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    WIAW: Snack Plates

    Sep 27, 2022 by Faith VanderMolen

    I can't remember how old I was when I started eating what I call "snack plates," but they have always been a favorite of mine. Basically, instead of eating a meal you've made from a recipe, or slowly snacking your way through a meal, you create a meal from a bunch of random foods which you eat in one sitting.

    I stopped eating meals like this for a long time, but have recently gotten back into them. They're just so perfect. You get can get all the micro and macro nutrients you need, while getting to eat a wide variety of food, all with different flavors and textures.

    Today I'm sharing a day of plant-based meals with you, one of which was a beloved snack plate!

    Breakfast:

    I mentioned this last week, but I've really be loving simple oatmeal without too many toppings. I've been eating chocolate oatmeal (oats + chia seeds + ground flaxseed + cocoa powder) with a scoop of nut butter on repeat for a couple weeks now and I'm still not sick of it! About every other day I'll eat a Brazil nut for selenium. All the healthy fats and the protein from the nuts and seeds keep me full for quite a while. YUM!

    chocolate oatmeal (oats + chia seeds + ground flaxseed + cocoa powder) with a scoop of nut butter

    Lunch:

    Lunch was a delicious snack which consisted of a sliced apple, roasted veggies topped with my favorite peanut sauce and an Oil-Free Applesauce Oat Bran Muffin studded with chocolate chips. I'll be sharing the recipe for the muffins soon!

    sliced apple, roasted veggies topped with peanut sauce and Oil-Free Applesauce Oat Bran Muffin

    Dinner:

    Dinner came together in 10 minutes and was so delicious. I had been craving pasta, or something with marinara sauce, so I added some sauteed veggies to leftover Tomato Soup and we ate that over fun animal pasta that I found at the Walmart in our city. Of course I also topped it with nutritional yeast.

    pasta with marinara sauce, with sauteed veggies and Tomato Soup

    That's what I ate this day!

    Tell Me:

    Do you ever eat chocolate for breakfast?

    Have you ever eaten a "snack plate"?

    What's your favorite kind of pasta?

    Thanks so much Jenn, Laura and Arman for the link-up!

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    1. Casey the College Celiac says

      March 29, 2017 at 10:25 pm

      I've been LIVING off of snack plates for awhile now. I love having a bunch of roasted veggies with some potato, homemade tortilla "chips," smashed black beans, avocado and lettuce and just mixing and matching 🙂

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      • Faith says

        March 30, 2017 at 7:01 pm

        That sounds amazing! And right up my alley too:)

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