A week of vegan meal ideas- perfect for beginners!

Switching to a vegan diet isn't as scary as you think – in fact, many of the dishes you're used to eating are likely to be already vegan – or easily veganised.

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Switching to a vegan diet isn't as scary as you think – in fact, many of the dishes you're used to eating are likely to be already vegan – or easily veganised (and sometimes more tasty).

DAY 1

Breakfast

Cereal – eg Oatabix, Kellogg's Bran Flakes or Oatmeal (a full list vegan cereals can be found here) with soya or almond milk, plus fruit.

Green or herbal tea, English tea with soya milk.

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Lunch

Avocado and tomato sandwiches with optional radishes (no spread required), or a mixed salad with avocado and all your fave veggies.

Dinner

Easy fried-rice with vegetables – recipe here.

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Snacks*

Fruit, nuts, a few squares of dark chocolate (check it contains no milk), vegan snack bars such as Naked or Trek bars (find in most newsagents), popcorn (eg. Metcalfe's Skinny Popcorn – Salt or Sweet and Salt flavours), houmous and sliced pitta, carrot sticks, chopped pepper or celery. Fruit juice.

DAY 2

Breakfast

Marmite and vegan spread (eg Vitalite) on toast. Fruit. Green or herbal tea, English tea with soya milk.

Lunch

Jacket potato with baked beans (with vegan spread, or no spread)

Dinner

Sweet potato and black bean chilli. Recipe here.

DAY 3

Breakfast

Marmalade and vegan spread on toast. Green or herbal tea, English tea with soya milk.

Lunch

Chickpea and beetroot sandwich. Recipe here.

Dinner

Easy vegetable tagine. Recipe here.

DAY 4

Breakfast

Vegan cereal and soya milk, fruit, green, herbal tea or English tea with soya milk.

Lunch

Baked beans on toast

*Dinner *

Easy mushroom and potato curry

Easy lentil soup. Recipe here

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