The most challenging part about not eating meat (besides the lure of a salami sandwich) is cooking dishes that keep you full. While fruits, vegetables, and grains make you full, proteins keep you full. Meat is the most obvious form of protein, for Americans at least. The typical American conceptualization of a "healthy" meal looks something like this: a third of the plate is animal protein, such as a chicken breast; a third of the plate is a grain, such as rice; and a third of the plate is a vegetable, such as steamed broccoli. But of course, meat is by no means the only way to get that filling protein into a dish. First and foremost, eliminating meat means finding alternate forms of protein, completely upheaving how you conceptualize a meal.
This dish is chock full of protein: lentils, black beans, avocado... and the protein in each of these ingredients is far easier for your body to digest than is meat. Your tummy will thank you.
I prefer stuffing poblano peppers over bell peppers, because the poblanos add an extra little kick of spice. Personally, I live for spicy foods, but for those of you who would prefer a milder option, a red or orange bell pepper would work nicely as a substitute.
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