Posts by Molly Patrick
Trying to Convince Someone to Eat Plant Based is a Waste of Time + Garlicky Beet and Kale Salad
I’ve never eaten meat in my life and I haven’t had dairy in over a decade. It’s not as frequent as it used to be, but I’ve gotten plenty of sideways glances because of how I eat. And that’s okay. Not everyone is on the same page. I’ve never tried to convince anyone to eat…
Read MoreDr. Neal Barnard on Balancing Hormones with a Plant Based Diet + Plant Based Spinach Artichoke Dip
Neal Barnard, MD, FACC (Fellowship of the American College of Cardiology), is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C., and President of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM). He has led numerous research studies that have evaluated the effects of diet on diabetes, body…
Read MoreWhat to do When Your Partner Isn’t Making the Same Healthy Changes as You + Plant Based Sage-flavored White Gravy (oil-free)
Have you ever made significant changes in your life and your partner had zero interest in making these changes with you, so you went ahead on your own? I see it happen a lot in our community, and I have first hand experience with it. We’ve always heard that couples either grow together or they…
Read MoreHow to Reverse Pre-Diabetes. Katie Did It Through a Plant Based Diet + Apple-sage Tofu Sausage
Although our whole-food plant-based meal plans are not designed to reverse or treat diabetes and pre-diabetes , they are packed with health promoting whole plant foods and they do not include meat, dairy or oil. I reached out to our meal plan subscribers and asked if anyone has been able to lower their Hemoglobin A1C…
Read MoreHow to Make Yummy Satisfying Salads (video demo) + Classic Big Ass Salad with Miso Tahini Dressing
When most people think about salad they visualize a little bowl with some sad, limp lettuce, topped with a couple chunks of underripe tomato, some old slices of cucumber, and then drenched with bottled salad dressing. This type of salad isn’t something that people go out of their way to have for lunch. One of…
Read MoreHow to Answer All the Tough Plant Based Questions Part One + Crispy Cauliflower (Karnabeet)
When you eat a whole-food plant-based diet you can count on being asked a lot of questions. It’s amazing how concerned some people become when they hear you’ve stopped eating meat and dairy. WAY more concerned than when you were downing liters of soda, going to the drive thru regularly, and having a free-for-all at…
Read MoreGetting Honest About Why You Don’t Want to Give Up Cheese + Plant Based Smoky Ranch Cheese Ball
Raise your hand if any of the following sentences have ever exited your mouth: I could never give up my cheese.I could never give up my meat.I could never give up my wine.I could never give up my chocolate.I could never give up my coffee. Four of those five statements have floated out of my…
Read MoreBatch Cooking for His Family of Seven—How Jeff Brewster Does It (video chat) + Miso Tahini Dressing
Jeff had a health scare in May of 2019 and it prompted him to switch to a plant-based diet. He and his wife now batch cook for themselves and their five daughters each week. Yes, they batch for SEVEN people every week! If that’s not worthy of a huge high five, I don’t know what…
Read MoreStacia’s Transition from Vegetarian to Whole-Food Plant-Based (video chat) + Toasted Garlicky Pumpkin Seeds
I recently sat down with meal plan subscriber, Stacia Van Linden to chat about her experience transitioning from a vegetarian diet to a whole-food plant-based diet. I loved our talk. I could really relate because before I switched to a whole-food plant-based diet, I was a life-long vegetarian. It wasn’t until I started basing my…
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