There are two scenarios here and both are ok.
1. You want to eat less meat but you are not sure where to start.
2. You want to switch to a plant based diet, but still, starting that seems like a HUGE step.
Well, I have you covered for either scenario.
I do A LOT of sharing about eating a plant based diet, sharing healthy recipes that do not contain animal products, and general well being tips on this blog. AND I am a firm believer in eating more roots – but if you are someone who says, “Leah, I want to eat healthier but I am not ready to give up meat yet”, then that is ok.
If that is you, my suggestion is to eat whole foods (food grown in the ground, minimally processed, REAL food) 90% of the time. The other 10% is for you to enjoy eating how you want. It is not my goal to convert you to eating a plant-based diet if you don’t want to. My goal is to get you healthy for the long-term, and that involves lots of veggies.
Where should we start? Let’s go with these simple and easy to follow steps:
Add in more veggies
Eat more food grown in the ground or on trees
Have a colorful plate of (real) color
Use ingredients you can pronounce.
When it comes to recipes for your weekly meals, add 3 – 4 new plant-based recipes into your week in order to expose you to different and healthier options while reducing your animal product consumption.
The goal with Living On Roots is to make every step of your healthy living journey easier, so I did some of the work for you and compiled these recipes that are easy to make, have simple healthy ingredients and taste amazing.
Breakfast
Superfoods Overnight Oats & Chia seeds from Living On Roots
Chickpea Avocado Toast from Living On Roots
Banana Oat Chocolate Chip pancakes from Forks Over Knives
Everyday Quinoa Bowl from Contentedness Cooking
Vegan Breakfast Toast from Veganosity
Lunch
Vegan Taco Salad from Living On Roots
Loaded Veggie Sandwich from Living On Roots
Beneficial Detox Bowl from Living On Roots
Chickpea Salad Sandwich from Create Mindfully
Vegan Hummus Wrap from Ahead of Thyme
Mediterranean Chickpea Salad from Emilie Eats
Dinner
Loaded Sweet Potato Fries from Living On Roots
Caramelized Onion and Kale Pizza from Living On Roots
Anything you Have Coconut Curry from Pinch of Yum
Roasted Vegetable Quinoa Bowls from Two Peas and Their Pod
White Bean Chili from Feeding Your Beauty
Almond Butter Thai Quinoa Salad from Simply Quinoa
Snacks
Roasted Red Pepper Dip from Living On Roots
Healthy Spiced Apple Chips from Rhubarbarians
Vanilla Pumpkin Seed Clusters from Wallflower Kitchen
Clean Eating Hummus from Clean Eating Recipes
Desserts
Chocolate Chip Cookies from Living On Roots
Chocolate Raspberry Ice Cream from Clean Eating Kitchen
Brownie Batter Dessert Hummus from A Virtual Vegan
3 Ingredient Chocolate Almond Bark from Beaming Baker
What recipes do you want to start trying?
The easiest thing to do in any kind of transition is to keep it simple, friends! Happy cooking!
They all sound good except the onions lol. I do want to try the chickpea avocado toast.
Yes, so good! I will make the avocado toast when you come to visit. It is a very quick and easy make!!
This was just the post I needed to read at the moment! Thanks for sharing your words of wisdom!
Awesome Yaya! So glad to hear it!
I love this post. The advice you gave about introducing 3-4 new recipes into your diet every week is so useful for those looking at creating a more plant based diet. I have to be super careful with my diet because it’s restrictive as it is, but I love the idea of trying to incorporate some of the deserts you’ve mentioned. The Chocolate Raspberry Ice Cream sounds interesting!
Rebekah Gillian | https://rebekahgillian.co.uk
Desserts are always good! AND sometimes really needed 🙂 Thank you for your feedback, I appreciate your kind words and happy to see you found it helpful. Enjoy!
You have a lot of great ideas to get the family to eat more veggies. I would like to try the Banana Oat Chocolate Chip pancakes. I bet my family would love the pancakes.
Oh yum! Yes, those look so good don’t they?! I think that if we start teach our kids now about getting enough veggies in the day, it sets them up for a chance at a healthier life in the future. It is always on my mind. I am happy to hear that you liked the ideas. Thank you!
I need to eat more veggies and I’m not a big fan of it but I love how the recipes don’t seem so overwhelming to a meat lover.
Thanks for sharing this post, the sweet potato fries sound delicious.
Loren | plaidandsugar.blogspot.ca
Thanks Loren! Those fries are so simple and delicious! A must try! I think often times the idea of a no meat meal sounds overwhelming and perhaps confusing. I wanted to find the easiest recipes one could start with for sure! Enjoy!!
This is such a great post, I love how you’ve not only covered 3 square meals a day but also snacks and desserts! The Loaded Sweet Potato Fries sound like a dream 😍 I gave up meat just over a year ago (still eating fish though) and I’ve struggled for inspiration at mealtimes. Definitely bookmarking this page!
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Those fries are amazing- let me know if you try them! Thank you for the feedback.. I look forward to providing you with more inspiration down the road.
This is awesome! While I can’t quite give up meat entirely, I love love love vegetarian food and options! Thank you for the additional recipes to switch up my routine 🤗
xo
Cyn
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Oh awesome! Thank you for the feedback! I love that you see some recipes you can use… they are so good and easy to make!! Enjoy 🙂
I’ve definitely been trying t9 add more veggies. Thanks for sharing!
You’re welcome, Valerie. I hope a few of these recipes look like something you’d like to make. Thank you for the comment.