WINTER MENUS

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One of the most difficult aspects of being a vegan, is making sure to have all the nutrients in every meal. In order to be complete a dish has to include carbohydrates, vegetables and proteins. Balancing meals in order to be rich in every nutrient isn't always easy and might require some time.

Furthermore, it is also essential to consume the vegetables in season as it has many benefits (read article "3 Reasons to eat fruits and veggies in the season").

With the aim of helping vegans or people who are thinking of trying out this diet, I created this table inserting some balanced vegan dishes that I invented myself.

Each meal is unique in its composition and is studied for all of those people that would like to follow a vegan diet but at the same time don’t want to give up on all of those tasty dishes present in the traditional Italian cuisine. 

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday
Lunch	mushroom rice + cabbage salad	-Polenta + stew of cauliflower, olives and chickpeans	- raw artichokes + "vegan pizzoccheri"
Dinner	-pumpkin soup+ vegetable spring rolls	-Ribollita (soup with black cabbage) with integral bread	-topinambur soup + "torta pasqualina"

	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Lunch	-Pasta with garlic, oil, chili and turnip greens+ humus with crudités	-Pumpkin rice with lentils and rosmarine	-"Orecchiette" with broccoli + celery salad with nuts and chickpeas	-Lasagna with vegan ragù
Dinner	- "cicerchie" soup	-"Ceci in zimino" with integral bread	-Pizza marinara	-Pasta and beans

WINTER VEGETABLES🍠                    
-spinach
-broccoli
-pumpkin
-onion
-cabbage
-peas
-beetroot
-black cabbage
-celery
-bruxelles cauliflower
-artichokes
-turnip greens
-potatoes
-garlic
-kale
-cauliflower
-leek
-turnip
-lettuce
-topinambur
-cardoom
-chard


WINTER FRUITS🍎
-apple
-kaki
-pomegranate
-pear
-quince
-chestnuts
-mandarin orange
-orange
-grapes
-kiwi