Whether you are a vegetarian or looking forward to switching to vegan diets from non-veg meals, it’s never too late to explore and adopt the best plant-based diets 1that are not only delicious but nutritious as well. Plant-based meals cannot give you proper nutrition in sufficient amounts is a common misconception among people.
But, as plant-based diets mostly include vegetables, fruits, and nuts, effective and long-term use of these in a certain amount can provide you with various and as much nutrition as your body needs.
Here, I’ll share the top four healthiest plant-based meals2 that you can add to your diet to get enough nutritional value.
1. Roasted Vegetables
This is such a delicious and spicy protein-packed dish, made with only roasted vegetables, and with the mere use of your favorite spices, it becomes an ultimate appetizer. This recipe is extremely easy to prepare – here, chickpeas, broccoli, tofu, sweet potato, and Brussels sprouts need to be baked in a preheated oven after greasing them with olive oil and seasoning with some pepper, salt, and chili powder.
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After that, bake them for twenty-five minutes until the tofu becomes mild brown and take it out from the oven, and the roasted vegetables are ready to eat now! Also, you can store it in a refrigerator for up to five days and get the best taste of it.
2. Spicy Chili Recipes
The spicy chili recipes may be entirely vegan-friendly but they won’t let you miss the meat taste for sure. Suitable for your chilly nights, you can prepare this meal by stir-frying minced garlic with salt, pepper, chili powder, and onion.
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Then, bring a boil to your half-cooked dish after adding tomatoes, kidney beans, vegetable broth, black beans, and crushed tomatoes. Further, try adding some lime juice, corn, and oregano to improve its flavor and lastly, you can garnish it with cilantro before eating.
3. Delicious Chickpea Salad Sandwich
As chickpea is a healthy lentil3, it can also be used in salads, and even after having merely one bite of it who knows, if this flavor-packed chickpea salad sandwich will turn you into a chickpea lover. Storable for up to 3-4 days, this sandwich is super easy to prepare. You just need to take two slices of brown bread and fill them with stuffing of boiled and spicy chickpeas mixed with your favorite raw and chopped vegetables and – they are ready to eat now!
4. Tofu and Broccoli Dish
It’s a quick stir-frying dish that can be prepared within a fraction of the time. However, this delicious tofu and broccoli dish gives a taste like mouth-watering take-outs and this classic version of Chinese takeout can be prepared with baked tofu and stir-fried broccoli in a savory sauce of your choice. To make it more flavorful, you can also try garnishing it with sesame seeds or with some added raw veggies for a crispy taste.
Switching to plant-based diets is an excellent choice that one can adopt in their lifetime as it’s not only nutritional and healthy but also allows you to go more vegan. However, it’s a personal choice whether you would like to go completely vegan or not, but adding plant-based meals to your routine can also provide you with satisfying results without eating meat.
- Turner-McGrievy, Gabrielle M., et al. “Comparative effectiveness of plant-based diets for weight loss: a randomized controlled trial of five different diets.” Nutrition 31.2 (2015): 350-358. ↩︎
- Williams, Kim Allan, and Hena Patel. “Healthy plant-based diet: what does it really mean?.” Journal of the American College of Cardiology 70.4 (2017): 423-425. ↩︎
- Roy, F., J. I. Boye, and B. K. Simpson. “Bioactive proteins and peptides in pulse crops: Pea, chickpea and lentil.” Food research international 43.2 (2010): 432-442. ↩︎
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