Our nutritionist-approved, plant-based meal plans are designed to make healthy living as easy and delicious as possible. We totally appreciate the challenge of fitting this into your week, so have designed the plan to be quick and easy with all the recipes taking less than 30 minutes to make. It’s also waste-free and includes a fair amount of batch cooking and revamping leftovers, so you’re not cooking from scratch 28 times across the week (while we love cooking, we know this is just not realistic for most people’s lives).
Each day has three balanced meals and a snack, which collectively meet your nutritional requirements and total 1800-2000 calories each day. There are +50grams of protein, +30grams of fibre, great sources of healthy fats, and the RDA of calcium, magnesium, iron etc are all met.
Whilst the plan is nutritionally balanced as it stands, we also really want to make this work for you, so if there are some ingredients you don't like, feel free to swap. Likewise, this is about a long-term healthy lifestyle, not a quick fix so please don’t worry if you go out for the odd dinner or see friends and eat something not in the plan.
Meal Prep
To make the week even easier we recommend you take an hour and a half the day before you start to meal prep. It’s not mandatory by any means, but we find it helps us to make most of the plan, and keep the week running smoothly, especially when life suddenly gets busier than expected.
Equipment
In terms of equipment, you’ll need a blender (we use a nutribullet), a chopping board, a sharp knife, pots, pans, a freezer, an oven and loaf tin.
Nutrition and a Plant-Based Diet
If you want to read more about the benefits of a plant-based diet, the role of fibre, gut health, plant protein and so much more, please have a look at the articles 'how to eat a balanced plant-based diet', 'the benefits of a plant-based diet', and 'everything you need to know about fibre', plus plenty more interesting articles launching across the month.
We’d love to hear how you get on, so please share your progress with #feelbetterde and tag us on social @deliciouslyella.
