What You'll Eat
Flexitarians are predominantly vegetarians, but they can still enjoy a steak from time to time. You’ll focus on adding five food groups to your diet: the “new meat” (tofu, beans, lentils, peas, nuts and seeds, and eggs); fruits and veggies; whole grains; dairy; and sugar and spice (everything from dried herbs to salad dressing to agave nectar sweetener). In her book The Flexitarian Diet, registered dietitian Dawn Jackson Blatner provides recipes aplenty. You’ll be digging into pumpkin-spice oatmeal with hazelnuts, a meatless barbeque baja burger, veggie enchiladas, cilantro-peanut stir-fry, sweet-cocoa yogurt, and apricots dipped in dark chocolate, to name a few.
Recipe Resources
Several sites and cookbooks offer Flexitarian recipes. Try one of these resources:
- The Flexitarian Diet
- Dawn Jackson Blatner’s recipes
- Vegetarian Recipes For the Meat Eater
- 10 Fabulous Flexitarian Dishes
- 6 Recipes for Flexitarians
Last updated by Angela Haupt | January 08, 2013
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