As you probably know, vegetables provide vitamins, minerals, and protective plant compounds, but did you know that you can get more nutrition from vegetables if you pair them with two simple additions? This is ...
Plant-Based Tips
How to Create Plant-Based Affirmations That Work
You’ve probably heard of affirmations. But have you ever considered applying these simple yet surprisingly powerful tools to support your plant-based dietary habits? Affirmations don’t cost anything. You don’t ...
How to Make a Recipe Plant-Based
Are you missing some of your favorite recipes since going plant-based? I understand how much you cherish traditional recipes, whether they've been in your family for years or were favorites before you embraced a ...
15 Easy Ways to Add More Vegetables to Your Diet
As a follower of a whole food, plant-based diet, you're already aware of the fantastic health benefits that come from avoiding processed foods and animal products. But let’s face it; even the most dedicated among us ...
12 Common Mistakes Plant-Based Beginners Make and How to Fix Them
Starting a whole-food, plant-based diet can seem a bit overwhelming. After all, you've probably been eating the way you currently do for most of your life. With new foods on the horizon and figuring out what to eat, ...
Dutch Oven Plant-Based Recipes
A Dutch oven is a kitchen essential. As the workhorse of pots and pans, it can go in the oven or on the stove, making cooking up a variety of dishes an absolute breeze. Cooking with a Dutch Oven Owning a Dutch oven ...
Tips for Marinating Tofu
Tofu is a delicious whole-food, plant-based alternative source of protein, and it can be used in many different recipes. From vegetarian non-meat loaves to breakfast scrambles or stir-fries, tofu can be a welcome ...
7 Plant-Based Diet Challenges and How to Make Them Easier
You want to eat healthier, but life can make it tough. Maybe you’re busy, are traveling, have family members with different habits, or just feel too tired to cook. Besides knowing which foods are good for you, ...
Reader Question: How Do I Stop Wasting Food and Start Saving Money?
This post is part of my ongoing Reader Questions Series. READER QUESTION: One challenge I've encountered on a plant-based diet is how much money to spend on what? I went crazy and bought so many fruits and ...
Just Say No: How to Quickly and Easily Stop Eating Junk Foods
One of the toughest things about transitioning to a whole food plant-based diet is resisting the temptation of unhealthy but tasty and at least temporarily-satisfying foods. These are typically salty, sweet, and ...
10 Tips for Easy Plant-Based Kitchen Cleanup
You've probably found that cooking from home is a given if you want to eat healthy whole food. This, my friend can be a challenge, especially if you’re new to eating a plant-based diet. Not only that, but kitchen ...
Go For Plant-Based Progress, Not Perfection
Are you trying to make lasting progress on your plant-based diet? Whatever kind of goal we’re trying to achieve or new habit we're trying to adopt – whether it's getting in shape or reading more – for most of us, ...
Is Depression Holding Back Your Plant-Based Lifestyle?
Are you feeling dissatisfied with the progress you’re making on your plant-based diet? You may or may not realize it, but depression may be playing a role in keeping you from the healthy lifestyle you’re looking ...
The Secret to Success on a Plant-Based Diet
It may all in your head Here's one big tip designed to help you quickly leap to success on your plant-based journey by changing the way you talk to yourself. It includes a freebie you can download if you want to get ...
49 Plant-Based Vegan Recipes Using Canned and Packaged Foods
If you've had a busy day at the office or shuffling children, sometimes, tackling dinner is the last thing on your mind, but I know you want wholesome plant-based food. What's a busy cook supposed to do? Pull from ...
