Meatless Monday Meal Plan (8/26/13)

If it’s Meatless Monday, I have a meal plan for you!

Breakfast: Get your grains this morning! It’s easy – just grab your favorite whole grain cereal, add some fresh fruit, add some ground flaxseed and use your favorite plant-based milk (I’ve been loving cashew milk and hemp seed milk these days!) or have a bowl of oatmeal.

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Lunch: Make an animal-friendly BLT! This Sweet Tempeh Bacon Sandwich begins with tempeh “bacon” and you can pile on your favorite veggies from there!   

Meatless Monday | Sweet Tempeh Bacon Sandwich | JL Fields | JL goes Vegan

Dinner: Try this very simple Grilled Seitan and Mushrooms and serve it with this Shaved Asparagus Salad.  

Meatless Monday | shaved asparagus and grilled seitan | JL Fields | JL goes Vegan

Notes:

  • You got your grains during breakfast, lunch and dinner! Good job!
  • Adding fruit to your cereal and oatmeal is a good start – consider grabbing fresh fruit for a snack and enjoy vegan ice cream with figs or dates and a sprinkle of nuts for dessert.
  • Have a salad with lunch and dinner and you’re good to go on veggies!
  • Ground flaxseed on your cereal or oatmeal + nuts on a snack or dessert = 1 -2 nut/seed servings.
  • You’ve had tempeh (soy) so we want you to get a couple more servings of legumes and beans – have hummus and veggies + peanut butter on an apple for snacks and you’re all set!