Eating a day without animal products has a very beneficial impact on your health. Try it!

So many available choices that are on shelves today. We recommend that you make your own meatless meals and not purchase the highly processed foods that seem to be on the right track, yet the amount of processing is quite extreme. Easy recipes can be a Plant-based lifestyle pattie that is easy to make.

Meatless Monday: Chickpea Plant-Based Burger

Super easy to make, and they taste great, and you do your part in helping save animals and the environment and stay healthier—the Meatless Monday Trifecta.

Ingredients

• One full cup of canned or soaked or sprouted Chickpeas
• 1 tsp of Cumin powder form will do
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 3 Tbsp tomato paste sauce or soak some Chia seeds to help as a binder
• 1/2 cup Almond flour or whole wheat flour

Mix them into small patties in a ball shape the push them down on parchment paper with an Olive Oil spray. Then let them sit for about an hour in your fridge, so they stick together. Then add a little oil in a non-stick pan and gently place them in and try not to mess with them by moving them around. Flip once till golden, then serve. It’s that easy, enjoy with a whole wheat bun and a tomato and your fixings, and you are one step away from living a plant-based lifestyle.

You also decrease the environmental impact of greenhouse gases from farming.

And one less animal on your plate is one less suffering. Do what you can to help the planet and more.

Read more – Spiralize Cucumber or Zucchini Your Way to Meatless Monday

This fresh salad is so easy to make and can be done with so many substitutions. You can accompany this refreshing dish with your protein or snack or a light dinner. This is the perfect opportunity to add some sprouted beans or Microgreens.

Asian Cucumber / Zucchini Salad

For two people ingredients

• Two Cucumbers or Zucchini
• Two large Carrots
• 1 tsp Salt
• Two tablespoons Rice Vinegar
• 1 tsp yellow Lemon Juice
• 2-3 tablespoons of Honey, to taste
• 1 tsp Roasted Sesame Oil
• Pinch of Red Pepper flakes to taste.
• ½-1 tablespoons of roasted sesame seeds
• Two tablespoons fresh coriander, chopped (optional)

Instructions

• If you have a spiralizer, use it to spiralize the cucumbers or Zucchini and carrots into long noodles; if you don’t have a spiral, cut the carrots and cucumber finely with a knife.
• Spiral Cucumber/Zucchini in a strainer and mix with one teaspoon salt.
• Let the cucumber squeeze for 10 minutes to remove excess water.
• Meanwhile, mix vinegar, lemon juice, honey, sesame oil, red pepper flakes, and sesame seeds in a small bowl.
• Once the cucumber has drained a bit, spread it over a layer of paper towels or a clean kitchen cloth, and gently rub as much moisture as possible. Place the ′′ noodles ′′ in a large bowl and add 2-3 tablespoons of dressing to cover. Mix to match, then adorn with sesame seeds and fresh coriander. And done

Note: If you spare salad stores in an airtight vessel in the refrigerator for up to a day, but keep in mind that the cucumber will continue to release excess water while settling. This is a super tasty and refreshing meal, and with some sprouts that you do yourself, please check our piece on sprouting your Pea shoots. Have a great Meatless Monday, and I hope you enjoyed this recipe.