I have been on a DETOX sort of a diet for a while now. I use the word 'sort of' since the recipes I follow are not exactly from any detox book, but which follows the basic essence of detoxing. Too much of work, lack of proper sleep and exercise, eating food outside are starting to show on me. What more, I am starting to feel it too. If you have been a regular reader of my site, you would know that I am not a follower of any 'diets' per se. They don't work for me and I don't believe in depriving myself of anything. But Detox is more about helping your body get rid of toxins and what they actually deprive you of, are something I don't mind at all - things like alcohol, caffeine, eating outside (to avoid high saturated, high sodium, sugar and highly processed foods). Sounds like a good plan to me. After following it for a while, I am starting to feel better and the best thing is I feel this on my own terms and not because some diet insisted that after depriving me of everything I should feel good at this stage!

I have been eating lots of wholegrain based foods. Being a vegetarian already has only helped me in this cause since lots of vegetables and fruits are the in thing for this diet. But its great for non vegetarians too - I see that there are many options for non vegetarians during Detox. Anyways one of the lunches which I enjoyed recently was this Kamut Pilaf. It has almost all the goodness you can ask for and what more its delicious. Its simple to put together too. It was one of those 'cleaning-my-fridge-hence-dump-all-remaining-ingredients-together' kind of pilaf. You can use whatever you have on hand - but make sure to include some greens.