Meal Plans for Colorful Starchy Vegetables
by Dr. Weiner
Goal: Remove processed carbohydrates and grains from your diet.
Strategies:
- Replace your desire for potatoes and breads by eating colorful starchy vegetables (CSV) like beets, pumpkin, sweet potatoes, squash, and yams.
- Instead of eating French fries, choose sweet potato fries.
- Instead of eating mashed potatoes, choose sweet potato mash.
- Replace rice with cauliflower rice.
- Replace wheat and grain pasta with bean-only pastas like those from Explore Cuisine, Tolerant, and Explore Asian.
- Make baked goods from scratch using nut flours instead of grain flours.
Equipment: Kitchen Gadgets that will assist your transition.
- Food processor
- Coffee Grinder
- Bread Maker
- Roasting Pan or baking sheets
- Ricer
Breakfast: Acorn Squash Breakfast Bowl (Adds 8 ounces of CSV and 6 ounces of vegetables per serving)
Snack: Whole fresh fruit
Lunch: Bowl of Tomato Soup and a side Garden Salad. (18 ounces of vegetables for the combination meal)
Snack: 2 ounces of Curry Lime Cashews
Dinner: Chicken with Roasted Vegetables and Sweet Potato Fries (10 ounces of vegetables per serving)
Dessert: Snickerdoodle Nice Cream
Day 2
Breakfast: Banana Pancakes with Raspberry Reduction
Snack: Pair fruit and vegetable snacks for a great combination of flavors as well as achieving your goals for Month 1 & 2. (2 ounces of vegetables)
Lunch: Moroccan Vegetable Soup (10 ounces of vegetables per serving plus 2 ounces of CSV)
Snack: Black Bean Salad (3 ounces of Vegetables)
Dinner: Mustard Chicken with Kale and Cauliflower and Sweet Potato Mash (15 ounces of vegetables per serving)
