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    Light Meals

    Sometimes you want to make quick and easy healthy recipes that you can enjoy for lunch, post-workout, or as a light dinner. Here you'll find these light meal options that are still incredibly satisfying!

    Need some suggestions? Everyone loves the Edamame Plantain Veggie Rice Bowl, or try the Savory veggie Cakes with Leeks that come together with just simple 4 ingredients.

    • Avocado Plantain Rice Bowl Recipe with Edamame Beans
    • Savory Veggie Cakes with Leeks
    • Healthy Egg Salad (Mediterranean-style)
    • A Quick Sesame Garlic Shrimp Recipe with Avocado

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    • Jars filled with rhubarb compote.
      Simple Rhubarb Compote Recipe (+ 3 Easy Variations)
    • A large wooden bowl filled with fresh and creamy mango avocado salad, onions, cilantro, sunflower seeds and red bell peppers.
      The Best Mango Avocado Salad (Healthy & Nourishing)
    • Two bowls of asparagus soup topped with avocado, half of a cooked egg and head of an asparagus.
      Healthy Creamy Asparagus Soup (no cream)
    • A piece lifted and taken out of a large ricotta pie.
      Honey Ricotta Pie (no-roll gluten-free pie crust)
    • A small bowl filled with avocado quinoa salad and a creamy lemon dressing on the side.
      Avocado Quinoa Salad with Creamy Lemon Dressing
    • Two black bowls filled with green pea soup, topped with fresh Parsley leaves next to two wooden spoons and more fresh Parsley.
      Protein-rich Green Pea Soup (Vegetarian)

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    • An opened cooked platano filled with eggs and seeds next to a green fruit salad.
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