VEGGIE BOWL – POTATO AND KETCHUP SALAD

I take lunch to work almost every day for three main reasons:

1) In the restaurants around my work place the vegan options are limited to side dishes

2) I like to have control over what I put in my mouth (and subsequently in my body), the fact that a dish is vegan doesn’t mean that is healthy, and eat restaurant food every single day doesn’t seem healthy to me (more salt , more oil and less vegetables!)

3) Well… it’s cheaper :D

I like to eat in big quantities, I need that feeling of “i’m so full” in the end of a meal, in other case I will pass all the time binging. 

But like so many people, when I eat a lot a weigh a lot also! ups!

How to work it out? 

Wow, that’s a big salad, is that a bucket? 

Yes is almost a bucket, but is much more than a salad! 

Inside this bucket you will find:

1 tomato

Roasted potato with skin (no fat added)

½ avocado

1 leek

½ bell pepper

Parsley (15 gr) – parsley is really reach in iron, so I weigh it just to be sure that I use a lot!

Carrot, beet and red cabbage shredded (until is full) 

Everything mixed with 2 to 3 tablespoons of homemade Ketchup! Just because is a salad that doesn’t mean is not tasty! :p

This lunch has about 440 calories and makes me feel totally full. Also has about 37% DRA of IRON. 

I always heard that a salad is not a meal, and that makes all sense if you think about the tinny lettuce salads I normal see people eating, but if you think in a huge and complete salad full of nutrients… than a salad can be a perfect meal! But make it big!

To be truth since I start eating real food I always use bigger containers for my portions! 

When I think about lunch time I get excited right away, because I know I will have a big and satisfying meal. This kind of bowl also takes some time to be eaten, which is grate, and you are capable to fill your stomach and your brain with good food. 

Try to eat the same 400 calories of process food, in five minutes you will have eaten all, and your stomach will not be even close of full… so you will still be hungry!

And above all, who doesn’t like potatoes with ketchup? :O

Note: for the ketchup just find a receipt that you like and then substitute the sugar for mash dates, and you will get a healthy version!

Be kind, be vegan!