One thing that I always recommend is to have vegetarian meals at least once a week to make sure you’re getting in loads of antioxidants and fibre to keep you regular!
Depending on your Meal Planning Personality you’ll plan your meals at different times – either a month or a week in advance or on the day. (Click to take the Quiz to Uncover your Meal Planning Personality).
Regardless of when you plan, on the first Monday of every month I’ll be sharing what’s in season as well as a few recipes to help get you inspired to add a Meatless Monday into your life every week!
What’s in season
During October (in the southern hemisphere) the focus is on:
Fruit: Bananas, Blueberries, Carambola/starfruit, Grapefruit, Lemons, Mangoes, Oranges, Passionfruit, Pineapple, Red papaya, Rockmelon/cantaloupe, Strawberries, Tangelo.
Vegetables: Artichokes, Asparagus, Beetroot, Broccoli, Cucumber, Chillies, Chinese greens, Gai lan (Chinese broccoli), Garlic, Green beans, Hass avocados, Kaffir lime leaves, Lettuce, Mushrooms, Onions, Peas, Potatoes, Silverbeet, Spinach, Spring onions/green shallots, Zucchini.
Meatless Monday Recipes
This month’s instalment of Meatless Monday Recipes include:
Rainbow Salad from Wholefood Simply
How gorgeous does it look?! Perfect with fresh raw beetroot, carrot and lettuce. It is a great example of how easy good food can be! https://www.wholefoodsimply.com/creamy-rainbow-salad/
Quinoa Fritters
This is a great recipe if you have extra quinoa you want to use up as it is a perfect revamp (transform your leftovers into an exciting sequel!). It is worth trying this one as it uses a lot of Spring Onions too
http://www.flannerys.com.au/recipes/post/quinoa-fritters
Zucchini Pasta with Lemon, Mint and Feta
While this recipe uses pasta you could easily do away with it as there are four zucchini’s in it! Just grate the zucchini lengthwise so you have long zucchini strands and viola – you have delicious ‘pasta’! Best way to increase your intake of nutrient dense foods!
http://www.mindfood.com/recipe/recipe-zucchini-pasta-lemon-mint-persian-feta/
Dry potato and pea curry
This is such a super easy recipe – plus you can add any other vegetables you want with it to pack the nutrients in. If you ate chickpeas they would be a great addition!
http://www.essentialkids.com.au/recipes/dry-potato-and-pea-curry-20130808-2riet.html
Green Salad with Tahini dressing
This is an amazing salad – packed full of seriously good greens – kale, plus avocado and chickpeas. The dressing has gorgeous lemon and tahini in it too!
http://www.flannerys.com.au/recipes/post/green-salad-with-tahini-dressing
Now, I would love to hear from you! In the comments below, tell me what your favourite Meatless Meal is and share a link to the recipe. I would love to feature it in an upcoming collection!
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PS What’s in Season Source: this post from Taste.com.au for What’s in Season.
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