Well, as they say, there are exceptions to every rule! In my March article, “Three Great Reasons to Make Your Own Almond and Other Plant-Based Milk,” we learned that most brands of store-bought plant milk are highly processed beverages made with fillers and stabilizers…
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What I Ate for 7 Days on a Plant-Based Diet
I often just decide what veggies to buy on the spur of the moment and then brainstorm when I get home. However, if you’d like to read some tips on plant-based meal planning, check out my article, “Beginner’s Guide to Easy Plant-Based Vegan Meal…
Get Your Leafy Greens On! (Part 2)
As promised, in this second part of “Get Your Leafy Greens On!” we’re going to take a closer look at the nutrition and health benefits of the top four green superfoods according to plant-based pioneer Dr. Joel Fuhrman’s Aggregate Nutrient Density Index (ANDI). Kale,…
Get Your Leafy Greens On (Part 1)
If you’re following a whole food plant-based diet – and if you’re anything like me – you’re probably eating your fair share of tossed green salads. Perhaps you’ve tried different types of lettuces, such as romaine, red leaf, and butterhead, and maybe you’ve tried…
How to Make Delicious Homemade Nut, Seed and Grain-Based Milk
Are you ready for some DIY plant-based kitchen fun? This article will show you how easy it is to make fresh, wholesome, and healthy plant-based milk from nuts, seeds, or grains right in your own kitchen with a blender. One sip and you’ll be…
Three Great Reasons to Make Your Own Almond and Other Plant-Based Milk
Perhaps you’ve noticed the milk aisle is looking a little more plant-based lately? Plant-based milk is big business these days – it seems like every week a new brand, flavor, or type of plant-based milk appears on the shelf. Once considered exotic fringe foods,…
The Basics: Your Guide to a Whole Food Plant-Based Vegan Diet
With plant-based diets and especially plant-based athletes getting so much media attention lately, you’ve probably seen and heard the news and maybe even some hype. Perhaps you’re wondering what all the fuss is about? Or maybe you have some friends or family members who’ve…
Plant-Based Moroccan Holiday Menu
Wasn’t it just January? The months seem to slip by quickly, and with Thanksgiving behind us, it’s time to think about our holiday meal (if you’re celebrating, of course). I’m sharing something a little different than what you might typically expect for a holiday…
Zero-Calorie Sweeteners: Are They Healthy and Safe?
In my previous articles on sugar and sweeteners, we’ve learned why added sugar is so bad for you and how to avoid it, how mineral deficiencies can cause sugar cravings, and how the sugar in whole fruit is fundamentally different from other sugar. We’ve…
Coconut Sugar and Evaporated Cane Juice: Health Foods or Hype?
In our last Plant-Based Cooking “sugar” article, “Two Healthy Sweeteners You Need to Know About,” (fourth in my series on sweeteners), we discovered that two relatively uncommon natural sweeteners, date sugar and blackstrap molasses, are the only sweeteners with any kind of significant nutritional…
Two Healthy Natural Sweeteners You Need to Know About
Date Sugar and Blackstrap Molasses (This is the fourth in a series of articles on the perils of added sugar. Be sure to check out the third article, “The Truth About Fruit Sugar on a Plant-Based Diet.”) By now we’ve all heard of refined…
The Truth About Fruit Sugar on a Plant-Based Diet
(This article, The Truth About Fruit Sugar, is the Third in a series of articles on the perils of added sugar. Be sure to check out the second article, “Fight Sugar Cravings with Plant-Based Nutrition”). My previous two articles in my series on added…
Fight Sugar Cravings with Plant-Based Nutrition
Sugar Cravings Can Be a Sign of Mineral Deficiencies (This is the second in a series of articles on the perils of added sugar. Be sure to check out the first article, “12 Tips for Avoiding Added Sugar On A Plant-Based Vegan Diet.”) If…
12 Tips for Avoiding Added Sugar On A Plant-Based Vegan Diet
(This is the first in a series of articles on the perils of added sugar. Be sure to check out the second article, “Fighting Sugar Cravings with Plant-Based Nutrition”). Sugar is one of the hardest things for many people to give up on a…
Does Organic Really Matter?
Some people swear by organics, while others couldn’t care less. Where do you fall on that spectrum? Are you someone who won’t even take a single bite of a conventional apple because of concerns about pesticides or artificial waxes? Are you constantly reading labels…