Meatless Monday!

One of the things I was most nervous about when deciding to go vegetarian was lunch time. It isn’t too hard to come up with something using vegetables, grains, and fish at dinner time, but I’m not a huge salad person and packing a lunch of roasted vegetables just didn’t seem practical, so I came to the conclusion that I was really going to miss sandwiches for when I wasn’t home to make a salad or something.

I’ve looked in to other sandwich ideas to see if I could make a good vegetarian sandwich besides just a grilled cheese. There are actually many options but here are two of my favorites!

1. Peanut butter, half an apple (thinly sliced) and a dash of cinnamon. You can make it either open faced or not,but definitely on whole wheat bread. Delicious! 

• Peanut butter has lots of protein and apples have been proven to keep you full for a long time! Although this is not enough cinnamon for this to really apply, spices such as cinnamon are said to boost your metabolism.

2. On whole wheat bread spread plain greek yogurt the way you would use mayo. Stack thinly sliced avocado, carrots, and walnuts. This sandwich is delicious and really good for you!

• Avocados are high in the GOOD kind of fat. the monounsaturated fats can lower levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol and raise the levels of HDL (good) cholesterol. They also are high in fiber and potassium! Carrots are loaded with vitamins protecting you from diseases such as heart disease and helping you have healthy skin and eyes! Walnuts, like other nuts are a great source of protein, but unlike other nuts also supply the body with an omega-3 acid which the body needs but cannot produce. Talk about a loaded sandwich!