broth to cook rice in for a little flavor.

A tabouli mix to keep me from screwing it up.

Add in honey, almond and peanut butter... almonds... and tea.  Oh god the tea.

This is in addition to the 3 boxes in my desk at work.

Then you have my finished pantry-

Now, I'm working on my list of veggies/fruits to stock up on Saturday.. and looking for recipes to make for the cleanse.

I'll be ready damnit.

Cleanse Preps

I told Mems I was doing a 21 day cleanse and her response was "You won't last 21 minutes."  Her faith in me is inspiring I know.

But I'm really going to do it... so now is the prep work. 

First things first I'm eating all the sugar and gluten products currently in the house... so they won't be tempting to me when they're off limits.  Man I'm loving this part of the prep work.

I'm also gathering my healthy foods and getting the kitchen ready.  I'll be taking lots of pics of my new cleanse cabinet soon.. so be on alert for that. 

Menu Planning is also on the horizon.  The best way for me to stay on top of the cleanse is definitely going to be having a set plan of what I can and can't eat and food made and ready to go.

I've never been a big planner... it's my way of rebelling against my very structured profession... so any advice for planning 21 days worth of meals?