Posts by Molly Patrick
All Your Clean Food Dirty Girl Meal Plan Questions Answered (FAQ) + Instant Pot Poppy Seed Carrot Cake Steel Cut Oats
We created our weekly Plant Fueled Meal Plans to give people a structured, nutritionally diverse and delicious blueprint that makes eating a healthy and well rounded plant based diet doable, exciting, interactive and fun. We get a lot of questions about our meal plans so I’ve rounded up the most frequently asked questions to give you all the answers in one place.
Read MoreDirty Girl Erin Wisneski Says Goodbye to Seasonal Allergies, Acne and Acid Reflux (video) + Plant Based Lentil Chia Burgers
Erin Wisneski is no stranger to dieting and the low carb frenzy. In January 2017, she started on a new path with food and decided to give plants a try. Listen to me chat with Erin about her journey to eat more plants.
Read MoreHow To Get Over A Cold Fast: The Exact Steps I Took + Whole Food Plant Based Beet Gazpacho
One of the benefits of eating mostly plants is getting a kick-ass immune system in return. I hadn’t been sick in nearly 5 years, and then BAM, this week I was hit with a fucker of a head cold. Even the best plant eaters come down with a cold from time to time. Here’s what I did to recover from my summer cold + a kick-your-cold-in-the-ass recipe for Beet Gazpacho.
Read MoreAccept Your Gorgeous Body Exactly as it Is Right Now + Plant Based Banana Walnut Muffins
When we don’t love our body and accept our body exactly as it is in this moment, we find ways to try to change it as fast as we possibly can. We react. We beat ourselves up. We restrict calories. We get angry. We get on that scale….again.
Read MoreJami Heymann Frees Herself of All Lupus Symptoms with a Plant Based Diet + Tangy Strawberry Hemp Dressing
Amazing Dirty Girl Jami frees herself from medications and all symptoms of her diagnosed lupus by fueling herself with plants. Hear her amazing story in my video interview with her.
Read MoreThe Mother of All Whole Food Plant Based Resources for Plant Based Newbies
If you’re doing this for health reasons and you KNOW it’s time to get your shit together, jumping in and making the switch overnight isn’t a bad idea. But if you’re just curious about this way of eating, there’s nothing wrong with adding a few plant based meals in here and there and testing the waters. There is no right or wrong way to do this. Listen to your gut and heart and decide what you want to do. And then do it. Either way, I got you covered.
Read MoreArsenic in My Rice? Say What? + A Recipe for Brown Rice Without the Arsenic
Now, if you know me at all, you know I’m not a fan of sensationalism or drama and I don’t get wrapped up in internet nonsense, especially surrounding food. So although high arsenic levels in rice might sound like another argument that paleo supporters make against a plant based diet, this one actually holds some weight.
Read MoreDon’t Take People’s Crap About Your Awesome Food Choices + Staple Seasoned Lentils Recipe (Instant Pot and Stove Top)
Change is hard. But it’s the emotional weight, created by other people’s reaction to your change, that’s the killer. But only if you allow it. When people have something negative or unsupportive to say to you about your healthy changes, it has absolutely NOTHING to do with you. It is a pure reflection of them.
Read MoreA Kick In The Pants Love Letter From Me to You + Creamy Mustard Dressing
The problem is, most people don’t trust how powerful and fully capable they are. And so instead of taking responsibility for their life and taking action, they continue to give their power away, along with a bunch of bullshit reasons (aka excuses) why they can’t get their shit together and have the life that they so desperately want.
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