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…
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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…
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,…
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…
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)…
Vegan Italian Sausage – Marcella
Yet another (modified) recipe from my favorite vegan brunch cookbook: Italian sausage. Yes, there’s all kinds of commercial vegan sausage out there and it’s delicious, but they do tend to have a lot of fat and sodium. Here, you can…
Thai Green Curry Dish – Marcella
This is really good. You can find green curry paste in the “Asian” or “International” section of the grocery store…I used some from Whole Foods. The shiitake was actually home grown, from a kit we got as a Xmas gift,…
Real Quick White Bean Chili – Marcella
We eat black beans a few days a week with lunch and I’m tired of them. I wanted something lighter, SO I threw this together late one work night. We didn’t have any cans of diced green chilies on hand…
Thanksgiving Foodstuffs – Marcella
I spent aalll day cooking yesterday: Clockwise from top left: Green Bean Casserole, Whole Wheat and Teff Chive Mini-Biscuits, Crustless Pumpkin Pie, Potato-Spinach Crustless Knishes, Roasted Root Vegetables, and Gardein Stuffed Turkey Roasts (which I did not make, of course).…