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Recently I began my series on Vegetarian eating and so I wanted to try out a suitable recipe. I cooked this earlier in the week, and really enjoyed it. The sweet chilli flavour, and the crunchiness of the nuts add a great compliment to the normal stir-fry.
Vegetable stir fry with cashew nuts
Serves 4 Click to read more…
Fruit and vegetables
Many of us don’t eat enough from this food group, but whether you’re a vegetarian or not, the health benefits gained from eating fruit and vegetables have been extremely well documented.
It is often true however, that a well-planned vegetarian diet, tends to be higher in fiber and phytonutrients, and lower in saturated fat, than the typical meat-eater’s diet.
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Bread, potatoes, breakfast and other cereals
Included in this group are all types of bread (muffins, crumpets, scones, soda, pitta, naans and chapattis), also crispbreads, water biscuits, crackers, and all cereals (wheat, oats, barley, rice, millet and rye), pasta, rice and flours.
If you’ve been following my recent articles you’ll know we’ve already discussed the Eatwell Plate, which also include potatoes, and other starchy vegetables, such as plantain, cassava, yam and sweet potatoes, within this group as well.
Starchy vegetables have been included here, because they have a similar amount of carbohydrate per serving, as you will find in a slice of bread, but depending on where you look for nutritional information, you may also have noticed that potatoes are often grouped with the other vegetables, which can seem a little confusing.
What beneficial nutrients are found in the group?
Adopting a healthy vegetarian diet isn’t just about refusing to eat meat, and it’s important to make sure that your diet is meeting all of your nutritional requirements. A vegetarian diet focuses primarily on plant-based foods, and is typically lower in fat and higher in fibre, since the emphasis is on non-meat food sources.
Vegetarian eating patterns usually fall within one of following groups: Click to read more…
