Health & Fitness
One-Week Vegan Meal Plan, Recipes, and Grocery List
Use my one-week vegan meal plan, recipes, and grocery list to see if a vegan diet might be right for you.
This year during Lent, I successfully gave up meat, dairy, and fish -- otherwise known as a vegan diet. It was an extremely insightful experience.
I thought for sure I would be hungry, but I wasn't. I thought for sure I'd have cravings, and I did, but they weren't anywhere near as extreme as I expected.
Benefits I Experienced From Eating a Vegan Diet
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Here are a few of the delightfully unexpected benefits I experienced while on a vegan diet:
- I didn't feel bloated and tired after meals.
- I had more energy -- even plenty of energy for exercising.
- I discovered a lot of new dishes I would never have found otherwise.
- I lost a few pounds.
I never would have been able to stick to a vegan diet if I hadn't prepared in advance with meal plans. Here's one of my meal plans that I hope you find helpful, if/when you decide to try going vegan.
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Every one of these recipes takes half an hour or less because I know we all want fast, healthy, delicious meals! Click here for all these vegan recipes and the grocery list.
BreakfastLunchSnackDinner Sunday Scrambled tofu and veggies with hashbrowns Mango, corn, black bean and onion salad Apple or banana and peanut butter Mock meatloaf with creamy chive mashed potatoes Monday Tofu and mushroom breakfast burrito with salsa Black bean soup Hummus and falafel chips or sliced carrots and celery Pad Thai Tuesday My breakfast smoothie replaced with soy yogurt Peanut butter and jelly with fruit Celery with peanut butter and raisins Vegan eggplant parmesan Wednesday Steel-cut oatmeal with raisins, nuts and maple syrup Amy’s South-west burrito Applesaucecup
Veggie spaghetti with marinara sauce Thursday Banana muffins Roasted red pepper and tomato soup with avocado Vegan ice cream sandwich Vegan tacos Friday Soy yogurt parfait with berries and granola Amy’s brown rice bowl Mixed nuts Buffalo wing-style “chicken” nuggets and homemade French fries Saturday Vegan pancakes with maple syrup Quinoa with grilled veggies and chick peas Falafel chips and guacamole Creamy pasta salad with artichoke hearts
Click here for all these vegan recipes and the grocery list.
If you use the meal plan, I'd love to hear what you think. What was your favorite recipe?
