UPLEVEL YOUR MEALS WITH THIS VEGAN BROTH. WEEKLY MEAL PLAN IDEAS #5.
I don't know about you, but for me this September feels like a bliss.
It was always my favorite month ( + October too) and it´s also because of the fact that this is the best time of the year in terms of weather here on Costa del Sol - not too hot and noisy, just lovely warm and quiet.
And the light is spectacular!!✨
What´s even better this year is that after 6 months kids are back in school and we are going back to some kind of “normal“ routine again.
Just loving it!!🥰
September seems to be the new January and people are paying more attention to self care - going back to regular exercise, doing some kind of detox or just eating healthier and hopefully getting more and better sleep as the days are getting shorter.
In my case, over the last 3 weeks I was playing with the Fiber Fueled 4 weeks program and trying out many new plant based recipes I fell in love with.💚
If you haven´t checked the Fiber Fueled book yet, go ahead and grab it, it´s one of the best gut health books I´ve ever read.
After 3 weeks in my menu has expanded a lot and most of the recipes will stay there forever.
But if you ask me what is the best, the highlight, the one thing that makes all the difference…
… let me introduce you to the Biome Broth.
A broth?? Yes!!!
For many years I was convinced, as probably many of you, that the only and best broth worth to make was a homemade chicken or bone broth.
Actually I´ve always had my chicken broth in the freezer for immune emergency cases like someone feels sick or sore throat or just a tummy ache...
But after learning from Fiber Fueled book I decided to switch to vegan Biome Broth.
Here´s the thing..
When people consume L-Carnitine or certain choline (abundant in meat, liver, dairy and some energy drinks and supplements), the gut bacteria produces trimethylamine N-oxide or TMAO, which means increased risk of heart disease, stroke, Alzheimer´s, type 2 diabetes, chronic kidney disease and that´s just a few.
But a plant based diet promotes a gut bacteria that just doesn´t know how to make TMAO and instead creates short chain fatty acids - SCFAs with some amazing healing anti inflammatory properties.
But this sounds all very good, you might say, there is no way a vegan broth can get close to a bone broth in terms of taste…
Wait! I thought the same… until I´ve tried… and I´ll never go back… ever.
Biome Broth just shifted my meals to a whole different level and that is why it is the Highlight of this Weekly Meal Prep.
You know I´m all about effective time savers and this is why once in 2 weeks I make a big batch of Biome Broth, then store half of it in glass jars and freeze another half.
Don´t let those 6 hours of cooking time distract you from the fact that you just throw everything in a big pot and once it simmers you can live your life and do other things as it´s cooking on its own...
This broth tames inflammation, nourishes your gut and packs some stellar antioxidants.
You can warm up a cup of it, add a spoon of miso paste and chopped scallions to cozy up a rainy day… 🤗
There are endless options you can use this broth - soups, stews, curries and basically all the savory recipes where you would normally just add water, go for the broth instead.
Today, I´m bringing you some of my favorites using Biome Broth as a great taste enhancer.
So, let´s have a look on the Weekly Meal Prep #5.
SATURDAY:
✅ Get all the missing ingredients, follow my Grocery Shopping List + get all the ingredients for Biome Broth (some of them are not very common)
SUNDAY MEAL PREP: (this will take about 2 hours and will reduce your cooking time during the following week to 20min or less)
✅ Start with the Biome Broth and keep in mind that it has to simmer for 6 hours or more. You can also do it on Saturday so it´s ready for your Sunday´s meal prep.
✅ Cook at least 1 cup of quinoa in 2 cups of water and keep it ready for quick salads and as a stew add-on.
✅ Cook a big batch of SQUASH & VEG PISTO - you can double the amounts in the recipe so you can freeze some of it too.
✅ Make BLUEBERRY COOKIES
Well done! 👏🏼 Easy, right? Now, you are ready for a great and nutritious week with meals that will take less than 30min to prepare.
So, let's have a look at what meals you can get out of this meal prep
MEALS:
BOK CHOY & TOFU STEW with cooked quinoa
SQUASH & VEG PISTO with quinoa or slice of sourdough bread
TREAT OF THE WEEK.
This is it!
Get ready for a new week full of energy and let me know in the comments what you think about these recipes.
Have an awesome week!🥰