Menu for Jan. 6, Day 5 of the Food Lover's Cleanse 2014

Kick off Day 5 of the Food Lover's Cleanse with this comforting porridge. Later, expect sardines, eggs, butternut squash, kale, and lentil pilaf

By Marissa Lippert and Sara DickermanPhotographer Kimberley Hasselbrink

January 6, 2014

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Breakfast:
Orange-Date Muesli with Coconut and Cacao Nibs

Lunch:
Sardines with Rye Crackers and Whole Grain Mustard Dressing

Snack:
1 hard-boiled egg with smoked salt and Aleppo pepper

Dinner:
Roasted Butternut Squash
Green Lentil and Brown Basmati Rice Pilaf
Kale with The Greenest Tahini Sauce

Dessert:
2 tangerines

Kimberly Hasselbrink
1/5
Breakfast
Orange-Date Muesli with Coconut and Cacao Nibs
2/5
Lunch
Sardines with Rye Crackers and Whole Grain Mustard Dressing

3/5
Snack
1 hard-boiled egg with smoked salt and Aleppo pepper
4/5
Dinner
Roasted Butternut Squash, Green Lentil and Brown Basmati Rice Pilaf, Kale with The Greenest Tahini Sauce

5/5
Dessert
2 tangerines

Marissa Lippert is a registered dietitian in Manhattan. Named "Best Nutritionist" by New York Citysearch the past 5 years running, she is the founder of NOURISH, a nutrition counseling and media communications firm where she helps clients live, eat and cook more healthfully without giving up delicious food. She recently ... Read More

Sara Dickerman is a former restaurant cook, and a James Beard Award-winning food writer. She is the co-creator of Bon Appetit’s popular Food Lover’s Cleanse, and her recipes and writing have also appeared in The New York Times, Sunset, Slate, and many more publications. She lives in Seattle with her ... Read More

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