Posts by Molly Patrick
Batch Cooking Shortcuts That’ll Save You a Ton of Time in the Kitchen + Super Simple Tabouli
The key to eating a kick ass healthy diet on a consistent basis is making sure you always have homemade food in your fridge, ready to throw together in a moment’s notice.
Read MoreAll About Soy – I Brought in an Expert for This One (Brenda Davis RD)
I’ve had “Soy Fuckery” on my list of things to write about for approximately 2 years. But it’s a shit show of a topic so I kept putting it off. It’s not that the topic of soy is confusing necessarily, it’s that people are extremely divided about it.
Read MoreI Didn’t Mind The Outhouse, It Was The Vampires That Terrified Me
When one is raised by crunchy granola hippies, there’s a certain amount of embarrassment that one must accept during the growing up process. This embarrassment stems mainly from the lack of indoor plumbing and the food that one is raised on.
Read MoreEating Plant Based When Traveling: Honolulu – Tips and a Detailed Journal with Pictures
I get lots of people asking about how to eat healthy when traveling. Because we went on this trip right after the Reset, I was determined to eat really fucking healthy and not cheat with convenient vegan foods like I sometimes do when I travel. I decided to document everything I ate for 5 days and then share it with you.
Read More10 Whole-Food Plant-Based Rules to Eat & Live By + Creamy Broccoli Soup (Instant Pot & Stove Top)
When you change what you eat for the better, it transcends the health benefits and it infiltrates areas of your life that you didn’t see coming. It extends beyond food and it magically intertwines itself with your life and acts as sturdy building blocks for an optimistic, happy, accepting and healthy world view.
Read MoreNutrients That Plant Based Eaters Must be Mindful of (Part 2) – Iron, DHA/EPA and Iodine + Iron and Calcium Rich Smoothie
Now, there are a few important nutrients that even a super healthy plant-based diet isn’t naturally high in. If you eat nothin’ but plants, like me and so many others, you should be aware of these nutrients and where to get them. There’s nothing sexier than a clued up plant eater.
Read MoreNutrients That Plant Based Eaters Must be Mindful of (Part 1) – B12, D and Calcium + Calcium-Rich Creamy Amaranth Porridge
To start, eating donuts and a sugary drink for breakfast and trying to make up for it by taking a couple handfuls of vitamins isn’t where it’s at – whether you eat plant based or not. There’s a huge paradigm shift that occurs when you start eating more and more plants and less of everything else. Part of that shift is understanding that whole plant foods are packed with an abundance of protein, healthy fat, complex carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, antioxidants and fiber just by virtue of growing from the ground and being plants.
Read MoreMama Earth Doesn’t Grow Apple Pie, But She Does Grow Apples + Plant Based Mashed Potatoes & Celery Root (Celeriac)
People tend to over-complicate shit, especially about food and what’s healthy and what’s not. And I get it. There’s a lot of noise and conflicting opinions on the internet. At the end of the day, it’s up to you to do your homework and then eat however makes you feel the best – physically, mentally, emotionally, and ethically.
Read MoreWhole-Food Plant-Based Aloo Gobi (Dry Cauliflower and Potato Curry)
There are lots of no-brainer reasons to eat more plant foods and less and less of everything else, until you’re just chillin’ like a rabbit, with some salad hanging out of your mouth, a green smoothie in your hand, and a brownie made out of black beans for dessert.
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