A plant-based diet comprises of the following food categories:
Grains: brown rice, barley, millet, bulgur, couscous, oatmeal, polenta, udon and Italian semolina pasta, and unyeasted sourdough bread.
Beans: lentils, chickpeas, kidney beans, black beans, cannellini and humus.
Vegetables: daikon, napa cabbage, bok choy,kale, arugula, lettuce, onions, carrots, sweet potatoes and winter squash.
Soup: Miso and a variety of vegetable soups
Naturally pickled and fermented foods: pickles (pickles have numerous health benefits), sauerkraut, kimchi, apple cider vinegar and sourdough bread.
Seaweed: nori, kombu, and wakame.
Traditionally prepared, Non-GMO soy products: miso, shoyu, tofu, soy milk, tempeh.
This is the most nutritious and delicious plant based I have eaten. Many of the plant based diets around now has its origins in the Macrobiotic Diet.
A lot goes into cooking Macrobiotic which when you eat you can feel Peace, Joy and taste a delicious meal. I mean DELICIOUS!