Diet

Here's Why the Soup Cleanse Is About to Replace Juicing

Thinking about juicing? Nutrient rich soups are here to stop the suffering

by Tanya Edwards | COMMENT

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How the First Day Went I started my day with the cauliflower coconut soup, as I'm more of a sweet breakfast person (my usual go-to is a yogurt) and it was definitely ... different. In the pro-column, it was warm and supercomforting, but in the minus-column it did feel strange to have cauliflower soup at 9am. Splendid Spoon's head of special projects, Alex Hagney explained they are looking to address this by adding more smoothies to the mix, saying, "Smoothies are something we're working on."

I spaced the gluten-free drinkable soups out over the day and had the next at 11am, then 1:30pm and the last at 4pm. My favorite by far was the butternut turmeric, which was packed with the disease-fighting herb popular in many curries, giving the soup a rich, hearty flavor. For dinner I had the black-eyed pea succotash, which had more whole veggies than the drinkables, as well as a healthy serving of beans.

I definitely finished the day a fan. I didn't feel any hunger pangs, nor did I feel like all I ate all day was salad and raw greens. The textures and multi-layer flavors made the soup cleanse interesting for the palate, and not like a day of deprivation.

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