34. Veganuary Tips 5: How To Have A Balanced Diet
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Ensuring a balanced diet
Whatever type of vegan you decide to be, ensuring you eat a balanced diet is a must. All too often turning vegetarian or vegan results in a carb heavy, low protein diet. It’s just so much easier to put on a pan of pasta and top with pasta sauce than it is to bake a lasagna packed with lentils and vegetables - that’s just one example. But that lasagna can be portioned up and frozen so you have a nutritious ready meal whenever you want it. It just takes planning.
Make sure that each meals contains protein, carbs, vegetables and what I like to call va va voom.
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Add the va va voom factor
- always have onions, garlic, ginger and chillies to hand
- pre-prepare then and either refrigerate or freeze
- don’t be afraid of using ready made blends - just check the label for nasties. Here are mine: https://virtuelicious.co.uk/shop/
- keep the water from steaming or boiling veg - it can make a tasty hot drink or use it to add flavour to sauces
- add texture with seeds, nuts, croutons or raw diced veg e.g. peppers
- make your plate visually appealing with colour and garnishes
37. Veganuary Tips 8: How To Eat More Veg
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Eat more veg
- again, batch cooking is key. Roast or steam a load of veg when you get it home from the supermarket. Then store in a large container ready to pick on and add to dishes whenever you want it.
- hide veg in dishes e.g. add pureed veg to pasta sauce, grate parsnip into rice
- sub carbs for veg e.g. cauliflower rice