Vegan diets are becoming increasingly popular in the UK. A vegan diet is plant-based, which means you don’t eat any products that come from animals, such as dairy, meat or honey.
Grains, seeds, beans, pulses, nuts, vegetables and fruits make up the bulk of vegan cooking.
If you’d like to follow a healthy vegan diet, our meal plan is designed to help ensure you are including foods that meet your nutritional needs.
While a well-planned vegan diet can provide all the nutrition you need, it’s harder to find certain vitamins and minerals in vegan foods.
So, you could consider taking a vegan-suitable vitamin and mineral supplement which contains B12, iodine, vitamin D and selenium. You could speak to your health care team about this, to make sure you are taking the right amount.
This meal plan is calorie and carb counted for your convenience. It also contains at least five portions of fruit and veg per day.
We’ve included the value for fibre too to help you make sure you are meeting your nutritional requirements. We know lots of people in the UK aren’t eating enough fibre, so it’s important to try and include good sources in your diet every day.
Some of the recipes within this plan serve anywhere from 1-6 people. You can either reduce the quantities to serve as many people as needed or look at the chef’s tips to see if the recipe can be made in bulk and frozen for a later date. This will also help reduce waste.