This year, National Vegetarian Week will be celebrated for the fifteenth time from the 21st to 27th May. What better way to get involved, whether you are a vegetarian or not, than with some nutritious and delicious meals from The Food Doctor, which are rich in essential oils and vitamins. The days when veggie eating meant compromising on taste and nutrition are long gone – if you need proof just delve into the The Food Doctor’s Just Steam Meals.
The vegetarian diet can often suffer from a lack of protein and an overload of carbohydrates. To ensure that you enjoy properly balanced, nutritional meals this National Vegetarian Week (and beyond!), The Food Doctor’s Just Steam main meals come in three hearty vegetarian varieties. The range also includes three mouth-watering side dishes, all suitable for vegetarians, which are steam-cooked in the microwave, meaning healthy, balanced veggie meals are now possible in just minutes.
Each recipe has been specially created by The Food Doctor nutritionists to include an ideal combination of protein, carbohydrates, fibre, essential Omega fats and The Food Doctor seed mix. The range demonstrates that vegetarian food can be healthy, delicious and satisfying and provides a great alternative to the many high fat, high salt and high sugar containing ready meals.
The vegetarian meals and side dishes include the following steam-cooked recipes:
Aromatic Cous Cous with Roasted Butternut Squash Roasted Beetroot with Feta and Red Rice Fennell, Carrot and Mixed Been Quinoa As well as three side dishes:
Roast Butternut Squash with Spiced Chickpeas Egg fried Quinoa Carrot and Cardamom Wholegrain Rice
This week is also the ideal occasion to try The Food Doctor range of Original Seed Mixes. They are nutritious, natural and delicious and provides an easy way to boost your protein intake. Comprising of sunflower, sesame, pumpkin, hemp seeds and linseed, lightly roasted in a savoury sauce, they are perfect to fill those gaps between meals and are also delicious added to soups, salads or stir-fries for a healthy supplement to a main meal. Naturally low in carbohydrates, the seeds are excellent for managing blood sugar levels with a slower and more prolonged release of energy than most equivalent savoury snacks.
The Food Doctor has a whole range of products including an exciting range of breads and hi-bran bagels, Organic Cereal and Muesli Mixes, Cereal Bars, Essential Seed Omega Oil and a unique Organic Omega Seed Butter. All in all they can help keep vegetarian eating interesting, nutritious and most importantly, tasty. To view the full range of products visit www.thefooddoctor.com.
The Just Steam ready meals are available at Ocado and selected Waitrose stores nationwide. RRP: £3.99. The Food Doctor Seed Mix has a RRP of £4.25 for a 300g tub and comes in the following three flavours: Original, Herb and Spicy.