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…
My First Contest!
Yesterday marked my first day as a competitive bodybuilder! The event was a lot of fun and I got to meet many people and spread the word that you CAN in fact build muscle on a plant based diet. Check…
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…
6 Days Away from My First Contest!
I am definitely getting nervous now that my first time on stage is 6 days away. On top of my regular lifting regimen I’ve been practicing my posing mandatories and my personal posing routine (will post soon) once or…
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…
12 Week Champions 2011 – Plant-Based Nutrition Wins Again!
It’s now May and this year’s 12 Week Challenge weigh-ins are officially in! If you remember from this time last year, out of the hundreds of competitors and ten local winners here in Richmond Virginia, 3 were my clients! You…
Plants Vs. Animals: Bodybuilding Menus Compared
Just wanted to share an article I wrote recently for veganbodybuilding.com that compares standard and vegan bodybuilding diets and includes a sample whole foods bulking menu. Check it out here!
We’re hosting a screening at Crossroads Coffee!
We’re teaming up with Jeff from Crossroads Coffee here in Richmond to share this awesome documentary with you all! There will be food and drink and possibly some Q&A following the film. If you’re curious about the scientific argument for…
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…
Poplar Spring 5k Run for the Animals May 15th!
We’re going to be at the Poplar Spring 5k “Run for the Animals”, leading the warm up! This fundraiser for Poplar Springs Animal Sanctuary will include sweet goodie bags of animal-friendly stuff, raffles, prizes, and vegan food in addition to…
Awesome New Training Video!
As we’ve been upping our training intensity we’ve been filming our workouts. While we’ve been at this, Marcella’s been putting all the videos into an awesome video montage that is now complete in all it’s glory! Check it out!!
VegFest in Baltimore
It was fun: we met people from the forums, passed out info, got sunburnt…and decided to get a booth at this year’s Richmond Vegetarian Festival with some guest stars from veganbodybuilding.com. There will be mini-classes and demonstrations as per Javier…
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,…
WOOT!
Richmond’s local magazine just came out yesterday with their huge annual ” Best of Richmond 2011″ issue and this year WE were named: Richmond’s Buffest Vegans! Check it out!
Baltimore VegFest!
Check it: Derek and I are gonna be representing at the Veganbodybuilding.com booth at Baltimore VegFest this Saturday! Excited to meet others from the forums and excited to represent vegan bodybuilding (check out one of our sweet “team” shirts): And…
Must See: Forks Over Knives and Planeat!
I’m so excited about this Spring because not one but TWO awesome documentaries about plant-based nutrition are coming out! Planeat is coming out this month and may already be in a theater near you, so check the link and look…
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…
Derek’s Pre-Contest Program
My contest prep for my first actual show that’s in, I don’t know, 5 WEEKS, is pretty radically different from the prep you may remember from my photo shoot prep of last year. First of all, having just recently returned…
