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 Magic of a Weekly Meal Planner
If you find yourself scrambling last-minute to put balanced, healthy lunches and dinners on the table, you're not alone! We've all been there (well, at least most of us!) In fact, I'll confess that to save my own ...
How to Make Plant-Based Vegan Cream Sauce
If you love rich foods as much as I do, you probably know how a cream sauce can really make a dish. Unfortunately, plant-based eaters are often unsure of how to make a vegan cream sauce without dairy milk, ...
Anti-Inflammatory Benefits of a Plant-Based Diet
The science keeps getting louder and stronger all the time – chronic inflammation in your body is never a good thing and can only cause problems. The good news is that there is something you can do about ...
Plant-Based American Classics Recipe Roundup
Are you a plant-based eater who finds yourself craving American Classic eats? You know, recipes like burgers, beef stew, fried chicken, fish n' chips, and other dishes traditionally made with animal products in ...
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 ...
Five Tips for Traveling on a Plant-Based Diet
Warm weather or the holidays are travel time, and you may be wondering how you can see all those longed-for vacation spots (or your far-away family) and still stick to your plant-based diet. We all know how ...
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 ...
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 ...
Dan King: Whole Food Plant-Based Champion Runner
Expert Interview: Vegan Athlete, Dan King When Boulder, Colorado-based international champion runner Dan King turned the big “Five-O,” making the switch to a whole food plant-based diet was a no-brainer for a ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
