Reset to remedy my scary Halloween-chocolate-consumption

Ok. I admit it. I went a little nuts this weekend with Halloween sweets. I won't be eating so carelessly for a long time, but I am planning on doing a water reset shortly and repeating the chocolate reset with dark chocolates recommended by Pooja- stay tuned!

Day 3 of my 3-Day Chocolate Reset!

So I bought a big thing of 100% cacao baking chocolate (which has to be a lie) instead of regular dark chocolate because I am ridiculous and the cheese man (who cut down my chocolate chunk to be smaller) and sample lady (who pointed us into several chocolate-y directions in-store) confused me when I went to Whole Foods. 

 100% cacao 

Anyways, Day 3 was CHOCOLATE! At first I tried grating the chocolate and then I decided to break it into smaller pieces and melt it. I had to add honey because it was too rich (and obviously not sweet) and I dipped dried figs into the melted chocolate (via my microwave). As I didn't eat that much of the chocolate because it was so much, I know I am going to have the chocolate for a while... 

I also decided to make tea (which I usually drink daily), but I was out of a bud that bloomed and I wanted to share the pick because it was so pretty! I am also going to be starting a H20 reset tomorrow- wish me luck!

Day 2 of my 3-Day Chocolate Reset!

Hot chocolate! Does that say enough? I made some for my friends Phil and Sophie using soy milk instead of almond milk. They told me that they actually really liked it- even better than anything from a mix and it tasted like something mom would make. So maybe I am being like a mom by providing my friends will all natural chocolate, but I think that must be a good thing :) 

Sophie posed with her head in the hot chocolate mug

Sophie is the perfect model to show off this hot chocolate, which is a super fun alternative to traditional chocolate desserts.

Oh yeah, this is what I made (but my version is less pretty than Pooja's):

Get the recipe for her MMMM-azing hot chocolate as part of my 3-Day chocolate reset at http://poojasway.com/article-tips/october-4th-2011-poojas-3-day-reset-chocolate/.

Day 1 of my 3-Day Chocolate Reset!

 I just started my 3-Day Chocolate Reset and wanted to share pics and my progress. For the first day, I prepared Pooja’s Chocolate Snack Bowl for myself and two close friends. I think I put too much raspberry in proportion to everything else, but I thought the snack bowl tasted really good. I was surprised how natural it tasted- definitely a much healthier alternative to the chocolates I am used to eating and def better than Halloween candy :)

Oats and Cacao nibs!

Heating my raspberries

The color of these was so pretty :)

Ta-da! I finished!

CHOCOLATE!!!! (and other 3-Day Resets)

I am officially on board to do a series of three 3-Day resets with 2 day breaks in between (after meeting with Pooja this morning). To start, I will be doing Pooja's 3 Day Chocolate reset. I will be doing the resets with a friend and posting my progress with you in the format of a food journal. As for now, any recommendations for the kind of dark chocolate I should buy? I am looking for something organic with a 70% or higher cacao content (way less fat with higher %'s!).... I also need to buy cacao nibs and other stuff - even though I had just gone grocery shopping. Lol. I think that this reset is a great way for me to start off my weekend!

Cacao  nibs -> MUST BUY AND DEVOUR!

Thinking about resetting

Pooja’s Chocolate Snack Bowl

I know I haven't posted in a while, but I wanted to know what other people are doing to stay healthy and how you are going to fight upcoming holidays treats, like the onslaught on cady from Halloween? I was thinking about doing Pooja's 3-day reset -> http://poojasway.com/article-tips/october-4th-2011-poojas-3-day-reset-chocolate/

Dressing my salad with sweet and rich Salad Dressing :)

I have been trying to eat at least one salad per day (fairly successfully). I can always easily choose the topping I want because I love veggies- cucumbers, broccoli, pepper, tomatoes, tofu, almonds, soy beans, pumpkin seeds, black beans/ kidney beans/ chickpeas, tangerine slices/ some other fruit, asparagus, and I could kee going, but you get it. Basically, the dressings mess me up because so many are so fatty and unhealthy! Thankfully, Pooja has an awesome recipe for rich and sweet Shoyu mustard dressing:

Photo courtesy of Pooja's Way

You can also click here: http://poojasway.com/article-cooking/september-26-2011-flash-recipe-rich-sweet-shoyu-mustard-dressing-for-one/

Here is another one of my fav salad recipes from Pooja that you can try (really easy to make and yummy!): 

Basil and Jicama Salad- Yum!

http://poojasway.com/article-cooking/july-25-2011-meatless-monday-recipe-basil-jicama-salad/