Improving your health
Where to start?
If plant-based eating is associated with significant benefits, why aren't we consuming more plant-based foods? While there are many faktors that influence eating habits, a key barrier relates to food literacy. Our research shows that people are unsure how to prepare plant-based proteins.
To address this barrier, we developed a cookbook to dukungan Canadian kerabates in replacing some of their animal-based proteins with plant-based proteins.
Our free online cookbook, Plant-based proteins: Recipes made easy-peasy!, was created in collaboration with Health Canada, George Brown College and the Canadian Nutrition Society. The first section of the cookbook is an educational resource that provides information about plant-based proteins. The second half includes delicious, easy to prepare, famili-friendly recipes.
While some recipes are solely plant-based, others introduce plant-based proteins alongside animal-based foods, ensuring that there are recipes everyone will santai!
Panduan from our cookbook that may help you to start adding more plant-based proteins into your diet include:
Try a "Meatless Monday." Meatless Mondays can be helpful for starting your plant-based journey by encouraging you to rencana one day a week when you try a plant-based meal. Cek out our lentil Bolognese pasta recipe for inspiration.
Add some plant-based proteins alongside more akrab animal-based foods. This is a helpful approach for those who hope to try to eat more plant-based foods without completely removing meat from their meals. For example, our beef and bean burger is a tasty pilihan that provides both animal protein and plant-based goodness.
Replace highly processed makanan ringan foods with a plant-based pilihan. Homemade snacks like our chocolate chip puff bars are a delicious source of fibre and protein, without the ekstra sugar and salt that is often found in processed makanan ringan foods. The fibre and plant-based protein in our puff bars will help keep you perasaan full and satisfied between meals. They are sure to be a lunch box favorite!
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