6 Energizing Vegan Meals for Your Active Pro Cheer Lifestyle

Don’t like meat or any animal product in your food? That’s okay, vegan food is here for you. You need not worry about getting less nourishment for your pro cheer activities because vegan foods’ plant-based ingredients are ready to substitute animal products which are even healthier than the usual animal milk, meat, etc. Check the dishes and their recipes out!

Benefits of a Vegan Diet

Because vegan meals are mostly made of plants, you receive more nutrients from vegetables and fruits compared to diets that include meat in them. Vegan diets are very low on saturated fat. This means a vegan diet puts you at low risk of having heart diseases.

If your vegan diet eliminates the consumption of refined sugars and other processed products, your blood sugar will lower to healthier levels. In terms of getting infected from viral diseases, the lack of animal products in vegan diets makes you safe from zoonotic viral outbreaks such as swine flu, bird flu, mad cow disease.

6 Vegan Meal Recipes to Boost Your Energy for Workouts

1. Couscous With Chickpeas, Fennel, and Citrus

Couscous is a grain product that looks and tastes like pasta but isn’t one. It is a low-carb high-fiber staple that is made of crushed durum wheat semolina. Pair it with caramelized fennel and you have a sweet tender meal to enjoy at any time!

Get the recipe here.

2. Spicy Lentil Wraps with Tahini Sauce

The major concern when it comes to a vegan diet is the source of folate for the lack of animal products. Luckily, that deficiency can be compensated by lentils and other dark green vegetables. Mix the lentils with the red pepper paste and dip the wrap in tahini sauce then you have a savory vegan dish that’s equally delicious as the Turkish shawarma.

Get the recipe here.

3. Eggplant Roll-Ups with Hemp Basil Pesto

Basils have essential oils that help fight body inflammation such as post-workout sores, bowel issues, arthritis, and heart diseases. Then add hemp seeds with the basil to create a pesto for a source of protein, healthy fatty acids, nutrients, fiber, and flavor. Don’t worry, the hemp seeds will not give you some sort of a high feeling.

4. Sesame Tofu

Tofu gets a lot of negative feedback for tasting super bland. But that’s exactly what makes it good vegan food because it’s made to absorb any flavor of your liking. Mix tamari, water, minced garlic, and sesame oil in a bowl to make the marinade.

Then, marinate the tofu cubes in the bowl for at least an hour. Tofu is high in protein and acts like meat so marinate it well. When everything’s done, pair the sesame tofu with brown rice, quinoa, or oatmeal.

Get the recipe here.

5. Chia, Lucuma, and Coconut Smoothie

If a green smoothie as a pre-workout drink isn’t your thing because the taste of spinach and kale has been in your mouth for quite some time, then this white, creamy, smooth, and sweet smoothie is your best choice.

You have almond milk to give you calcium for strong bones and coconut oil for electrolytes to prevent you from being easily tired as you workout.

Get the recipe here.

6. Roasted Garlic, Miso, and Greens Soup

Miso soup is a fermented food that’s rich in good gut bacteria which helps in digesting and getting the most of everything you eat. Not only that but miso soup has E vitamins which may help prevent the dip of your immune system after a workout.

Get the recipe here.

Vegan foods are a delicious and fun change of diet. By eating vegan meals, you’re far from getting infected by zoonotic viral outbreaks. And contrary to what most people say, vegan food and ingredients aren’t expensive. So you get the same nourishment from people with mixed diets. Just be sure to write the ingredients of the recipes in your next grocery list and avoid buying products with fancy hipster labels at the store.

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