Tobias Young

Zucchini noodles, or zoodles, are perhaps the best known, but there are a wide variety of veggie noodles including ones made from: Instead of piling meat onto your pie, swap some or all of your pepperoni or sausage with your favorite seasonal veggies. The veggie burger is a simple idea: Instead of a savory meat-based patty, use a mix of legumes, grains, and/or vegetables for flavors and textures reminiscent of a traditional burger, with the added health benefits of produce. Here are some other plant foods you might find in a tasty veggie burger: Commercial plant-based alternatives are available, including Beyond Burger, Impossible Burger, Lightlife Smart Patties, and Before the Butcher’s Uncut Burgers. Paella is also versatile enough to include your preferred mix of veggies and proteins, such as: Veggie skewers (or veggie kebabs) are a black-charred, bright-tasting, colorful way to ring in spring.

It’s hard when life is normal, let alone when the world is on lockdown causing our stress to steadily rise and tempting us to turn to comfort food. Oh, and if you’re consuming more calories than your natural metabolism burns then you’ll steadily gain weight. Since lean tissue raises your metabolism, a drop in lean tissue means you’ll be burning fewer calories at rest than ever before. And just because you’re stuck at home right now doesn’t mean that your body won’t be seen in the near future.

When a diet cuts an entire food group from your eating options, you’re going to have a hard time surviving your diet for longer than a week or two. While not eating carbs will indeed help you lose weight, carbs are what make it possible to store energy to make it through the day. Exercise comes with countless health benefits that will make your weight loss all the more beneficial. It is true that the best way to lose weight is slowly—approximately one or two pounds per week.

These tasty muffins are free of gluten, refined sugar, additives, artificial coloring and artificial flavors – In addition, we’ve packed FRESH spinach and wholesome protein powder ​ in the batter for additional nutritional benefits. Best of all these muffins taste fantastic, so the effort that you spend in making them will be rewarded with happy children that are filling up on good, wholesome nutrition! In a large mixing bowl combine the ground oats, almond flour, protein powder, chia seeds, baking soda, baking powder, sea salt and cinnamon.