The Annual New Year Detox: 2024 Edition

It’s that time of year again: For five days in January, we create a road map for anyone who wants a mini reset.

What that means in the food department is no coffee, alcohol, dairy, gluten, corn, nightshades, soy, refined sugar, shellfish, white rice, or eggs. (As always, we follow Dr. Alejandro Junger’s elimination diet guidelines from the Clean Program.) In their place? A ton of incredible, nourishing clean recipes, thanks to goop Kitchen chefs Kim Floresca and Brent Parrino, who have outdone themselves once again.

Out of the kitchen, the goal is also to be kind to our bodies. Maybe this means recommitting to a lapsed dry brushing habit or finding gentle movement in the morning—and, ideally, taking the whole thing as an invitation to go to bed deliciously early.

For anyone in the LA or OC area who would rather skip some of the cooking: This year, almost everything is available to order from goop Kitchen. (Thank you, chefs.) You’ll find what you’re looking for under the “Detox” tab on the menu.

SUNDAY PREP

1. Make the herb marinade for the Winter Salmon Bowl and Chicken Bowl.
2. Make the lemon-caper dressing for the Winter Salmon Bowl, Chicken Bowl, and Greenest Green Salad.
3. Make a batch of the Turmeric-Spiced Bone Broth. (If you want to skip this step and you can’t order from goop Kitchen, FOND makes great-quality bone broth and ships nationally. Brodo is a good option, too.)
4.  Make your Protein Power Bites for the week.
5. Optional: Make tomorrow’s breakfast (Matcha and Coconut Yogurt Chia Pudding).
6. Optional: Poach the chicken for the Classic Chicken Salad.
7. Optional: Make two batches of Seeded Crackers. If you want to skip making your own crackers for the week, plate your chicken salad on thin brown rice cakes or try Ella’s Flats (which you can also crumble over your Greenest Green Salad).

MONDAY

• Morning: Warm water with lemon
• Breakfast: Matcha and Coconut Yogurt Chia Pudding
• Lunch: Classic Chicken Salad with Seeded Crackers (this recipe serves two—save half for lunch on Wednesday)
• Snack: Blueberry and Ginger Smoothie
• Dinner: Winter Salmon Bowl (this recipe serves two—save half for dinner on Wednesday)

TUESDAY

• Morning: Warm water with lemon
• Breakfast: Blueberry and Ginger Smoothie
• Lunch: Everyday Shaved Kale and Brussels Salad (this recipe serves two—save half for Thursday’s lunch)
• Snack: Protein Power Bites
• Dinner: Chicken Bowl with Garlic Vegetables, Avocado, and Lemon Vinaigrette (this recipe serves two—save half for Thursday’s dinner)

WEDNESDAY

• Morning: Warm water with lemon
• Breakfast: Turmeric-Spiced Bone Broth and Scallions
• Snack: Matcha and Coconut Yogurt Chia Pudding
• Lunch: Classic Chicken Salad with Seeded Crackers
• Dinner: Winter Salmon Bowl

THURSDAY

• Morning: Warm water with lemon
• Breakfast: Blueberry and Ginger Smoothie
• Lunch: Everyday Shaved Kale and Brussels Salad
• Snack: Protein Power Bites
• Dinner: Chicken Bowl with Garlic Vegetables, Avocado, and Lemon Vinaigrette

FRIDAY

• Morning: Warm water with lemon
• Breakfast: Turmeric-Spiced Bone Broth and Scallions
• Snack: Matcha and Coconut Yogurt Chia Pudding
• Lunch: Greenest Green Salad
• Dinner: Chickpea Miso Soup

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Feel free to add in other snacks whenever you need or want them. Some of our favorite detox-friendly combos don’t require a recipe:

• Brown rice cake + avocado + everything-bagel seasoning
• Green apple + almond butter + cinnamon
• Dates + tahini + flaky sea salt
• Cucumber + hummus + olives
• Coconut yogurt + berries + chia seeds

For the bone broth, feel free to swap in a kelp or mushroom broth. We like OWL Venice Organic Vegan Mineral Broth Elixir, which ships nationally.

You can use chickpeas as a substitute for chicken in the Classic Chicken Salad: Use two cups of canned chickpeas, drained, and rough-chop them.

Tofu is soy, and soy is technically a food to avoid on a detox, but it’s fine in moderate amounts if you need more plant-based variety during your reset—you know best what your body needs. You can easily substitute tofu for chicken in the Chicken Bowl.

You could skip the chicken altogether in the Everyday Shaved Kale and Brussels Salad; we find that with the fiber from the Brussels sprouts, almonds, and avocado, we don’t need added protein to keep us full.

Adding kelp noodles, chickpeas, toasted pumpkin seeds (½ cup), and extra spinach to the Winter Salmon Bowl recipe (in place of the salmon) will take the dish in a new direction but still get you to the right place nutritionally. The finished product will be more of a twist on a stir-fry.