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Bean salad jar

Beans, grains and crunchy veg with a lemony dressing

🍽️ LunchServes 4🫘 Beans🌾 Whole grains🥕 Other vegetables🥬 Greens

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How

  1. Shake the dressing in the bottom of a jar.
  2. Layer the beans, grains, then veg.
  3. Shake again at lunchtime.

✅ Daily Dozen – what it helps with

🫘 BeansBeans and lentils are full of fibre, protein, iron and folate.
🌾 Whole grainsWhole grains keep the bran and germ, with their fibre and minerals.
🥕 Other vegetablesDifferent coloured vegetables bring different nutrients – fibre, potassium, vitamins and plant compounds.
🥬 GreensLeafy greens bring folate, vitamin K, nitrates and lutein.

From Dr Michael Greger's Daily Dozen (NutritionFacts.org). Tick off today's Daily Dozen ›

More lunch ideas

Jacket potato with beansSweet or regular potato, baked beans or chilliLunchbox mixHummus and carrots, a piece of fruit, seedsHummus and vegetable wrapsWholegrain wrap, hummus, grated carrot, cucumber, spinach

All the suggested meals ›

Inspired by the Blue Zones – mostly plants, beans every day, a little fish, eggs and dairy. General information, not medical advice.