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Is Olive Oil Bad for You?
Olive oil is made from olives so it’s healthy, right? While olive oil is touted to have many benefits to the body because it contains Omega 3 fatty acids, is claimed to have antioxidant properties,...
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Mango Black Bean Salad
Watch as your palette changes with your whole foods, plant-based diet. The red wine vinegar in this dish is delicious and energizing! This dish is a staple at our house. It is lively, zesty, and most...
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Your New Favorite Lunch: Kale Salad
The “dressing” in this salad is simply avocado and lemon juice. No added oil, sugar, or salt. This is the easiest and best lunch ever! Before switching to a whole foods, plant-based diet I used to...
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What’s For Dinner? Kimchi Noodle Salad
Kimchi looks strange but tastes delicious! I love how the cool cucumber in this recipe contrasts with the spicy and tangy kimchi. Kimchi is a sort of Asian cabbage slaw that is available in the...
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What to do with Leeks: Red Curry “Fried” Rice
Here’s what they look like. (Photo from teh internets) Until this year I had never tried leeks. I could not have told you what they look like. Now I love them! A leek is like a monster-sized green...
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Chickpea Rice Salad with Fennel and Orange
Bean salads can be eaten for lunch or dinner–or any time! Here is a very easy plant-based dinner or lunch. We usually have this hearty salad with sweet potato fries on the side. Red pepper flakes...
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Go Veggie! “Mozzarella” Shreds
This “healthy food” is using a marketing technique called green-screening where packaging is meant to give the impression of health for people or the environment Go Veggie! “Mozzarella” shreds are...
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Whole Foods Plant-Based Weekly Meal Plan #1
Start with the meals your family wants to eat, then make a grocery list from the recipe ingredients. Set aside time on one weekend day to prepare ingredients like roasted red peppers, baked bread, or...
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Southwestern Macaroni Casserole
Photo from the “Forks Over Knives” cookbook This recipe was a big win with our family. If you are attending a dinner or event with people who do not eat a whole foods plant-based diet, bring this...
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Plant-Strong BBQ Sauce
Left to right: Home made date syrup, pickled hot peppers from our garden, plant-strong BBQ sauce. We love this delicious barbeque sauce on whole foods, plant-based pizza or veggie burgers. This recipe...
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Orange, Bean, & Beet Salad
This salad is zesty and sweet! This dish is based on the recipe from the “Forks Over Knives Cookbook.” I love hearty salads because they are so versatile. We eat them for lunch or dinner, and the...
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Lentil Dal
Lentil dal is a delicious and healthy dish. We enjoyed it with a kale salad with driven avocado and orange zest. This dish surprised me with its flavor. I went into making this recipe thinking, “oh...
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Chana Saag
We serve chana saag over whole long grain brown rice, but it can stand on its own just fine. Chana Saag (chickpeas and spinach) is simply irresistible. The dish contains TONS of spinach and no meat,...
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Top 3 Ways to Cook Without Oil
Instead of oiling your baking sheets, sprinkle a little corn meal to prevent sticking. A few months ago when I first heard about a whole foods plant based diet I learned that oil was not part of the...
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Whole Foods Plant Based Salad Dressing
These salad dressings have cannellini beans as a base My mother in law is really cool about my family’s switch to a whole foods plant based diet. We went to her house for dinner this week and she...
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Potato Samosa Stuffed Chard with Coriander Chutney
This healthy version of the traditional fried potato pockets is flavorful and looks beautiful! Last night’s dinner was declared by my husband to be the best plant-based meal we have eaten since we...
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“Cheesy” Broccoli Risotto & Potato Wedges
Whole foods, plant-based comfort food! The “no cheese” sauce is wonderfully flavorful in this dish. I use this basic recipe for mac & cheese, and tweak it a little for different types of creamy...
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Things You CAN Do on a Whole Foods Plant-Based Diet
Healthy baby and healthy daddy enjoying a fruit salad When we were researching a whole foods plant-based diet we found that there is a lot of anxiety out there about what vegans can and can’t do....
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Banana Creme Parfaits
Holy delicious, Batman! This recipe is from the Forks Over Knives Cookbook, by far my favorite cookbook for plant-based eating. These parfaits seem intimidating because each layer has it’s own...
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Kale Salad with Maple-Mustard Dressing
Perfect on it’s own, or served as a side to summertime plant-based grilling! Here’s a must-try salad if I ever ate one! I love this salad because it is balanced, you get the hearty chickpeas along...
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How to Toast Nuts
Freshly-toasted almonds and walnuts. We eat the almonds as a snack in small (about 2oz.) portions. The walnuts take a quick spin in the food processor and we sprinkle the chopped walnuts on breakfast...
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Baba Ghanoush Lettuce Wraps with Marinated Tomatoes & Toast
Fresh and zesty tomatoes with smooth, creamy baba ghanoush. Before switching to a whole foods plant based diet, one vegetable was pretty much a mystery to me: eggplant. It looks so purple, round, and...
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Vegan Freezer Foods with Grocery List
Penne & Peas “Alfredo” Casserole: Remove lid, add 1/2-1 cup water, cover with tinfoil, bake at 420F for 1 hour. Due to popular demand, here’s a post that really gets you more bang for your buck!...
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Easy Lentil Dal with Curried Bulgur Cakes and Coriander Chutney
Three layers of YUM! This dinner is great for entertaining, since it lets you show off some creative food presentation skills and the meal is delicious. Follow the links for the lentil dal and...
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What’s for Dinner? Barley and Sweet Potato Pilaf
Filling and 100% meat, dairy, oil and sugar free. Eat whole foods! Here’s an unusual pilaf from the “Forks Over Knives Cookbook.” It’s unusual first because instead of using rice like most pilafs, the...
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Soba Noodles in Kombu Broth
A package of kombu from the farmer’s market. Less than $5 per package. We bought two! This recipe from the “Forks Over Knives Cookbook” is outstanding. If you want a big bowl of hot vegetables with...
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Banana-Oat Pancakes with Chia Seed and Vanilla Whip
We call these “mega-pancakes” because of the mega nutrition! Chia and flax are top sources of omega-3 fatty acid and fiber. These pancakes are sweet and delicious when topped with the vanilla whip....
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Top 7 Tips for Your First 3 Weeks of Plant-Based Eating
It’s important to include starchy vegetables like potatoes or whole grains in your meal. Otherwise, you won’t be full for very long! So you’ve decided to give the whole foods plant based way of eating...
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What are Whole Foods?
The following is a 1 page poster I wrote up as a handout at a local “Green Expo.” I thought it was worth sharing as a short primer on whole, plant-based food. Here it is: Whole foods are foods that...
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The Forks Over Knives Plan in Maryland
Please join me for 4 yoga and plant based nutrition workshops. “The Forks Over Knives Plan” is our textbook for this class (included). You’ve seen the movie and browsed the Forks Over Knives-friendly...
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Your Peaceful New Year
Here I am running my half marathon in May, and chasing my toddler in November of this year. This past May at the peak of my half marathon training I was running three times per week, up to 17 miles....
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Grilled Portobello Mushroom Tacos with Salsa Verde
The marinade for the mushrooms is out of this world! I’ll definitely use the same recipe for things like grilled veggie shish kebabs in the future. Since the weather turned cold here in Maryland we...
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Decadent Fudgy Chocolate Cupcakes
Low-fat chocolate heaven! Here’s a real treat: chocolate cupcakes! This recipe is adapted from an actual Forks Over Knives approved recipe. There is real sugar in it, and real chocolate, though I...
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Where Will I Get My Protein?
These shelves at our local grocery store display supplements (in food and drink form) for protein. When consumers are bombarded with the “eat more protein” message our thoughts turn from “do I need...
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