Nutrition and Protein Still Fulfilled, Here are 6 Vegetarian Foods for Daily Meals

Kapanlagi.com - For a healthy life, many people go on a diet to regulate their eating patterns. One of them is by becoming a vegetarian. Vegetarianism itself is a lifestyle that prohibits the consumption of animal-derived foods such as meat, shrimp, and fish. However, they may still consume processed products from animals such as eggs, cheese, and milk. In fact, vegetarians often consume vegetables, legumes, grains, and fruits as their basic ingredients. Of course, consuming these foods is full of nutrients and fiber, making them very healthy to eat.

In a vegetarian diet, it is important to increase the consumption of vegetables and legumes as a protein substitute. Therefore, in order to avoid boredom, it is important for someone to be creative in creating daily menus to ensure they remain nutritious. Well, for those of you who are starting a healthy life, don't worry, because there is a list of foods below that you can make at home. Of course, with affordable ingredients, easy to make, and containing balanced nutrition.

Curious about what types of food? Let's take a look at the complete review below.

1. Gado-gado

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For some Indonesian people, of course, they are no strangers to the type of food called gado-gado. This food is suitable for vegetarians. Gado-gado also has a unique taste and can be found in many places. It consists of a mixture of potatoes, green vegetables, boiled eggs, tofu, and tempeh, which are then coated with peanut sauce and added with rice cakes.

The way to make it is quite easy. You just need to boil all the vegetable ingredients until cooked. After that, serve with peanut sauce. Gado-gado contains enough fiber, vitamins, minerals, and carbohydrates.

2. Pecel

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In addition to gado-gado, another easy-to-make vegetarian food is pecel. This food contains steamed or boiled vegetables. Just like gado-gado, pecel also uses pecel sauce. After all the vegetable ingredients are boiled, the vegetables can be enjoyed with peanut sauce. It's quite easy, right? You can make it yourself at home.

3. Salad

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Salad is indeed synonymous with a vegetarian. Not only delicious, salad offers health benefits for the body. The way to make it is quite easy. You can prepare ingredients such as lettuce leaves, small tomatoes, one egg, olive oil, and lemon. To make it, put lettuce leaves and eggs in a container. Add olive oil and squeeze lemon juice, and finally, you can pour it with salad dressing.

4. Asinan

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Asinan is also one of the typical vegetarian menus in Indonesia that is equally delicious. Asinan itself is a type of food made by salting with vinegar. Just like its name, asinan refers to sour or salty food, but still refreshing.

The contents of asinan consist of various fruits such as kedondong, young mango, rambutan. It can also be made from vegetables such as cucumber, cabbage, and so on. The making process is quite easy, the chosen ingredients are soaked in saltwater or vinegar for a full day. Asinan can be enjoyed immediately.

5. Urap

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Urap is a salad dish made of cooked vegetables mixed with grated coconut seasoned for flavor. This well-known food in Indonesia consists of vegetables such as long beans, bean sprouts, and cabbage that are steamed. Then, the vegetables are mixed with grated coconut that has been seasoned. Of course, it offers a delicious and nutritious taste. This simple dish can easily be made at home.

6. Corn Cream Soup

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Corn cream soup is one of the vegetarian menus that you can try making at home. Besides being savory and delicious, this food is also full of nutrients. Corn cream soup is very suitable for maintaining digestive health. It also increases appetite for those who are in the process of recovering their health and do not want to eat hard-textured food.

Those are some vegetarian foods for daily meals that you can make at home. Good luck and hope it is beneficial.

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