by Lindsay Boysen

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Flexitarian Recipes

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A flexitarian diet doesn’t require you to drastically change your diet or give up foods that you love. Instead, it encourages you to try different types of meals throughout the week, incorporating more plant-based options alongside meat dishes. This can be done with something as simple as dedicating a day of the week to eating vegetarian, like No Meat Mondays. This small change can improve your overall health by adding more vegetables and fruits to your diet. Get started with these tasty recipes that won’t have you missing meat.

Zucchini Ravioli

Ingredients

  • 16 ounces of whole milk ricotta cheese
  • 3 large zucchinis, cut into thin strips
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup shredded Mozzarella cheese
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • Fresh Basil
  • Sprinkle Parmesan Cheese on top
  • 1 Cup favorite Marinara Sauce

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  • Prepare your zucchini strips (see more in notes)
  • In a medium bowl, combine ricotta, egg, spices
  • Place about 1 tablespoon of cheese mixture into each ravioli
  • Fold sides up to create ravioli
  • Pour 1/2 C of Marinara into a casserole dish
  • Gently place ravioli on top of the sauce
  • Spoon the remaining Marinara onto each Ravioli
  • Sprinkle on mozzarella
  • Bake for 20 min
  • Plate and Sprinkle on Parmesan cheese
  • Garnish with fresh Basil
  • Serve alone or with cooked vegetables on the side

Notes

Prepare your zucchini strips with an X-shaped vegetable peeler salt and let sit for 10 minutes on a sheet pan.

Make it Vegan

Use zero animal byproducts by omitting eggs and using Vegan Cheese – All three cheeses come in a vegan form which is generally made from plant-based milks.

Mediterranean Buddha Bowl

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup of rice or other grains
  • 2 handfuls of mixed lettuce
  • 2 cups of fresh baby spinach
  • 1 head of red cabbage
  • 1 cup of cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 1 yellow bell pepper, seeded and diced
  • 1/3 English cucumber
  • 1/2 can of chickpeas
  • 1 can of kalamata olives, pitted
  • 1/2 red onion thinly sliced to serve
  • 2/3 cup of plain hummus
  • 2/3 teaspoons of olive oil
  • 2.5 ounces of feta cheese
  • 1 bunch of fresh herbs e.g. basil, parsley, cilantro
  • 3 cups of jasmine rice
  • 15 quail eggs

Instructions

  • Add 1 cup of water to a pot and bring to a boil
  • Add rice to the pot, reduce heat to low, cover, and cook for 15 minutes
  • While rice cooks, prepare all other ingredients for the Buddha Bowl.

Serving:

  • Add cooked rice to the bottom of a bowl
  • Arrange lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, and chickpeas on a bed of rice forming a circle around the edges
  • Spoon the hummus in the middle
  • Drizzle hummus with olive oil
  • Top with olives and red onions
  • Add feta and garnish to bowl

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