BRAMI Arugula Salad
Bariatric arugula salad with Brami Lupini Beans
We at WLS Afterlife do our best to keep you hip. Start carrying around BRAMI Italian Snacking Beans! We are so confident these will be the next craze in healthy eating and should become a staple in your diet! And for good reason, too!
One of the highest sources of protein, this ancient seed delivers all of your crucial macro nutrients at a fraction of the caloric cost. Lupini beans have history traced back to the tombs of Egyptian Pharaohs and the Roman Empire. Now, they grace the guidelines of both Paleo and Mediterranean diets as a plant-based protein staple. Unfamiliar with them? That’s okay! With the help of our friends at BRAMI, we are determined to bring you a bounty of delicious recipes featuring these fancy beans!
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Though much larger than your normal serving size, you can find 20 grams of protein in 150 grams of cooked beans (a serving size is just 30 grams). Not only do they pack a punch in the protein department, but they are low in starch compared to their kidney and garbanzo counterparts (1/3 of the amount, to be precise).
Now the age-old question. How to incorporate it into your diet? These are a wonderful substitute to the grease-filled chips you can find in the snack aisle, or any of the overly processed dry snacks you can find clogging up the aisles of your local supermarket. BRAMI offers their beans in several flavors sure to satisfy anybody looking for a savory snack. We have tried most of their flavors and loved them all.
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But for when it’s mealtime, we have this fresh Arugula Salad to fulfill your needs. Full of mouth-watering ingredients and produce, this will be a lunch you look forward to! Just be sure you thinly slice your shallots/onions before tossing in a salad bowl! Then, once it is evenly coated in the olive oil lemon dressing and salt and pepper, serve and enjoy!
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Ingredients
- 150g BRAMI Garlic & Rosemary Lupini Beans
- 4 cups baby arugula
- 3/4 cup halved cherry tomatoes
- 1/3 cup pine nuts
- 1/2 red onion or 1 onion shallot
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tsp fresh lemon juice (about a 1/2 lemon)
- Salt and pepper to taste
Nutritional Information for Bariatric Arugula Salad with Brami Lupini Beans
Servings: 2
Per Serving:
- Calories: 280 kcal
- Protein: 12 g
- Fat: 21 g
- Saturated Fat: 2.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 14 g
- Fiber: 7 g
- Sugars: 2 g
- Sodium: 380 mg
Directions
- Place the arugula and BRAMI in a mixing bowl.
- Dice the onion (or shallot) and halve the tomatoes. Add both to bowl.
- Add the olive oil, lemon juice, pine nuts and spices to taste.
- Mix and enjoy!
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We recommend our WLS Afterlife viewers follow their doctor’s dietary guidelines, regardless of our recipe instructions. Don’t forget to control your portions after weight loss surgery. Right after weight loss surgery, it may be harded to digest leafy greens, so you may want to wait quite a few months after bariatric surgery before trying a salad.
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