The Forks Over Knives DVD is now available for pre-order here at a discount; they’ll be shipped August 9th! You can even order DVD + companion book packages and 4-packs at further discounts…I know what everyone’s getting for Christmas… I…
Category: Recipe
Red Lentil (Dal) Soup and Flourless Flatbread!
Been making a lot of Indian food lately, inspired by an awesome cookbook I picked up: The Indian Vegan Kitchen. There’s a ton of vegetable and bean dishes that, so far, (I’ve tried 4) are great and healthy if you…
Spicy Indian Chickpeas
Here’s an interpretation of the Indian dish Chana Masala made with stuff you’re likely to have around. If you have an Indian market nearby, I suggest checking out their spice section – you can actually buy a packet of chana…
Easy Southern-ish Black-Eyed Peas
Black-Eyed Peas Try serving with this cornbread! You can also sub pinto beans for the black-eyed peas. about 2 cups cooked black-eyed peas (or pinto beans) – if canned, rinse and drain 1/2 yellow onion, chopped 1/4 tsp salt 1…
Outline of a Whole Food Plant-Based Diet Part II
Here’s a blueprint of what we eat. You can basically take this list and choose from the different breakfasts, lunches, dinners, snacks, and post-workout drinks according to your tastes and cooking skill and create a menu for yourself. W e…
Planeat @ Crossroads Was a Success!
How awesome: we had a full house at Crossroads Coffee last night for our screening of Planeat, a documentary exploring plant-based nutrition and the environmental impact of our dietary choices!! Events like this make all of our efforts so…
Outline of a Whole Food Plant-Based Diet Part I
So what does a plant-based diet look like in practice? I touched on that a bit in this post by reviewing an example grocery list and what I made with all the food…but I think in general we present a…
Eggplant Roll-Ups
Seems fancy, but is actually pretty easy, especially if you have marinara already on hand (see below). If you don’t want to use a tofu ricotta, try cooked quinoa or cous cous instead – also easier! Eggplant Roll-Ups Prepare the…
Mujadara
Mujadara with Green Beans and Zucchini This Middle Eastern comfort food is really, really easy to prepare. ESPECIALLY if you live near Trader Joe’s where you can buy pre-cooked lentils (refrigerated produce section) and brown rice (vacuum-packed, grains section) in…
Gardein Chik’n Scallopini and Zucchini
This can hardly be called a recipe, but if there’s anyone out there who wants a break from cooking occasionally or just hates to cook – this one’s for you! We eat practically no processed fake meat stuff these days,…
High Protein Low Fat Cornbread
Cornbread is delicious. It’s also usually full of oil and sugar with really no nutritional value to recommend it. This variety, though, is 20% protein, low sugar, and super low fat. It’s dense, not fluffy and only slightly sweet, but…
Beet Salad
Salad…it just doesn’t inspire the enthusiasm that other recipes can. But, if you eat two salads a day – and you should! – it’s important to mix it up a little bit sometimes and try something new. A word of…
All-Purpose Tofu and Tofu How-To
This is one of my go-to protein sources for all sorts of recipes: Slice it into slabs, add spices, and use as a tofu “steak” side or in a sandwich. Slice it into thinner strips and use it on salads,…
Carrot Cake
Yup, CAKE. I rarely post on desserts – hence the fact that I initially haven’t bothered assigning them a category or a spot in the recipe index. But, that may be about to change since this is the third tasty…
Vegan Breakfasts of Champions
Keeping my body fat % down while building muscle has always been a challenge. So, if I make a diet change that results in my suddenly losing a few percent body fat – without losing muscle – I’d have to…
Creamy Butternut Squash Soup 2 – Marcella
Super easy! It’s amazing how little effort goes into this simple soup…it has such a rich flavor. Almost like dessert in soup form. Creamy Butternut Squash Soup 6 cups cubed butternut squash (peeled first) 5 cups water 1/4 tsp salt…
Minestrone – Marcella
Very quick and easy; eliminates any need to buy the canned variety. I usually make it without any pasta, but in this case I had a mini-box of kamut ditalini, so I used that. Minestrone Soup 1 onion, chopped 2…
Recipes – Marcella
Broccoli Cream Soup 4 cups water 1 tsp salt 1 1/2 – 2 lbs broccoli 1 clove garlic 1/2 cup soymilk 1 Tbsp lemon juice Separate broccoli tops from stems and peel stems. Cut into chunks. Boil the water and…
Experimental Eating- Marcella
I’m trying an experiment. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I ate far more and far less strictly on our cruise and somehow dropped a bunch of fat and looked pretty ripped by the end of the week. While…
Food and Menu Pics – Marcella
Here’s some food and menu pics from the cruise. I was fortunate enough to grab a cookbook with some of the recipes (Greens and Grains on the Deep Blue Sea: Fabulous Vegetarian Cuisine from the Holistic Holiday at Sea Cruises)…