Make Your Plant-Based Meals Nutritious With These 6 Key Tips
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Make Your Plant-Based Meals Nutritious With These 6 Key Tips
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While vegan diets are friendly for the body as well as the environment, it is important to ensure that proper balance of nutrients are consumed, in order to reap its advantages. Here’s how you can amp up the value of each meal, using these tricks.
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Turn to plant-based alternatives like chickpeas, beans, legumes and tofu to make a filling and balanced meal.
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Consume whole grains like quinoa, millets or whole grain flour in the form of breads and chapati, as your carb component for lunch or dinner.
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Include plenty of seasonal greens, fibrous vegetables in raw and cooked forms to add flavour and_texture to your meals.
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Use vegan swaps of sour cream, Greek yoghurt or cheese in the form of cashew cream, coconut milk or vegan cheese for good fats that will keep you full longer.
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Add flavour and substance to your food, as well as essential minerals and salts with low-sodium soy products in liquid or solid form.
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Eat whole fruit on an everyday basis or add them to your smoothies, vegan shakes or oatmeal bowls for some colour, flavour and nutrients.