Posts by Molly Patrick
Plant Based Eating in Kyoto and Osaka, Japan: Our Culinary Adventure Continues.
This is our third and final post on eating plant based in Japan. We went to a traditional Ryokan (traditional Japanese inn) and showed you how it was done, we explored plant based eating in Tokyo and gave you the lowdown, and today we’re headed to Kyoto and Osaka. The plant based food in Tokyo…
Read MorePlant Based Eating in Tokyo, Japan: a Culinary Adventure in the Far East
Tokyo is wonderfully odd. What other place on earth do the toilets sing to you, shower your ass with warm water, make waterfall sounds so no one can hear your bathroom business AND have the option of birds singing in the background? Yes, there were toilets that did all of this and then some. We…
Read MorePlant Based Eating at a Ryokan in Japan (Traditional Japanese Inn)
A ryokan is an old school Japanese inn. When I say old school, I’m not talking about ‘80s retro. I’m talking 17th century days of old. Ryokans have been around since the early 1600s- they are some of the world’s first hotels. You don’t stay at a ryokan, you experience it. Imagine a Motel 6.…
Read MoreThe Impermanence of Life + Dilly Green Bean Sauté (oil-free)
Good grief, saying goodbye to my parents is hard. Unlike batch cooking, hugging someone you love goodbye before they go through airport security does not get easier the more you do it. It stings every single time. For me, this is especially true when I say goodbye to my mom and dad. Especially when my…
Read MoreYou Already Have What You Need + Quick Carrot Raisin Salad
Once upon a time, there was a little girl who grew up under the New Mexico sky. She was a child of nature and she was filled with wonder and curiosity. She ran wild without shoes, only dirt under her feet. She tolerated clothes but preferred to go without. She knew every sound that came…
Read MorePlant Based Tube Feeding + Gluten Free Plant Based Banana Oatmeal Pancakes (oil free)
I knew jack about tube feeding, let alone plant based tube feeding, when Dirty Girl Leslie Bienz joined our community back in 2018. Now I know that tube feeding is the way to deliver food and nourish the body when a person is not able to chew or swallow any, or enough, food by mouth.…
Read MoreGetting Back Into Healthy Habits + Plant Based Mushroom Masala (oil-free)
Someone recently asked me if I have to try hard to maintain my lifestyle of moving my body every day and eating plant based. I thought about it for a minute and landed on an unwavering and joyful “No”. Once you develop a habit, that habit nestles itself into your neural pathways and you no…
Read MoreDirty Girl Kendra Eades Gets Rid of PCOS Symptoms by Going Plant Based + Thousand Island Dressing (oil-free)
I recently chatted with Dirty Girl, Kendra Eades, about her plant based journey. Changing her dietary pattern to remove processed and animal foods wasn’t a journey she had ever considered. We see the phrase “a seed was planted” so often in our community and, thanks to meeting someone who shared a similar medical burden and…
Read MorePlant Based Travel in Italy with Lyndsey + Sautéed Mushrooms and Onions (Oil-Free)
Adding to our repertoire of travel posts highlighting ways to eat plant based around the world, I’m thrilled to share with you Lyndsey’s travelogue chronicling her epic plant based travel in Italy. ~Molly By Lyndsey Hafer-Williams I’m a wordsmith. I cobble together nouns, verbs, and adjectives to portray ideas and scenes of real life. I…
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