If your Goal for 2024 is to Eat More Plants…

Author: Sarah Cobacho | Posted: January 1, 2024

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A bowl with vibrant, colorful roasted sweet potatoes topped with beans, veggies, cabbage slaw and sprouts

If your goal in 2024 is to eat more plants, here are five plant-based recipes you NEED to try! These are a mix of my and my partner Cam’s favorite recipes of 2023.

They’re all quite easy to put together, but most importantly, they are all mind-blowingly tasty and super nourishing.

Incorporating a variety of plants into your weekly diet is a fantastic way to support gut health. If you’re just starting with a plant-based diet, it’s wise to ease into it. Plants are rich in fiber, and your body may need time to adjust. As 97% of Australians fall short of the recommended daily intake of fiber, it might be a good idea to start slow. Starting with too much fiber too soon can lead to bloating and discomfort, which we really want to avoid.

One of my favorite strategies is to pick one (Just ONE, sounds pretty easy right?) new nourishing recipe to try each week, this way you can keep your favorite on your rotation, and keep building on it. Incorporating just one of these meals into your weekly menu rotation will be a great addition of gut-healthy plants to your diet.

A bowl with vibrant, colorful roasted sweet potatoes topped with beans, veggies, cabbage slaw and sprouts

1. Mexican-Style Roasted Sweet Potatoes

This nutritious Mexican-style Roasted Sweet Potato recipe features a gorgeous blend of black beans, corn, and avocado, topped with a creamy plant-based yogurt cilantro sauce.
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A bowl of vibrant green butter bean pesto with buckwheat bread on the side

2. High Protein Pesto Butter Beans

A quick 15-minute lunch with zesty lemon and creamy butter beans packed with 35 g of protein and 15 g of fiber per serving. Enjoy with quinoa or toasted bread.
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Sarah Cobacho holding a plate with a slice of carrot cake baked oats topped with protein yogurt icing and shredded carrots

3. Carrot Cake Baked Oats

Delicious and nutritious Carrot Cake Baked Oats make for an easy and high-protein breakfast. Perfect for meal prep!
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A serving of high-protein turmeric quinoa and edamame salad with red cabbage and almond satay dressing

4. Turmeric Quinoa and Edamame Salad

You're going to love this easy-to-make Turmeric Quinoa & Edamame Salad. Packed with 11 unique plants, 30g of protein, 18g of fiber, and healthy fats from nuts and avocado, this salad is a feast for your taste buds and your microbiome. Bonus points for adding a little kimchi or your favorite fermented food for even more gut health benefits.
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Vibrant, high protein Mediterranean Pesto Bowl with bright green sauce, roasted potatoes and roasted broccoli

5. High-Protein Mediterranean Pesto Bowl

A nourishing and flavorsome Mediterranean dish featuring roasted potatoes, broccoli, and tomatoes paired with a homemade pesto bean dip.
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Caroline M's Crispy Potato Salad with Spicy Peanut Sauce Crispy Potato Salad with Spicy Peanut Sauce Caroline M ★★★★★ My new favourite! Had to make substitutions with what I had available but all in all turned out pretty great… this is…
Cass Hill's Turmeric Quinoa and Edamame Salad (Meal Prep) Turmeric Quinoa and Edamame Salad (Meal Prep) Cass Hill ★★★★★ Delicious recipe - didn’t take long to make and nothing better than being able to grab a healthy, nutritious and filling lunch…
Sally's Easy Vegan Savory Oats (15-Minute Breakfast Idea) Easy Vegan Savory Oats (15-Minute Breakfast Idea) Sally ★★★★★ Hi Sara! I've been following your recipes for quite some time now, and I really appreciate how simple they are to follow…
Nicole's Gluten-Free Seeded Bread Gluten-Free Seeded Bread Nicole ★★★★★ I didn’t think I could pull this off. I surprised myself after making your red lentil quinoa wraps. but I wasnt confident…
Vivienne's 10-minute High-Protein Romesco Pasta (Vegan and GF) 10-minute High-Protein Romesco Pasta (Vegan and GF) Vivienne ★★★★★ I don't do well with tofu so I dried steaming parsnip. I put the same weight of parsnip as stated in the…
Natursha's Vegan Zuppa Toscana (Healthy Tuscan Soup) Vegan Zuppa Toscana (Healthy Tuscan Soup) Natursha ★★★★★ Absolutely delicious xx thank you for the recipe.
Randi's Buckwheat Bread (1 Ingredient, Gluten Free) Buckwheat Bread (1 Ingredient, Gluten Free) Randi ★★★★★ I made the bread last night and let it cool on the counter overnight as it was quite late! When I slice…
Haley's Vegan Zuppa Toscana (Healthy Tuscan Soup) Vegan Zuppa Toscana (Healthy Tuscan Soup) Haley ★★★★★ This was SO good! I used baby bella mushrooms because that’s all they had at the store this weekend and it still…
Jacques Goudreau's High-Protein Marry Me Orzo High-Protein Marry Me Orzo Jacques Goudreau ★★★★★ Wow! Very good recipe! I forgot the vegetable broth so I added water and still this is absolutely great. Again, good work!
Nicole's Vegan Zuppa Toscana (Healthy Tuscan Soup) Vegan Zuppa Toscana (Healthy Tuscan Soup) Nicole ★★★★★ This o e has been on my “to make” list for a while and I finally got around to it. Delicious! So…
Rosemary Gabriel's Buckwheat Bread (1 Ingredient, Gluten Free) Buckwheat Bread (1 Ingredient, Gluten Free) Rosemary Gabriel ★★★★★ Please help! The first few times it was perfect and delicious and now this. I’m thinking it wasn’t as bubbly when it…
Jill's Festive Maple Salad Festive Maple Salad Jill ★★★★★ This was STUNNING. Sorry for the Instagram screen grab, it IS my account but I delete all my food photos once they're…
Jill's Sweet and Spicy Mediterranean Bowl with Mint Yogurt Sauce Sweet and Spicy Mediterranean Bowl with Mint Yogurt Sauce Jill ★★★★★ Gorgeous as always! I swapped the yoghurt for silken tofu. I also added pomegranate seeds and parsley, and I had to use…
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