The Delicious Detox

Vicky Warr, Top Fitness, Nutrition and Wellness Expert at 'The Beez Kneez' shares her top tips for detoxing to leave you glowing and full of energy.
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For vibrant health, a flatter stomach, glowing skin, shiny hair and sparkling eyes you need a combination of the best vitamins and nutrients found in most fruit and vegetables. But how do you incorporate them into your daily diet and make them interesting to eat? Most people get into a stalemate with their nutrition, relying on sandwiches for lunch and serving up the same old veg - carrots and peas. This can be really dull and your cooking becomes uninspired and a chore.

Try these tantalizing combos to sour your energy levels: 1 x Peach (with or without skin) and large handful of raspberries 1 x Banana (peeled), handful of strawberries, Ground Almonds (2 tbsps) ½ bag of frozen mango chunks, ½ x banana (peeled), 2 oranges, ½ inch piece of Ginger (sliced up) Handful of Blueberries (frozen or fresh), 2 tbsps of Goji Berries, 1 x Orange, ½ Banana (peeled)

• Use green beans, mange tout, baby sweet-corn, beetroot, small segments of broccoli, spinach leaves, asparagus, avocado (1/2, sliced)
• Slice some green, red, orange, yellow peppers, drizzle with olive oil and grill for 10 minutes. Then add to salad leaves and spinach, and rocket.
• Shredded Red Cabbage and Grated Carrot (great combo for clear skin and sparkling eyes)
• Add fruit- pear with walnuts and cheese, apples with raisins and chicken pieces
• The best one - creamy root salad - new potatoes, celeriac, Swede, sweet potatoes, mustard, low-fat natural yoghurt - a bit of mayo (if you must!)

Choose any 3-4 veggies of your choice plus one large onion and chop up, slicing the onion. In addition, Peel and Chop up 1 x sweet potato (extra energy) Take ¼ pack of red or orange lentils (boosts metabolism) Boil up 1 kettle full of water Take 2 organic vegetable stock cubes Put everything into a wide pan, including the boiling water. Simmer for 1 hour and stir occasionally (stops lentils sticking). Now, go put you feet up or do a power stretch! Remove from heat, cool the soup and put in blender and blend to the consistency desired (some people like it chunkier than others).

Dips: tomato salsa, hummus Roasted vegetables bagels or wraps Make a muffin - add carrot and orange Pop them on a kebab (not the take-out, had 10 pints kind), get a skewer and add courgettes, peppers, shallots, garlic cloves, cherry tomatoes

Put peppers, sprouts, onions, mushrooms, baby sweet corn, spring onions and many others into stir frys Make omelettes with 2-3 sliced red and orange peppers and spinach leaves Veggie Pittas (Pitta bread with canned chopped tomatoes, grated cheese, peppers, courgettes, onions (drizzle a little olive oil over and grill) Make a delicious vitalizing mash - Mash up Sweet Potatoes and Parsnips or Carrots or butternut squash. Add a chicken breast and some steamed broccoli with garlic. Stuff some red cabbage leaves (choose a large red cabbage and break off the larger leaves). Stuff with some cooked lean mince, courgettes and onions (fry with a little groundnut oil) Stuff a baked Potato with grilled courgette, peppers, cherry tomatoes, mixed with some cream cheese and lemon juice Fill a wrap with a spread of hummus and grilled vegetables (chop up peppers, aubergines, and onions) or if you want to cheat buy a pack of frozen Mediterranean vegetables from Tesco). Add one pack of Spinach leaves to cooked pasta, some pesto and a can of tuna, add pine nuts if you have them. Bake a load of veggies and some fresh herbs in with some chicken breasts in one roasting dish. Drizzle with a bit of olive oil first. Bake for 15 minutes (you can have a quick shower in this time)

• Try vegetable lasagne - use veggies instead of the mince
• All to a meat chilli con carne - use carrots (sliced), sweet corn, red onions, peppers
• Vegetable curries and add chickpeas to boost lean muscle and metabolism

'The Power Trip': 1 x carrot and orange juice (add a ½ inch of ginger) 'Super Booster': ½ pack of Spinach, ½ pineapple, 1 x carrot, 1 x apple, plus a tsp of ginger 'Switched on': 1 x lime, inch of ginger, carrots, 2 x apples, ¼ cucumber

Try Roasting figs and drizzling with honey once roasted (takes 10 minutes in the oven). Bake Bramley apples (remove core before) and brush over a small amount of butter. Add honey and raisins to the centre 3 minutes before removing from the oven. Melt some dark chocolate and dip in some strawberries and feed to your loved one. HEEELLO!

1. Always choose vegetable side dishes like broccoli with oyster sauce (Thai)
2. Choose a large mixed salad to accompany your main course
3. Choose a fresh, vegetable type soup or watercress to start

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