Plant-Based Diets 101: Plant-Based Recipes and Dinner Ideas
Healthy and Delicious: Plant-Based Diet Recipes
So, you’ve decided to start a plant-based diet? Great! Adapting a plant-based diet is an active step towards a healthier you and a healthier planet. Getting started can, though, be a little tough. Where do you even start? If you’re looking for plant-based diet recipes for beginners or need inspiration for plant-based diet dinner ideas, we’ve got a few tips for you. Read on!
The Building Blocks of Your Plant-Based Diet Recipes
From pescatarian to flexitarian and vegan, there are several types of plant-based diets out there. What do all these types of plant-based diets have in common? All of them focus on fresh, natural, whole foods and eliminate or drastically cut out animal products and processed foods. Health and wellness experts agree that diets that emphasize minimally processed foods, specifically plants, are effective in improving overall health and weight loss. When it comes to planning plant-based meals, here is one way for all types of dieters to think about it: the baseline of any of these diets is the vegan one. Everyone can eat vegan, so focus on that and supplement the diet with what you are comfortable adding in, like meat or fish.
How to Make Vegan Recipes Work for All Types of Plant-Based Diets
Vegans don’t eat animal products of any kind. That means no meat, fish, dairy, eggs, or even honey. A vegan diet is full of healthy fruits, veggies, whole grains, nuts, seeds, and legumes like beans and lentils…. all foods that anyone, even omnivores, can enjoy.
Using the idea outlined above, let’s take a look at a one day vegan diet recipes with suggestions for different plant-based diet ideas:
- Plant-based diet breakfast: oatmeal made with coconut milk, topped with walnuts and blueberries (all plant-based diets).
- Plant-based diet lunch: hearty spinach salad topped with cucumbers, tomatoes, chickpeas, and avocado. Pescatarians add grilled salmon, lacto-ovo add hard-boiled egg
- Plant-based diet dinner: red lentil curry. Flexitarians add chicken.
As you can see, whether you’re on a flexitarian diet or vegan diet, a plant-based diet can be delicious! There are also plenty of plant-based diet desserts out there, too. Vegetarians have more options than vegans here since many desserts include dairy and eggs. That being said, a vegan coconut cake is absolutely delicious, and chocolate is often vegan. Just check the label.
