Plant-based chef and wellness champion Holly Ford thinks a vegan diet could boost your immune system. “Plants abound in the vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants your body need to remain strong,” she explains.
Holly’s vegan dinner schedule is cheap, tasty, and straightforward.
Starting your day with a nutrient-dense smoothie bowl including frozen blueberries, spinach, banana, and plant-based protein powder can help you Lunch is a vegetable stew with lots of lentils. Toss tofu, broccoli, carrots, and a ginger-soy sauce in a stir-fry for dinner.
Day five breakfast calls for avocado on whole-grain toast topped with nutritional yeast. Lunch is a rainbow Buddha bowl with quinoa, chickpeas, red cabbage, and a creamy tahini sauce. Dinner calls for tomato sauce, brown rice, and black bean filled bell peppers.
“Don’t overlook snacks,” Holly advises. “Made-from- scratch energy bars or roasted chickpeas are fantastic for sustaining your energy over the day.”
Holly stresses that the answer to remaining healthy is to eat a range of vibrantly coloured meals. “Every color stands for several nutrients. You are doing it perfectly when your dish seems to be a rainbow!