Meals arrive and Christmas dinners. Dates on which the tables are filled with traditional dishes. But, as the years progress, these change. More and more Spanish families turn to to the vegetarian menu. Do you want to know why? We tell you.
Christmas among vegetables
Christmas dinner is a tradition going back many years. Since time immemorial, families have gathered around a table full of sweets, drinks and lots of food. However, these meals have been varying over time. Whether for innovations in the kitchen, ideological issues or simply for health. So the meat, star food of Christmas dinners, has been leaving room for vegetables. It's more, 34% of Spaniards has declared that they would be willing to prepare a menu based on them In Christmas.
The margarine brand, Tulipán, has carried out a study on the evolution of meals in Spain. The conclusion that was drawn is thatvegetarian diet begins to gain weight, even on days as marked as these” according to the website financialfood.es. And, it is that, 60% of those surveyed affirm that they include in their menus new proposals. Although, they continue to maintain the most traditional dishes. In large part, because, as they say, these most typical lines are inherited and are passed down between generations.
In addition, 57% confess that they take advantage of these important dates to cook with smaller of the house That is, they are limited to cooking simple dishes that children can cook. However, 94% have said they prefer to use natural ingredients. Of course, without actually cooking a vegetarian menu. Likewise, the study reveals that four out of ten Spaniards are aware of the reduction of meat in favor of our health. As well as benefit to the planet.
Benefits of the vegetarian menu
A study carried out at the end of last year, that is, in December 2020, revealed that 10% of the Spanish population is considered vegan. But what advantages does the vegetarian menu have on our health?
- The consumption of vegetables promotes physical and mental health.
- Food without a trace of meat helps maintain the healthy immune system. Because in this way the necessary amount of vitamins and nutrients is ingested.
- They reduce the risk of overweight and obesity.
- delay the symptoms of aginglike wrinkles.
- increase energy, because fruits, vegetables and legumes have a slow digestion. Which guarantees you have energy throughout the day.
Turn your Christmas dinner into a vegetarian menu!
Take note of the following steps that we are going to give you to prepare a delicious Vegetable lasagna.
Ingredients
To start the ingredients for a group of 4 people. Vary the amounts depending on the number of guests you have.
- 1 eggplant
- 1 broccoli
- 12 mushrooms
- Onions to taste
- Carrots 2
- 75 gramos de spinach fresh
- lasagna pasta
- Salsa bechamel
- Ketchup
- Parmesan
Recipe
The first thing we do is peel and slice the mushrooms to later sauté them in the frying pan. Until they are golden. At that time, turn off the heat and add the spinach leaves. This mixture would form first layer, that is, the bottom. For the middle layer, cut the broccoli and carrots into small pieces and steam them. They will take between 2 and 5 minutes.
La top layer It will be composed of eggplant and onion. Cut the onion into very thin slices and poach in the pan. While, after having cut it into cubes, we put microwave eggplant for five minutes. Next, add the eggplant to the pan and sauté them together until cooked. Now we have to put it all together. For it, we take a baking dish.
At the bottom of this, we spread two tablespoons of tomato and cover with lasagna sheets and a little bechamel. On this, we distribute the mixture of mushrooms with spinach and cover again with another layer of lasagna. We repeat this step with the three layers of ingredients that we have cooked. We finish with the last sheet of slices and the last batch of bechamel. We decorate the result with grated cheese and tomato. And now it only remains to bake for 30 minutes at 180º for!enjoy your lasagna!
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Various studies have shown that benefits of eating vegetables. For this reason, more and more people are resorting to preparing a vegetarian menu. Even at Christmas. It seems to us a very wise decision, although we are great followers of the meat. And you, have you already thought about what you are going to cook for Christmas?
