Vegan Made Simple

I'm not sure of the claim made by a few that vegan diets don't "work" for them - it's really not a complicated process and it's as paleo as a diet can possibly be. If we think of ourselves as hunter/gathers then what's easier to gather then fruit, greens and other plant sources. Replace the "hunting" with legumes for the extra protein that is so often touted as the be all of nutritional goodness and there you have it. Try this - a fruit (yes all fruit) smoothie for breakfast. Bananas and dates are the basis for mine since they are calorically dense. A large green salad for lunch and throw in what's available - I do a fruit salad mixed with greens fairly often and I'll also most often have another smoothie for a green smoothie (spinach or kale along with the standbys bananas and dates along with blueberries) Be creative with the salad - half an avocado, lentils and whatever cooked or raw vegetables are available. I prefer to stay raw through the day but that's not really necessary - just a personal choice of mine. For dinner  - another green salad with cooked and or raw vegetables (I lightly sauté - in low sodium, oil free vegetable broth - peppers, onions, mushrooms, asparagus and what ever else I have on hand) another avocado, some red cabbage. Sometimes I will throw in some tofu or Beyond Meat chicken strips or sometimes lentils - it's great to have options. I make a dressing out of Dijon mustard and a splash of Tabasco. None of this is fancy and it takes only minutes. Quite often this salad alone (it's pretty large) is enough to fill me up but I usually follow it up with a baked potato topped with some humus. For variety it can be served with low sodium tomato sauce or BBQ sauce and I'm not opposed to some of the new vegan cheese that's now available - not too often but on occasion. And there we have it! Not enough? Make a bigger salad, eat two potatoes or a larher smoothie in the morning. Just keep things simple, fresh, whole and wholesome.
Good luck!

Peace,
Eric