Day 1 Recipe - Chickpea & Sweet Potato Bowl

I recently made the decision to change my diet and go on a detox with my partner. After discovering some health issues I need to address, I wanted to see if I could fix them on my own with a diet and supplements. I'll be sharing my recipes along the way. After getting familiar with a few of the recipes, the change hasn't been that tough. There's lots of places to look online for inspiration.

The regimen is around 45 days in all. 📅 The first 2 weeks we are switching our diet to no flesh, no bread (except spelt here and there), no white salt/sugar, and no processed foods. So we'll need a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables, and grains

For Day 1 I saw a Chipotle bowl recipe that looked tasty. 🌯 It was a veggie bowl, but it had black beans and rice. I substituted with chickpeas and quinoa for more nutrients. I also added sweet potatoes and a walnut meat substitute I whipped up. The ingredients are as follows:

• 4 cups of dry chickpeas (soak for 8 hours) 🥫
• 2 large sweet potatoes, peeled 🍠
• 2 cups of quinoa 🌿
• walnut meat (walnuts, seasoning, tomatoes, onion...throw it in a blender) 🌰

Almost forgot we made guacamole... 🥑

• 4 avocado, mashed with fork
• 2 diced tomatoes 🍅
• 1/4 diced onion
• cilantro 🌿
• tablespoon lime juice 🍋
• cumin
• salt & pepper

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1. After seasoning, bake the sweet potatoes and chickpeas for 30-40 min
2. Before sweet potatoes get done, start your quinoa. If you don't use broth to cook your quinoa, make sure you season well.
3. Make a bowl or throw it all on a plate 🍽️

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So that's how I kicked off Day 1 of my detox adventure. This Chipotle-inspired bowl turned out pretty tasty. 😋 Stick around – I've got more healthy recipes to share! 🥗