Call it what you want – a “cheat” day, a girl’s night out, dinner at the in-laws – but you slipped up with eating junk food and now it’s time to pick yourself up and try again.
And if it was more than one day –ahem, four weeks isn’t really a month, right? –you can still turn it around.
This is the perfect time to restock your fridge and get some new cuisine rockin’ in your kitchen with plant-based recipes your body, wallet and conscience will feel great about.
Does the cost of a night out with friends and family need to come with a more pronounced belly or butt though?
While your husband may not be complaining about the extra junk in your trunk, you’re probably feeling pretty weighed down.
And let’s be honest, you’ve probably been carrying the extra weight around all year and is only seeming to grow with each season that passes.
No more!
A plant-based diet doesn’t need to be hard and won’t leave you feeling deprived or hungry because you’ll be getting all the nutrients your body craves with foods that come from the earth.
Instead of attempting a crazy cleanse that leaves you feeling starved and bound for failure, a plant-based diet naturally detoxes your body and cleans your mind and organs of the gunk that’s holding you back from living your best life.
By eating mostly plants, you are following a plant-based diet which will naturally help you shed unwanted weight.
That’s it. Nothin’ crazy or complicated about it.
If you’re continuously living in stretchy pants (leggings are pants, right?), here are some easy plant-based recipes for weight loss to help you get back to feeling like yourself by ridding the ol’ ball and chain of chub you’ve been lugging around.
Before we dive into the best plant-based recipes for beginners, check out these awesome resources to help you be more successful when starting a vegan diet.
She knows what it’s like to battle extra pounds and feel tired all the time and how making a green transformation not only improved the quality of her family’s life but helped all her wildest dreams come true too.
She provides recipes that even your meat-loving SO will crave and believes that by correctly fueling your body, you’ll be able to feed your passions in life no matter how out of reach they seem right now.
You want climb that mountain, run that spring marathon or swim the seven seas? Let’s do it, sista. I’m totally on board with turning fantasies into reality this year, and Jen will help you get there.
This book is filled with amazing plant-based recipes and pictures to get you pumped up.
Kathryne has a cool approach to delving into this way of life and will have you singing praise to the kale and quinoa gods with the delicious food creations she and her doggie sidekick (Cookie, the sous chef) have in store for you.
Disease brings dis-ease, and a plant-based diet has been scientifically proven to reverse and prevent disease and ailments and bring about a sense of ease and superhuman-like health in the process.
Instead of combating illness with prescription pills or surgery, Michael believes that plants are the answer for the cure.
Plant-Based Recipes for Breakfast
If you’re wondering how you’ll survive breakfasts without eggs and bacon or buttery, milky pancakes, no need to fret!
There are countless ways of spicing up your morning meals in a meatless but yummy way. Breakfast is the most important meal as they say, and there is no shortage of vegan dishes to get you moving and shaking on the start of another awesome day in your new life with these recipes!
1. Vanilla Rice Pudding Topped With Fresh Berries and Melted Nougat
This vanilla rice pudding with berries and nougat is calling my morning’s sweet-tooth name.
It looks almost like this dreamy-looking breakfast would be bad for you, but it’s made out of all natural ingredients that will have you singing and dancing around your kitchen table with its heaven-like appearance and taste.
If you’re digging something more savory and have a craving for pancakes, these ones will do the trick. These pancakes are chocked full of nutrients and vitamins (unlike the buttermilk variety).
The variety of colors in the plant-based breakfast dishes that you can make will awaken your body and soul and leave your mind wondering what’s next!
Vegan pancakes with HEALTHY Nutella! Yes! For a beginner plant-based dieter, this is a great meal to try and find out that going vegan doesn’t mean starving or denying cravings!
A simple and easy recipe any beginner vegan dieter can do!
Plant-Based Recipes for Beginners
If you’re looking for plant-based recipes on a budget and wanting to keep it simple and uncomplicated, just remember to fill your grocery basket with greens, fruits, nuts, seeds, whole grains, and healthy fats.
Shop in-season fruits and vegetables for the lowest prices and consider buying frozen and canned to save some money too.
Eating plant-based might require you to eat more rather than less to eat to satiety so buying in bulk is a great option to consider so that you don’t have to make as many trips to the store and will get you the best bang for your buck.
11. Vegan Macaroni
This is a vegan macaroni dish that looks easy to recreate and is much healthier than the processed box kind.
Plantbasedblonde’s feed is full of other easy to recreate recipes with an endless supply of ideas for vegan tacos, pizza, burgers, salads, and sandwiches and more.
Doesn’t this plant-based recipe look delish? While you may not have every ingredient for this dish – like gochujang – you can substitute heat with other types or make it spice-free.
After a long day at work, you just want to eat something that’s quick and easy. Well, this yummy flatbread recipe is just the ticket. With less than 10 ingredients, you can whip this up in no time!
Having a hearty meal is a craving for a lot of vegans. Well, this hearty mushroom soup will fill your soul for days. With easy ingredients, any new plant-based beginners can make.
16. Wild Rice Sweet Potato Salad with Chili Lime Vinaigrette
Yum! This recipe does require more than 10 ingredients, but it’s super fresh and super tasteful. Make this for your lunch and watch your co-workers wanting some!
And, this will have you wondering why you didn’t find this way of life sooner.
With so many communities online supporting a plant-based lifestyle, it is easy to get started, and there is plenty of support and resources out there to help you reach the life you deserve.
Following a plant-based diet is a surefire way to start feeling lighter and freer. It will put you on a path to celebrating a healthier body and mind as you’ve never thought possible before.
And who knows, your skinny jeans might just turn into your “fat pants.”
The thing is, though, you won’t have to count calories, and you don’t have to think of it as a diet at all. This is a way of being, and natural weight loss will just be a side effect of bringing your life into better balance and harmony.
Are you ready to see what the fuss is all about? Go get it, girl!
Tell me in the comments your favorite vegan recipe from this list!
To start using a 50/50 plate just fill half your plate full of non-starchy veggies and the other half with your starch of choice like rice, beans, potatoes, etc. If you are not fully plant based that's ok!!! This still works to help you reduce your calorie intake without decreasing the amount of food you get to eat.
There are several major benefits to moving to plant-based nutrition, all supported by science. Plant-based diet benefits include: Easy weight management: People who eat a plant-based diet tend to be leaner than those who don't, and the diet makes it easy to lose weight and keep it off—without counting calories.
In the analysis, all three scores increased for participants following a vegan diet, which was significantly associated with an average weight loss of about 13 pounds, due primarily to the reduction in fat mass and visceral fat.
Cruciferous vegetables – Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage and cauliflower are some of the fat-burning veggies that fall under this class. This is because, like leafy greens, they contain fiber which means you are fuller longer when you consume them.
The body needs vitamin B12 to maintain healthy blood and a healthy nervous system. Many people get vitamin B12 from animal sources, such as meat, fish and dairy products. Sources for vegans are limited and a vitamin B12 supplement may be needed.
In other words, plants were paired with protein sources, like eggs, to make a nutritious and well rounded meal. Eggs can and should be part of a plant-based diet, and these five suggestions showcase how easy it is to incorporate the incredible egg into your plant-forward dishes.
While diet played a crucial role, Kelly also incorporated exercise into her routine. However, she maintains a balanced perspective on fitness, emphasizing that her weight loss was primarily due to her dietary changes.
Fiber-rich, gut-friendly foods like legumes, avocados, potatoes and berries could all help reduce visceral fat and opting for at least one vegan meal each day will assist you in ramping up your fiber intake with ease—along with complex carbs, healthy fats and other essential nutrients.
Dec. 4, 2023 -- People who ate a vegan diet improved their health after just eight weeks compared to a control group that ate meat during that period, a study published in JAMA Network Open shows.
Eating a plant-based diet improves the health of your gut so you are better able to absorb the nutrients from food that support your immune system and reduce inflammation. Fiber can lower cholesterol and stabilize blood sugar and it's great for good bowel management.
The first thing that someone starting a vegan diet might notice is an energy boost with the removal of the processed meat that is found in many omnivorous diets, in favour of fruit, vegetables and nuts.
Plant-based or plant-forward eating patterns focus on foods primarily from plants. This includes not only fruits and vegetables, but also nuts, seeds, oils, whole grains, legumes, and beans. It doesn't mean that you are vegetarian or vegan and never eat meat or dairy.
At its core, a bread recipe contains four simple ingredients: flour, water, salt, and yeast — a type of microscopic fungus used to help bread rise. Therefore, the simplest form of bread is vegan. However, some types include additional ingredients like sweeteners or fats — both of which can be of animal origin.
Aim to eat 50 (or more) different plant foods in 7 days. Plant foods include vegetables, fruits, herbs and spices, nuts, seeds, whole grains, beans, legumes, and liquids like coffee, tea, oils (olive, coconut, avocado, flax). Count every plant food you eat and total it up at the end of the week.
Proteins: grass-fed or -finished meats, pasture-raised poultry, free-range eggs, wild-caught fish, and hemp products like “hempeh,” hemp tofu, or hemp protein powder.
Starches and grain-free products: sweet potatoes, plantains, rutabaga, parsnips, and paleo wraps or breads.
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