Lentils, a dietary staple of world cuisines such as Indian, Nepalese, Greek and Italian, are a wonderful and sometimes-overlooked plant-based food. Lentils come in many varieties ranging in color from black and various shades of brown to red, orange, yellow and slate green. As you can see below, there are many nutrition and health benefits…
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How to Deal with Non-Plant-Based Vegan Partners and Family Members
It’s one of the most common dilemmas facing plant-based and vegan eaters, and a question I get all the time: How do I relate with my non-vegan partner and family members? What can I do to make sure I stay on track and even perhaps encourage my loved ones to follow me down the plant-based…
Plant-Based Runners Rick and Laura Bruess
There’s a myth that competitive athletes need meat and dairy to succeed, but according to long-time plant-based athletes, competitive runners Rick and Laura Bruess of Boulder, Colorado, nothing could be further from the truth. Rick, 58, and Laura, 57, told Plant-Based Cooking recently that they’re in good health and take no medications. Laura’s athletic achievements,…
How to Keep Fruits and Vegetables Fresher Longer
There’s nothing worse than getting ready to prepare a delicious meal only to discover that the lettuce, kale, carrots or cauliflower that we need for our favorite recipe have long since gone south. Not only are our dinner plans soured, but now we’re likely upset because we’ve wasted what was perfectly good, perhaps even organic…
How to Stock Your Plant-Based Pantry
It may seem basic, but knowing how to stock your plant-based pantry with essentials is an important step to staying on a plant-based diet. Keeping a well-stock pantry leads to better meal planning and saves you time and effort, as well. You might find like I have, that eating pretty much the same thing over…
3 High-Protein Plant Foods You Need to Know About
These days it can seem like everyone is jumping on the high-protein bandwagon. In fact, some folks may even hesitate when it comes to adopting a healthy, whole foods vegan plant-based lifestyle due to concerns about getting enough vegan protein. You can rest assured, however, that whatever your reasons for needing abundant protein – whether…
Plant-Based Vegan Snacks: Your Easy How-To Guide
When it comes to snacking, Americans don’t mess around! According to the United States Department of Agriculture “Snacking Patterns of U.S. Adults” report, one-quarter of Americans’ daily calories now come from snacks, up considerably from years ago, and a whopping 97 percent of Americans are snacking regularly. Daily snacking has clearly become an integral part…
Roasting Nuts and Seeds at Home
If you haven’t thought about it before, you might consider roasting your own nuts and seeds at home because store-bought nuts and seeds are typically coated with oil. When you make them at home you can skip the oil and dry roast them instead. Nuts are a powerhouse of nutrition. Studies have shown that if…
How to Save Money on a Plant-Based Vegan Diet
Plant-Based on a Budget Eating healthy gets a bad rap when it comes to cost sometimes – there’s a common belief that eating healthy is expensive, out of reach for average folks and that it’s basically a luxury that few can afford. But if we sidestep the hype and take a closer look, we’ll find…
Meal Planning Myths & How to Avoid Them
STOP AVOIDING THIS POWERFUL TOOL IN YOUR STAYING HEALTHY TOOLBOX If you’ve sought out plant-powered documentaries to watch, or seen the success stories of others, you’ve experienced firsthand the power that eating a diet without meat and dairy has to increase vitality, help you lose weight or bring back health. So why does the idea of actually…
A Vegan’s Guide to Vitamin D: How to Make Sure You’re Getting Enough
Most Vitamin D Is Not Vegan-Friendly Did you know that most Vitamin D3 supplements are not vegan? That’s right. If you look on the label, you’ll see the word “lanolin” in the “supplement facts” section. “Lanolin” might sound innocuous enough, but it’s actually a wax secreted by the sebaceous glands of woolly mammals. Lanolin is…
How to Beat Cold Symptoms with Natural Remedies
Cold Relief is as Close as Your Kitchen When it comes to colds and flu, I’ve got some good news and some bad news. First, the bad news: cold and flu season has arrived and is here to stay for awhile. Now the good news: natural remedies for cold and flu symptoms are as close as your kitchen…
5 Tips for Successful New Year’s Diet Resolutions
With New Year’s Eve just around the corner, there’s no better time to start thinking about goals and New Year’s resolutions related to healthy whole foods plant-based eating. What do we want to do differently next year? How do we want to support our diet and wellbeing? The New Year is an ideal time to…
Tools, Tips and Freebies
Beginners Quick-Start Guide On this page, you’ll find links to articles that will help you quickly start your journey on a plant-based diet including FREEBIES. Scroll down to see links that have a printable FREEBIE included in the post. Success is our aim. I’ve distilled the ideas down so they’re easy to understand. You’ve got this… Let’s jump in. Getting Started Your…
6 Green Holiday Gifts Good for People and Planet
It’s so easy in our society, and especially during the holiday gift-giving season, to believe that bigger, shinier and faster is better, and that material things will make us happy. But deep down we all know that the best things in life aren’t things at all, it’s our relationships that determine the quality of our…