Month 13 Recipes: Plant-Based Protein Superstars

Welcome to Success Plus!

To kick things off, I’m excited to share your first round of new recipes.

Have you been searching for ways to add more healthy plant-based proteins into your healthy eating lifestyle?

Then you’re going to love this month’s new Success Membership Recipes!

Plant-Based Protein Superstars: Legumes 🤗👍

You may be thinking: what are legumes anyways?! 🤔

Think beans, chickpeas and lentils!!

AND you’ll soon discover that you can use chickpeas for wayyyy more than making hummus!😉😉

Beans, chickpeas, and lentils are full of the high fiber GOOD CARBS, PROTEIN and NUTRIENTS that gives you the good slow release energy and keeps you full longer.

In fact, legumes are a daily staple among many cultures with the highest proportion of centenarians (aka people living healthy lives after 100! 🙌)

Here’s a few reasons why you’ll love including legumes as part of your healthy eating lifestyle (all backed by science!):

✅ Sustained Energy: Our bodies thrive off or complex carbohydrates that are fiber rich and from whole foods sources like beans, chickpeas, and lentils.

✅ Bursting with Antioxidants: Consuming antioxidants regularly will can greatly reduce your cancer risk. Once study showed that black beans have 10 times the antioxidant power of an orange!🤯

✅ High Fiber: Which we know helps lower risk of heart disease by reducing cholesterol and blood pressure levels.

✅ Anti-inflammatory: Legumes combat inflammation and help heal your body due to their high levels of antioxidants and plant-based protein compounds.🙌

✅ Better Sleep: Many legumes are rich sources of magnesium, which is helpful for promoting longer and more restorative sleep.

✅ Support Weight Loss: They’re packed with soluble and insoluble fibre which supports weight loss.

✅ Satisfying: Since legumes are loaded with plant-based protein, they’ll keep you feeling fulling longer after your meals.

✅ Good for Your Gut: Beans are rich in healthy fibers and help form short-chain fatty acids, which may improve colon health and reduce your risk of colon cancer.

✅ Help reverse high blood cholesterol, blood pressure & blood sugars: Evidence shows that the compounds in beans, lentils and legumes can help reverse high blood cholesterol, blood pressure & blood sugars!

✅ Tasty! These recipes are sure to keep you feeling full, satisfied, and feeling AMAZING!! Oh, and did we mention they are tasty?!

These recipes all debut one or more of these plant-based protein superstars, and as you can see they’re perfect for maintaining a healthy and energized body and supporting heart and digestive health. 💕👏

So see for yourself just how versatile and delicious these plant-based superstars are in this month’s recipes! 🤗

Now let’s take a peek at what we can enjoy this month!

Yummy Meat-Free “Meatballs”

Perfect for spaghetti night or pairing with zoodles and homemade alfredo, these “meatballs” are fresh, simple, and satisfying. They’re packed with heart-healthy ingredients like olive oil, lentils, whole rolled oats, and flaxseed.

Increasing intake of plant-based protein like lentils and healthy fats like olive oil is a fantastic way to help reduce your risk for heart disease by reversing high blood pressure and cholesterol levels. They’re also a good source of polyphenols which have long-lasting health benefits like preventing cancer and diabetes.

Chickpea and Super Greens Buddha Bowl

Immune boosting and heart healthy, you can’t go wrong with this chickpea and super greens buddha bowl! It uses pan roasted chickpeas which is a quick and easy way to prepare and enjoy chickpeas.

This bowl is packed with greens and protein-rich plant sources such as quinoa and chickpeas which are all fiber-rich and great for lowering blood cholesterol and blood pressure and keeping your heart healthy. It’s also a good source of other vitamins and minerals including calcium and potassium which are essential for healthy bones as we age.

Fresh Green Pea and Goat Cheese Salad

This fresh green pea and goat cheese salad is vibrant, delicate and a fantastic way to get your greens in and enjoy a based protein packed meal! Green peas are easily accessible, taste delicious and are nutrient-packed!

Peas have a sweet taste due to their natural sugars, however they’re packed with fiber making them a go-to complex carbohydrate for those watching their blood sugars. The unique phytonutrients in green peas have anti-inflammatory properties to help heal your body!🙌

Here are your Plant-Based Protein Packed Superstar Recipes featuring Legumes!

Here are all the Recipes in one document for ease of printing.

Here are the individual recipes:

Curried Pumpkin and Red Lentil Soup

Chickpea and Super Greens Buddha Bowl

Black Eyed Peas and Collard Greens

Fresh Green Pea and Goat Cheese Salad

Lentil and Avocado Open Faced Sandwich

Lentils, Carrot, and Celery Salad

Plant Based Burgers

Spicy Buffalo Chickpea Chili

Yummy Meat-Free “Meatballs”